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Ever wonder why the real media doesn't report the made up fake stories that the Rebel does? Perhaps it has something to do with journalistic integrity, something Levant doesn't have any of.

Betsy, I agree. Ignore the English-Canadian CBC/MSM noise. They want Conservatives to choose a fall guy: a "progressive" Tory - a Joe Clark, a RINO. I prefer a real deal, free trade Conservative: a Mulroney, a Trump: Someone who, when all is considered, makes life better for ordinary people. ===== In 1988, the federal Liberal John Turner opposed US Free Trade. Now, our federal PM Justin Trudeau wants free trade. In 1988, the CBC opposed Mulroney and free trade; now in 2016, the CBC opposes Trump and barriers to trade. Go figure.

Muhammad Ali's son detained at airport, asked if he's Muslim, lawyer says ... During his detention, Ali Jr. was asked repeatedly about his lineage and his name, “as if that was a pre-programmed question that was part of a profile,” Mancini said. Ali Jr. and his mother have been frequent global travelers. The family connects their treatment to President Trump’s efforts to restrict immigration after calling during his campaign for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. “This has never happened to them before,” Mancini said. “They’re asked specifically about their Arabic names. Where they got their names from and whether they’re Muslims. It doesn’t take much to connect those dots to what Trump is doing.” http://www.cbsnews.com/news/muhammad-ali-son-detained-airport-asked-are-you-muslim-lawyer/

All in all, I believe in the idea that there does not need to be more layers of government than the central government and the local government. For me the very idea of federalism is totally alien. If unitary countries establish an extra layer of government between the central and the local that is simply wasteful. If a country is very large and too large to work on my idea of there being a central government and a local government only then it is too large.

Could you provide a source, a factual source for this fact?

I'm sure that the refugees in the camps were all watching on their big screen ,plasma TVs. Of course, Trump has valid reasons, but they are all political; there is nothing reasonable about them. They play to his base, they perpetuate the already voluminous lies that have been the sole reason for this whole worldwide schmozzle - the "radical Islam" theme.

You can't be serious! You're saying they're falsely accused of hijacking, and plowing those planes deliberately into the towers? Oh my goodness.... Surely, you're not arguing trying to make us believe there were no planes that slammed into the twin towers on 9/11!

Indeed...another tour down the rabbit hole. Good for selling books.

That has been done, for WTC7 but in a more limited fashion than you envision, Altai. The professor, a PhD and his doctoral students, focused on NISTs suggested cause of collapse, a column failure [79]. They went as far towards NIST's position, ie. gave the benefit of the doubt, erred in favor of NIST and the result, as you all know by now, the chance of NIST's story being true is zero.

Soft as butter... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzF1KySHmUA

Sure. And the million Muslims who are already here agree, as do many Muslims worldwide, many of whom leave their oppressive countries to escape that oppression. So why do we need special screening?

Warning points like status updates and the new up or down vote for a post are all just f'n retarded. They don't mean anything and don't contribute anything.

It's absurd how the mods of these forums allow such blatant hatred and bigotry to be posted. Let me join in on the fun; I hate Asians, all of 'em. Because they are slant eyed and because they eat dogs and cats. I wish there was a ban on them. Wonder how long this will last.

You are disavowing the maniacs from your company, and I hear that. From now on I will call you "normal something".

There was plenty of aluminum in the world trade center, and aluminum melts at 660.3 °C. There was steam from the sprinkler system, molten aluminum has been known to react with the steam and create hydrogen gas which can explode; there have been many such industrial accidents. Molten aluminum also reacts with iron oxide (rust) to produce ... thermite. Of course basic chemistry is beyond the grasp of the WTC conspiracy theorists.

No...it would be far funnier to be engaged in heated debate about very old turmoil while very new turmoil rains down from the sky.

What turmoil? Things are relatively quiet at the moment. All the terrorist stuff is just hype. Don't be fooled by media outlets screaming about how bad things are. Sure a few thousand people killed here and there is not nice, but it is nothing, totally nothing compared to all out warfare. Now if N Korea were to make a stupid aggressive move, watch out. Then you might see some real turmoil. For now, all's well. Enjoy your comfortable living taken at the expense of others.

Warning points are like the referee's five count for a choke hold in pro wrestling. You have to let go after a count of five, but then you can go right back to choking your opponent again.

Trump asked for a ‘Muslim ban,’ Giuliani says — and ordered a commission to do it ‘legally’ ... “I'll tell you the whole history of it,” Giuliani responded eagerly. “So when [Trump] first announced it, he said, 'Muslim ban.' He called me up. He said, 'Put a commission together. Show me the right way to do it legally.' " https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/29/trump-asked-for-a-muslim-ban-giuliani-says-and-ordered-a-commission-to-do-it-legally/?utm_term=.e7863b75945c

Already provided in other threads....the U.S. deports lots of illegals and denied refugees each year. So why is Trudeau grandstanding when President Trump does it compared to previous presidents ?

I want to know how you define a ghetto.

Ok, I'm sorry if I offended you. I'm under orders to back off so...I'll try not to be such a bother in the future.

Sen McCain is part of the problem...he should have retired after a fine career years ago. No wonder he resents a fat cat like Trump just swooping in and taking the presidency he never had. Bitter ?

