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See my brand-spanking-new thread "English Canada/French Canada" in the "Canadian Politics" forum. Is that all this "Westernesse" shit is? Just bored people playing toy soldier because they're sure it won't have real consequences?

I'm reading a book by a Canadian author (who knew there were Canadian authors?), obviously pretty TO liberal, who says (as one of his characters). . . "Leave and go where? You can't move Quebec, you know. Separatism is dead -- it's like being a Leafs fan: It's something you do for fun, not...

The argument is made, and accepted, by certain sects here, generally Old Order Gnostic types like the Amish.

For a family of four, it's between $US 1000 and $US 1500 per month. On average, employers pick up 73% of the tab, if you have health insurance as part of your compensation. The way we got that system, by the way, is that during World War II, we had a wage freeze, so employers had to compete...

Concealed carry permits are the relatively hard part. Half of the states don't require a permit to open carry a handgun. I don't think any of them do to open carry a long gun. Of course, carry one into the mall and you're likely to get talked about. Possibly post-mortem.

Freezing and covering. It's not just the gun. There's a reason soldiers and cops receive extensive training.

That's not true! At least one of them was demonstrating the proper use of a hand-sanitizing station! Essential training, that.

There are a few. Credit this guy with having the temperament and/or training to respond effectively. The notion that anybody armed will skin his smokewagon and shoot back is a fiction that makes Star Trek seem like real life by comparison.

Yeah, but instead of charging you outrageous fees for inferior service to make money for rich people, a public system would charge you outrageous fees for inferior service to lose money for everybody!

I'd estimate they're all stupid. Or think y'all are. Or both.

Weigh it against the three innocents killed.

I believe the American military slang "clusterfuck" covers it. Or possibly "circle jerk."

Probably heading north to his native ground.

No, it's lawyer talk for "no matter who you are or what your problem is, don't bother wearing underwear when you come into my office. It just gets in the way and does nothing to help you avoid the inevitable."

For which I apologize. Wrong of me to do that. I'll try to remember this and do it better.

Good point. I'm struck by the close similarities in history, government, trade, and isolation between Mao's China and today's Netherlands. . .

Yeah, I can. Taxslave and I had a nice conversation above. We swapped info and ideas, and it wasn't one long we-hate-True Dope-fest. We all get that you hate True Dope. Which candidate do you like, of the ones with a decent shot at PM? THAT would be interesting. So far (and as usual, not...

Robert Alan Zimmerman.

OK, I stand corrected. It's perfectly OK to dump your sewage in the river. Nothing bad'll happen.

You go! 100% support on that. Of course, I'm forced to point out there'll be some whiner in BC, let's call him "slavetax" who'll piss and moan about it. . . ;)