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  1. L Gilbert

    HD Wrap Around Glasses

    Overheard an ad in a program my mother's watching about the "amazing hd wrap around glasses" and thought I'd see what there is on the net about them. I found just what I suspected: [COLOR=#999999][B] - HD wrap around glasses Complaints - charges Sound & Vision Magazine - HDVision WrapAround...
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    Canadian AIDS researcher moves to Florida with team

    Just heard on the radio today that Rafick-Pierre Sékaly has packed up and moved his team to Florida mainly because of cutbacks in scientific funding that Flahtulence and Harpy implemented. And this is at a time when the researcher is gaining good ground in fighting HIV and AIDS. -...
  3. L Gilbert

    Ever take a close look at the 10 Commandments?

    lol I am paraphrasing Christopher Hitchens who was on CBC radio today. Ahah!! There are other gods. No art? How tedious. This one and the first two display a distinct insecurity on the part of the issuer. Considering, this god is supposed to be omnipotent, all I can say is "go figger"...
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    Two youngsters win my Darwinian award of the week

    - SNAFU-ed .... Situation Normal: Couple Arrested for Throwing Rocks Off Bridge Onto Cars, Stripping Game
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    Christianity is modernizing?

    Noserings and all? lol Well, hopefully they'll be a peaceful branch of this faith. Documentary probes Canadian evangelism - The Globe and Mail
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    Air strike end would harm Afghan troops: US official

    AFP: Air strike end would harm Afghan troops: US official
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    HOLY Cola, Batman!!

    Lemon cola becomes holy water in baptism OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian church used lemon-flavored cola instead of water in a baptism ceremony after its taps were temporarily turned off because of freezing temperatures, daily Vaart Land said Tuesday. Lemon cola becomes holy water in baptism |...
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    Canada and extradition

    Tonnington's post about Canada's dragging its feet over Mr. Abdelrazik has promted me to mention its policies and actions on extraditions and the like again. Not very much has changed concerning the CIC et al in decades and it's absolutely inane. Canada is a very popular place for white-collar...
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    Shortage of doctors

    (I wasn't sure if this should be here or in the science forum as it is to do with medicine but is also a political issue) Initially the idea was that Canada trains people from underdeveloped countries to become doctors so they can go home and help their people. The past few years, this has...
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    Bonuses for top execs of AIG at the taxpayer's expense

    Insurance giant AIG to pay $165 million in bonuses - Yahoo! Finance Gov't should make them give back the bailout money or start seizing assets.
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    Speaking of endangered species ...

    AAAS ANNUAL MEETING: Will Many Endangered Species Recover? Erik Stokstad At the AAAS meeting, conservation scientists reported that 80% of listed species are conservation reliant and will need to remain on the endangered species list. And the situation is likely to get worse. Full story at...
  12. L Gilbert

    R&D gets 21 billion

    U.S. BUDGET: Science Wins $21 Billion Boost as Stimulus Package Becomes Law Eli Kintisch This week, a historic $787 billion economic stimulus package was signed into law that provides more than $21 billion for research and scientific infrastructure, including $10 billion for the National...
  13. L Gilbert

    Good for a laugh

    (Or at least I thought it was good for a laugh). I actually paid attention to BCTV's version of the news today for the first time in weeks. When did they start making the cymbal sound between news articles? At first I thought I was hearing things but the sound continued. It reminded me of the...
  14. L Gilbert

    BCCLA calls for charges to be dropped in polygamy cases

    British Columbia Civil Liberties Association - http://www.bccla.org/pressreleases/09Polygamy.pdf BCCLA would much prefer that Blackmore and his cronies be charged for various sexual abuses if there is any truth to it. Charging them with polygamy sounds like a legal nightmare considering the...
  15. L Gilbert

    Obama comments on the absurd bonuses of top bankers

    Commentary: Wall Street bonuses are outrageous - CNN.com Shameful? Listen, Mr. Obama, you think Wall St. bankers give a crap about what anyone thinks after doling themselves a few billion in bonuses?
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    The Cons haven't done anything good for Canada?

    I keep hearing this comment from a few people here, but I was listening to a couple seniors the opther day mentioning life for them is a little better since the Cons inhabited gov't seats. So I did a little googling and found this: Jack’s Newswatch |  Harper Gov’t Accomplishments And...
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    Off-topic posts

    I am not against the odd off-topic post but when people come from other forums and fill up half a page of trivial, off-topic and personal stuff at a time it is getting to be a bit much.
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    New biological weapon: the dreaded bottle of breastmilk

    On CTV news tonight there's a story of a mother who wasn't allowed to carry her baby's breastmilk on board a plane. I think security measures like this are just inane. The stupidity of people who implement some of these measures just astounds me. This story is even more asinine than the 90+ yr...
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    50, 100, and 150 yrs ago ....

    From Scientific American, a bit of history: [B] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
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    Cool vid about Earth

    http://video.thesecret.tv/windowsmedia/planet_earth.wmv Looks better than http://www.ec.gc.ca/EnviroZine/images/issue48/vancouver_l.jpg or http://www.nunukphotos.com/images/smog-in-vancouver-bc-pv.jpg unless people are inconvenienced by a healthy planet.