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A what if scenario. What if in 2010 Iran launched a nuke at Israel. Israels missile defence shoots it down. No lives are lost. But wrekage clearly shows it is a nuclear warhead. What would happen next?

What a mess. I had been looking forward to a battle between Basso and Ullrich this year, but they were booted because of possible doping ties. Now Landis tests positive. What a mess. I wonder if there is a way to test if this was a natural jump in testosterone. It has been shown that winning...

After the UN initially jumped the gun claiming their was no Hezbollah activity and they were deliberately targeted information surfaces in their own records showing the exact opposite. The initial claim from the UN: "To our knowledge, unlike in the vicinity of some of our other patrol bases...

Article suggesting that todays pacifist movements are actually contributing to the state of ongoing conflict, by limiting decisive action. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=pacifists_versus_peace&ns=ThomasSowell&dt=07/21/2006&page=full&comments=true "An aggressor today...

During this conflict I have seen the same intellectually dishonest comments repeated over and over again usually by the bleeding hearts club. Most of these are assertions are blatantly untrue and they are repeated over and over again. Is it ignorance or dishonesty while trying to prove their...

I just finished watching both parts of this UK program (via bit torrent) Where evolutionist Dawkins examines the rise of fundementalist religion and the seeming retreat of reason. I read elsewhere that Dawkins didn't approve of the title. The network was aiming for more controversy than Dawkins...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18251700%255E7583,00.html Treasurer Peter Costello, at the Sydney Institute last night, on the imperative of the citizenship pledge THE refusal to acknowledge the rule of law as laid down by democratic institutions stabs at the heart...

I recently ran across a challenge Warren Buffet regularly brings up when on a speaking engagement. It is usually when mentioning social justice. It is on the last page of this commencement address. http://www.rifoundation.org/wfri/pdf/LincolnCommencement.pdf Anyway I found it neat to think...

The new Bush plan for health care is centred around health care savings accounts. You put money away to help with your own health care: http://abcnews.go.com/International/CSM/story?id=1546506 Health savings accounts Health savings accounts are tax-free accounts that individuals or businesses...

During the 2nd debate harper said he was going to address the provincial fiscal imbalance. I think this is one item that helped sell him in Quebec. I thought Steve Pakin asked if he had costed this one and he indicated it was. Looking at the costing from the Conservative web page, I see no...

I realize many people in Canada will vote for Harper to punish the Liberals, but in my short stay on this board, I notice most Harper supporters are definitely conservative. Do we have people here who dislike Bush and are still voting for Harper? If so do you have any problem with the...

Who is next on deck for the Liberals after this elections poor showing?

http://democraticspace.com/blog/predictions/ You can drill down to the province, then drill down to the riding. See how it went last time. See tracking polls for this time. Handy if you want to consider some strategic voting. Ie switching from your #1 choice if they don't have snowballs...