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There has been a little commotion lately about the pros and cons of the use of these meters. Do they make sense or not?

There are limited areas of the world where travel is considered safe. Very very little in Asia, Africa and South America. The largest area where travel is considered safe is Antarctica!

One experienced skier near Pemberton and another one at Revelstoke, within the past 48 hours. What does it take to get it through people's heads that the when the hazard is high/extreme YOU DON'T GO THERE?

Pretty tough old curmudgeon, don't you think?

And it will continue for at least another one to two years until they go to trial. What other job can you get with six or seven years of full pay for doing nothing? Dziekanski perjury trial timeline frustrates mother - Canada - CBC News

Is Bush still to blame?

It seems disabled war vets are getting crappy treatment and discrimination entering the public service. Nothing like kicking a man when he's down! Veterans struggle to enter public workforce - Ottawa - CBC News

I just heard on C.B.C. news that there are several times more mental facilities for men than women across Canada and 1/3 of female inmates in prisons are mentally ill. Perhaps there's another project Harpy can look at before building yet more prisons.

Take a gander at his hotel bills while the rest of his entourage "roughed it" in humbler dwellings. Taxpayers group slams MacKay's hotel-travel bills | CTV News

Canadian citizenship to be stripped from thousands in historic fraud sweep | News | National Post Just by looking at a lot of them who are getting in it's not surprising! :lol:

Does this make sense? Isn't there better things to squander money on? Can't she be tracked by an electronic monitor? Is she a hazard to the public? Patricia O’Byrne, accused of abducting her daughter 18 years ago, denied bail | Posted Toronto | National Post

Before getting too judgmental about money squandered in Attawapiskat people should take a gander at this site Our Fake Queen

Canada's rich still getting richer: OECD | Economy | News | Financial Post I'm wondering if there is a way for the rich to invest in things to improve the lot of the poor without hurting the rich, but at the same time creating opportunities (not handouts) for the poor.

I'm just listening to bus drivers being interviewed on C.B.C. radio, virtually all of them reported being verbally abused on a daily basis, spat on occasionally, and beat up frequently. Often when the assaults get reported nothing is done. What's the solution? Pepper spray, a billy club, a gun?

Sometimes when people are so emaciated and in poor shape from self imposed substance abuse, it might be a little much to expect the medics to save them. People should start taking SOME responsibility for their own health.

five most classless? I'll submit mine after I give it some more thought.

It's sure nice to see headlines about a Canadian boy with no baggage (outside of his hockey bag) who oozes success at every turn. Bit of the reprieve from the incessant reports of the likes of Brittany Spears or Charlie Sheen or Stephen Harper. :smile:

For awhile now on C.B.C. radio I've been hearing interviews regarding the living conditions on reserves in northern Manitoba. No human being in 2011 should have to be living like this. People are packing water in buckets and are carrying out their human waste in slop buckets. The people are...

Years ago when I first heard the term "preowned cars", I thought things were getting a little ridiculous, not to say ostentatious. Well, tonight while watching the Idiot Box, I heard one that really takes the cake, I thought....................."soil" has now become "growing medium". In...

Listening to C.B.C. one parent of missing women was told by the police all missing people cases treated the same. Yeah right, how many amber alerts went out for reported missing women. Pickton was reported to the police three years before they started investigating him!