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Forum: Current Events Topic: Liberal MPs still undecided on carbon tariff |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:04 am
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Comments: 11
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| A day earlier, party leader Stéphane Dion said a Liberal government would impose a "carbon tariff" on countries that were not doing enough to combat global warming. Mr. Dion said the tariff could also be used to help Canadian farmers by raising the price of imports. These guys have to be ... |
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Forum: US Politics Topic: McCain gets $1,930 a month from Social Security |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:31 pm
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Comments: 17
Views: 179
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Scape wrote: Why would a presidential candidate even apply?
Because he paid into it. It's an insurance program. Why would he not collect benefits? |
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Forum: Random Insanity Topic: Here's America |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:54 am
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Comments: 71
Views: 916
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| Nothing new here. It's long been known that the US has a skewed income distribution and a high infant mortality rate. But how many Americans are clamoring to live in Sweden or Qatar? What about democratic institutions, free speech, freedom of religion? In the US Islam isn't banned and you don't get ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Beijing Olympics warning: no spitting, no crossbows for fans |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:32 am
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Comments: 7
Views: 117
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romanP wrote: Damn, I was gonna bring my crossbow! I guess this means no target practise on the sprinters 
Take your long bow instead. Better than a crossbow anyway - remember Agincourt? |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Saudi textbooks still teaching hate: report |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:28 am
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Comments: 38
Views: 520
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| Despite a promise to remove attacks on other faiths from the public school curriculum, Saudi Arabia's state-produced textbooks still refer to Jews and Christians as apes and swine, insist that Jews conspire to take over the world and on Judgment Day "the rocks or the trees" will call out ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Tories outraged as ethics committee draws up witness list |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:46 pm
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Comments: 14
Views: 224
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| Conservatives reacted with rage Wednesday after opposition MPs on the Commons ethics committee agreed to 78 potential witnesses for its inquiry into the Tory election ad controversy – but excluded every witness the Tories proposed. Welcome to minority government. The Ethics committee has been one o... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Does Canada deserve a better political system? |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:08 am
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Comments: 29
Views: 456
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Let's implement PR. Perpetual minorities ( to keep the government on its toes) as well as the House spiced up with some Greens, CHPers, Alberta separatists etc.  |
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Forum: Quebec Topic: McCartney's free Quebec concert ruffles sovereigntists |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:37 pm
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Comments: 158
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| How parochial, how small minded. I watched the Super Bowl once. Celine Dion sang the Star Spangled Banner and Shania Twain was the half time attraction. I didn't hear Americans whining. McCartney's free Quebec concert ruffles sovereigntists Several prominent Quebec artists and sovereigntists are com... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Man sues Tennessee church for $2.5 million over spiritual fa |
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:58 pm
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Comments: 12
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Quote: A man in Knoxville, Tenn., says he was so consumed by the spirit of God that he fell and hit his head while worshipping.
Must be a Pentecostal. Those guys can really go to it when they get in the swing of things. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: PM praises Muslims, or sort of Muslims. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:53 pm
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Comments: 18
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Quote: Earlier this week, Islamic Supreme Council of Canada founder Imam Sayed Soharwardy told the Canadian Press he does not consider the Ahmadis to be Muslim.
So the Muslims don't like them. They must be doing something right. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Toronto updates it's murder map. |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:48 pm
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Comments: 22
Views: 219
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| Is there anywhere safe to live in Toronto? |
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Forum: Fashion and Home Design Topic: Bride's dress falls apart at the altar |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:27 pm
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Comments: 6
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| Bride's dress falls apart at the altar A bride is suing a designer after her £2,000 wedding dress came apart on her big day, leaving her semi naked at the altar. The woman is claiming damages of £20,000 from the designer, who was not named but is based at Rapallo, twenty miles from Chiavari The 30-... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: The obnoxious Garth Turner |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:54 am
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Comments: 13
Views: 161
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| Now you can see why the Tories got rid of him. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Family group demands Morgentaler honour be revoked |
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:40 am
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Comments: 12
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| Charles McVety, president of the coalition, said Morgentaler has admitted he broke the law and performed abortions before they were legal in the 1970s and 1980s. Morgentaler, a trained family physician, also had his medical licence suspended for one year in 1976 by the Professional Corporation of P... |
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Forum: Moral & Religious Issues Topic: Anglican bishops in secret Vatican summit |
| warwickgreen |
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:45 am
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Comments: 1
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| It's getting to crunch time. The synod of all Anglican bishops is just a couple of weeks away and some conservatives are refusing at attend because there will be female bishops in attendance. Hard to figure out what these guys dislike more - women or gays. Anglican bishops in secret Vatican summit S... |
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