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Forum: Current Events Topic: English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson 'attacked' by |
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:48 pm
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| That actually has some truth driving the possibility. I'm baffled by some of the things current Brits accept like good little eloi. Like, apparently they pay a bill every month to the BBC so BBC-BS can be delivered. I think there's some sort of penalty if they don't. They call it "a license,&q... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Pride: DUP challenges ABC council flag flying decision |
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:13 pm
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| This is what happens when politics is controlled by religious zealots. I am Christian myself but I believe that there should be separation of church and state. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson 'attacked' by |
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:09 pm
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| The problem with Tommy Robinson is his past. He was one of the founders of the English Defence League(EDL), a very racist and far right organisation. Great if he's wised up but he can't just go around calling himself a media journalist all of a sudden. I do think that there is something very wrong w... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Long Time No See! |
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:02 pm
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BartSimpson BartSimpson: Some of them lurk the board.  Karra just started posting again after a 3+ year hiatus so it's nice to see some of the veterans coming back just like yourself! ![[B-o]](./images/smilies/drinkup.gif "Drink up")
Well it's great to be back. I missed you all!  |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Long Time No See! |
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:55 pm
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Hyack Hyack: I figure it's something like 4 years, 8 months and something like 18 days, quite the hiatus Newfy, welcome back, I guess you have some catching up to do.... 
I sure do. Sad to see quite a few of the regulars from back then have been AWOL for a while too. |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Long Time No See! |
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:06 am
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| It's been an eventful few years for my family and I. Finished my time in the army after 13 years in December 2013. I took my family to Newfoundland for a holiday and met my birth mom and the rest of my biological family. I was bouncing between contract jobs for a long time until I finally secured a ... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Long Time No See! |
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:21 pm
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raydan raydan: Who are you? ![[huh]](./images/smilies/icon_scratch.gif "huh?") Just kidding... welcome back.
Hard to believe I've not been on here since 2013.  |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Long Time No See! |
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:28 pm
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Sinn F�in lord mayor at Belfast Armistice Day ceremony |
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 6:16 pm
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| I know that Nationalists/Republicans in Northern Ireland have a great hatred towards the British Forces but it still astonishes me that they can be so narrow minded when it comes to Remembrance Day. Forgetting anything post WWII, Catholics and Protestants from Ireland and Northern Ireland fought si... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Longtime CKA member, new Canadian Army Highlander |
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:58 pm
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| Congratulations, just make sure as an officer you never ever try to do any navigation with a map! :wink: Thanks! [B-o] haha! I have been around military posts and groups enough to understand that as a lowly 2LT., anything I do will be laughable to the more established members of all ranks... haha L... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Sinn F�in lord mayor at Belfast Armistice Day ceremony |
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:51 pm
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| I know that Nationalists/Republicans in Northern Ireland have a great hatred towards the British Forces but it still astonishes me that they can be so narrow minded when it comes to Remembrance Day. Forgetting anything post WWII, Catholics and Protestants from Ireland and Northern Ireland fought sid... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Can anyone explain why Remembrance Day isn't a StatHoliday? |
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:39 pm
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| At least you don't have to put up with disgusting things like this: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT3Ij5ZZcv6Pkegrr3csQLWI702o1_UcCTOWNPfFxA4S1vDwMwhpA And in case anyone has any difficulty reading what the banners say, it is this: "Your deeds would shame all the devil... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: My Last Remembrance Sunday as a Serving Soldier |
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:03 pm
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| This was my last Remembrance Sunday as a serving soldier and I got to spend it taking part in the services at my dad's 3 churches in Northern Ireland. 0: 
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Longtime CKA member, new Canadian Army Highlander |
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:52 pm
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| Congratulations, just make sure as an officer you never ever try to do any navigation with a map! |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Haven't Been On Here for a While |
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:47 pm
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| Are you being booted a few months shy of pension eligibility like so many here are? MPs are looking for ways to cut expenses, so they can give themselves another raise and expand on their benefits Not exactly. The government has decided it wants to "downsize" the military. I've been cut a... |
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