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    Canada Loses Colonel in A-Stan

    Col. Geoff Parker, 42, born and raised in Oakville, became the 145th soldier to die since the mission began in 2002 and the seventh this year. He leaves a wife and two young children – and by the accounts of his many peers in Kandahar – a career of limitless potential. Parker was among at...
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    Are Child Tax Credit cheques out today?

    The sirens have been non-stop this AM. It's good to know the kid's are getting their food and clothes. Is Molsons giving away T-shirts again?
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    Penalized for working.

    Why do we tolerate a tax system that penalizes working? Would you be willing to pay a 25% GST type consumption tax if income tax were eliminated? At first thought it sounds harsh to pay but keep in mind producer and import taxes would plummet and so would retail goods thus having little...
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    US lecture circuit believes Sarah Palin is a “blithering idiot”.

    Sarah Palin may have bagged a fat paycheck for her soon-to-be-released memoir, but American lecture buyers think she is an “idiot”. Although, Palin has entered into a deal with the Washington Speakers Bureau, which also represents high profile speakers including George W. Bush, Laura Bush...
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    Canada filed its official Copenhagen Accord papers on Saturday

    Bye bye democracy! Canada's economy is now in the hands of a vaguely defined "international governing body" that not one of us has voted for. Aren't you glad this was debated in Parliament?
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    Iraq invasion called illegal at U.K. inquiry

    A former top legal adviser to the British government told an inquiry examining Britain's role in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that he believed it was illegal under international law. Michael Wood, who was the chief legal adviser to the Foreign Office at the time of the 2003 invasion, told the...
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    Are you Rapture Ready?

    Are you Rapture Ready? If you aren't then perhaps it's time to consider it. It's all hogwash right? History tends to gives us of good indicators of what happens when very large amounts of people have strong beliefs whether right or wrong beliefs. If you believe it are you ready...
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    Please make it stop!!!!

    So This Is Christmas? Why oh why must we all be tortured by the off key caterwauling of Yoko Ono every Christmas? Are no audio engineers capable of removing Yoko from the track?
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    Was It a Democractic Decision?

    Was this a democratic decision made by the people of Iraq? Does this mean the Shell & Lukoil will pay enough royalties to return Iraq to high level of social infrastructure with the best medical and education system in the Mid East that made many western nations look pathetic in comparison...
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    Plenty of Room For All of God's Creatures...

    .....Right Beside the Mashed Potatoes. Any hunters around here? Any success this season? Type of weapon? There is lots of talk of gun control etc but no thread for those who actually shoot their weapon.
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    Westboro Baptist Church

    What defines a cult? What defines Chrisianity? Where do you draw the line? Check thses people out and then answer those three questions. 1,050 reprobates have split hell wide open since you loaded this web page. (4 mins before copying) Since 1955, Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) has taken...
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    Light bulbs.

    First they banned incandescent light bulbs, now people are miffed the compact floroscent have mercury. That leaves LED. I don't like the idea of mercury in the house in any form so I've been considering LED. I was looking at some 7W LED cool whites which are a nice clean bright white...
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    Obama Is A long Legged Mac Daddy

    YouTube - Obama is a MACK DADDY! You got that right brother!
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    How is the fishing in your region?

    I headed out this AM pre-dawn loaded up with enough supplies to spend a day at the lakeshore. I'd didn't even finish my Tim's let alone crack open a tall can and I hit limit. 5 casts, 5 fish. I threw back one walleye and took home the 4 pickerel.
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    Full circle.....

    Full circle or the Oroboros? I was looking at the list of grievances against King George in the Declaration of Independance and it seems that the past 233 years have been moot. Well Mr Hancock good luck with that dream.....
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    Fascism in Canada

    How do you like it so far? I hope you have a great day! Regards, petros
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    North Korea Launches Rocket

    I thought New Years was two months ago?
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    Censored uranium document sparks debate at legislature

    Last Updated: Thursday, April 2, 2009 | 8:28 AM CT CBC News Under fire over blacked-out sections of a report, a Saskatchewan cabinet minister says the government has an "overzealous" person censoring freedom of information requests on uranium development — not an unwillingness to be open...
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    Au Really?

    You have probably been taught that the responsible way to handle your economic affairs was to work hard, be thrifty and invest safely. This is what the old timers did, and it worked for them. When they reached 65, they were able to retire However, the old timers lived in a country on the gold...
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    The Bonobo.

    How hard would have been for "the gods" to give homosapiens a head start over neanderthal? The Bonobo is a species that is able to communicate with man through wrtitten language. Watch this mind blowing footage of the Bonobo and their amazing capabilities. Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on apes that...