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    Letter from Father to Son re Immigration U.K.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=475875&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770&expand=true Dear Son, Let me tell you what immigration has done to this country Last updated at 00:50am on 17th August 2007 Last year, former Tory minister George Walden wrote...
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    Has Anyone Heard from MikeyDB?

    Ontario spending $26M to fight gun crimes - July 30th http://forums.canadiancontent.net/cbc-news/65529-ontario-spending-26m-fight-gun-crimes.html#post858044 I am concerned over the absence of Mikey - the above topic contained his last post on this forum and it has taken on new weight for me -...
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    U.S. Headed for Arctic after Canada/Russia

    http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1337524620070813?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=tru After Russia and Canada, U.S. ship headed for Arctic Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:15PM By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Coast Guard cutter is headed to...
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    Canadian Golfer Paired With Woods

    Today's final of the PGA - has Stephen Ames - a Canadian - paired with Tiger Woods. Woods is -7 and Ames is -4 - so anything could happen.
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    Russia Sparks Cold War Scramble

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6938856.stm Wednesday, Aug 8,, 2007 The Tu-95 pilots exchanged smiles with their US counterparts Russian bombers have flown to the US island of Guam in the Pacific in a surprise manoeuvre reminiscent of the Cold War era. Two Tu-95 turboprops flew this week...
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    How the GW myth is perpetuated

    Tonington ... spreading calm upon the trouble waters of my brain... See if people were given this type of information such as you have done - as an example the power usage within a group of cities of variant sizes and areas..... they could judge for themselves to see what could be done...
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    How the GW myth is perpetuated

    Avro Thank you for making my point - I experienced three bad floods while growing up in Winnipeg, where I live now the air is totally unbreathable and has been since I moved here almost 20 years ago.... severe weather.... well there have been rains and alternating cold/hot temperatures across...
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    How the GW myth is perpetuated

    Tonington My stand on this is - there could be major threats to our planet which we are generating - but all I see is reports coming out with inflammatory rhetorical non-speak which does not reach the knowledge nor the "show me" intellect of the average person as am I. I am willing to do...
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    How the GW myth is perpetuated

    I have no real knowledge about this discussion, nor do I have any interest because I am a selfish person and doubt this predicted cataclysmic event is going to affect me - ergo I just can't generate enough devotion to its cause. On a more truthful note, I dislike some of the cultish figures who...
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    Stop The Day I Want To Get Off!

    Not bad enough that I know all your Canuckers are still rolled up in your respective sleeping places...snoozing into the early morning hours.... while I have to fall out onto the floor, find my slippers which are never where I left them (do slipper stealers come in the night and move...
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    Long Weekend Plans???

    Whatcha gonna do on your long weekend? Hope the weather is nice for all of you - let's hear what kind of trouble you are planning to get into...
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    Muslims Complain About Pet Food Factory

    Next they'll be complaining about wet sidewalks allowing males to see up inside a burkha.... Muslims protest over pet food factory that could 'rain down' pork Last updated at 18:29pm on 30th July 2007 http://www.dailymail.co.uk A group of Muslims have opposed plans for a pet...
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    Americans Flee to Canada

    O, Canada! More Americans Heading North The Number of Americans Moving to Canada in 2006 Hit a 30-Year High More Americans are moving to Canada — more than 10,000 last year — for social and political reasons. (abc news) By MARCUS BARAM July 31, 2007 Blame Canada! It may seem like a...
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    The United Nations Wants You !!!

    For Darfur! Sign up Soon....'Allo 'Allo France? Can You Hear Them? Oh - Your Young People are on Summer Vacation yes? Well we can't interrupt that non! Security Council Approves 26,000 Strong Peacekeeping Force to Help End Durfur Bloodshed AP | 7/31/07 | AP Security Council Approves...
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    Priming can affect/alter judgment

    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/health/psychology/31subl.html Who's Minding the Mind ??? By BENEDICT CAREY Published: July 31, 2007 In a recent experiment, psychologists at Yale altered people’s judgments of a stranger by handing them a cup of coffee. Jason Mecier The study...
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    What's Up With Lake Superior?

    Mighty Lake Superior Mystifies Scientists By JOHN FLESHER, AP Posted: 2007-07-29 18:13:34 MARQUETTE, Mich. (July 29) - As the research boat bobs up and down on gray, choppy Lake Superior, Michigan Tech University chemist Noel Urban and two students drop a metal cylinder over the side to...
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    Miss Arab World Contest in Cairo

    Miss Arab World Beauty Contest - No Bikinis Allowed - no wonder some of their males prefer them hiding behind garments in public. One of the world's most upmarket beauty pageant - without a bikini in sight Last updated at 22:33pm on 28th July 2007 Women from across the Arab world...
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    Search for Pedophile Blogger...ICK Factor

    Parents' Ire Grows at Pedophile's Blog By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, The New York Times Posted: 2007-07-29 LOS ANGELES -- The search for the self-described pedophile in the large-brimmed black hat commences nearly every day here, with findings posted on chat rooms frequented by mothers. Photo...
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    Chunks of Ice Fall On Iowa

    Mystery Chunks of Ice Pelt Iowa City AP Posted: 2007-07-28 04:27:08 Filed Under: Nation, Science, Weird News DUBUQUE, Iowa (July 27) - Large chunks of ice, one of them reportedly about 50 pounds, fell from the sky in this northeast Iowa city, smashing through a woman's roof and tearing...
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    Schools Gonna Be In Session Soon

    I've been wondering what Canadian parents are expected to provide for their child's school use.... Are they given a list of things to buy or bring to school during those first days? Is there a dress code? Is there cash involved to pay up front for special projects? I'd love to hear from...