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It's difficult to have a hero who is an ex broadcaster and press secretary who talks about politics all the time. It's easier for me to love characters like Tiger Woods because I understand the kind of celebrity that 'hightlighted events' brings.... not the day to day slogging through crap like...

I hope this forum remains just as it was overnight ... Thursday nights are rough when I meet with a battered group of men and women and we get into the ditches of the really beastly things we are capable of doing to each other.... ...this morning I cruised throught he topics and ended up...

Yesterday I took the midmorning and early afternoon to do some things for myself to bring cheer into my life instead of the dirge I have been in over 9/11. There is a new midde-to-upscale but fun store here and I decided to invade it to see what they had. WHAT THEY HAD ???? EVERYTHING FUN...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/05/terror/main3233880.shtml Germans Thwart Plot Against U.S. Base 3 Terror Suspects Arrested In Alleged Plot Against Ramstein, Frankfurt International BERLIN, Germany, Sept. 5, 2007 An unidentified man believed to be a terror suspect, center, wearing...

After a long weekend - I thought the people here would be laid back having a good time and getting along..... wrong.... The majority of exchange seem to be again following the theme of comparisons between the two nations of Canada and the U.S. - and I wonder if this is going to be yet another...

Michael Moore's Giving Ways I received this in the past week and kept it to share - interesting comparisons given here Look at the earnings from Michael Moore's 'documentaries' and his comments about his audience to understand his motivations. In his films, Moore condemns the automotive...

Remember the poor security guard who was accused of being the Olympic Bomber in Atlantic City when he was innocent - but tried and convicted by the hysterical media? He died of natural causes but the article I linked to doesn't specify - I always felt terrible about him - he didn't have much...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army soon will deploy a faster and more lethal pilotless plane to Afghanistan and then to Iraq, it was reported Tuesday. The Reaper flies three times as fast and can carry eight times more weapons than the Predator, the pilotless U.S. plane in use since...

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...

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 -...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...