McCain better hope the midterms go good for the democrats or any power he has is gone. Make no bones about it, this is likely mccain's last term.

It's got everything to do with it. Considering the so called journalism that got the US into Iraq back in 2006. Even back then the main stream media was engaging in fake news.

Where was all the bleeding heart whining from Canada when the previous POTUS (Obama) was deporting millions of illegals and refugees ? Thousands were crossing the land border then too. Trudeau is just using this year's version for political purposes. Take them all in Canada, or stop Trudeau from writing checks that Canada can't cash.

LoL, dont even try. These people believes in death that their countries invade other countries to slap bad guys and to ensure peace this is a kind of religion of them. A religion with zero logic.

In an answer to your question about how big I think the Finnish parliament should be my answer is that since about 80% of our legislation is emanating from the EU and the rest must not be uncompatible with the EU-legislation I really don't see any point in there being a Finnish parliament at all. Therefore, I would abolish it altogether. A total waste of time and money and a useless talking-shop for mediocre backwater-politicians which all of our politicians are. Nobody would notice any difference if Finnish parliament were abolished except those fat-cat politicians.

Not my problem....if Canada want's to host all the world's refugees...go for it. Most are economic refugees fleeing poor conditions back home. Sovereign nations have the right/duty to protect their borders....it is part of the very definition of same.

It is not inhumane to walk one kilometer in winter weather...I do it all the time. If refugees want to flee to Canada, why should they be stopped ? They already crossed several international borders illegally.

No way....let the illegals go to Canada where they are welcomed by Trudeau (but not all Canadians). Then President Trump can move on to the deportation of all the Canadian overstays in the U.S. Deport all illegals...now !

Get back to us when they write "kill them filthy jews" - with or without the quotation marks - makes no difference.

Refugees fleeing from other countries often arrive in waves because they come from the place that is currently experiencing the most trouble in the world. There are times in history where many areas of the world are experiencing trouble concurrently, and we get refugees from multiple places. Often these refugees arrive with very little fiscal resources, and need to learn things like local languages in order to fit into their new community and earn a descent wage. They will congregate together for mutual support, and often in sections of town that have lower rents and consequently are less well maintained. That is what we refer to as ghettos. It is more about circumstance, and not discrimination. As the refugees integrate into the local community, and begin to earn better incomes they will try and improve their lot. Often they will move out into more affluent neighborhoods and a new generation of refugees from other parts of the world will move into the lower rent district. That is why the ghettos change character over time. Sometimes people will stay in the lower rent district, and use their financial resources to improve them and they become trendy for you well off white people to move in and gentrify them.

Yes, any nation but Saudi Arabia - the one country that was most responsible for terrorist acts. Oil money speaks louder than truth. Are you still going on about Dahir Adan? He became an American Citizen in 2008. The Somali community denounced his act. Stop pretending this was an attack by Somalia, it was a homegrown attack - period, end of discussion.

Not really, though I think it does nothing to improve safety and winds up being counter-productive. It struck me as odd, considering Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia's absence particularly and for the absence of rogue states like the Philippines, which shelters Islamic murderers that have not been brought to justice. I would think that if you are going to ban people, you wouldn't do it so arbitrarily and in such a chaotic fashion.

So I take it then you are opposed to an expansion of the travel ban, since you won't entertain the idea that it might be coming?

I ask because it's rumoured to be added. Your seeming unawareness of this proves you don't follow what's going on very closely But yeah, I know. Obama made a list of countries he said were a threat. Apparently Trump is adding to it. What's your point? Are you saying nations are exempt if Trump does sufficient business there?

My point is he is an american citizen regardless of where he was born....This is a home grown issue meaning the country he is the resident of as of now..,For all I care he could have been a saudi born muslim in which case your argument for holding those 7 nations banned becomes invalid.

I'd be more concerned about the nukes we don't know that Israel possesses. Call me crazy. When they coming clean with that?

When Israel comes clean with it's own nuclear weapons arsenal, then they can bitch about Iran for not complying. Israel has not evens stepped up to the plate, just like India, both are not part of the NPT.

A history lesson on Iran vs US http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/35281450-78/u.s.-needs-to-own-history-with-iran.csp With President Trump and the neocon Democrats talking more about military action against Iran, a little history lesson is in order: In 1953, the CIA overthrew Iran’s democratically elected prime minister Mohammed Mosaddeq and installed the shah of Iran, a brutal dictator who ruled with an iron fist until 1979, when he was overthrown by the Islamic Revolution and its leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini. Unhappy at the removal of “our” dictator, the U.S. began heavily arming Saddam Hussein of Iraq, who waged a brutal war against Iran — including extensive use of chemical weapons — from 1980 to 1988. Any discussion of Iran should be in he context of the above history. In particular, we need to concede that the people of Iran are quite justified in not having a high opinion of U.S. foreign policy in their region. I won’t claim that throughout the history cited above, Iran has behaved in exemplary fashion, but for the U.S. to claim that Iran is “destabilizing the region” after what the U.S. has done to Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, etc., is a towering example of the pot calling the kettle black.

Me thinks you have a Canada syndrome attached with a stigma. Carry on

And Saudi Arabia was not on that list? What political ass-hattery is this?

I think it was actually more like the lack of proper vetting procedures within those countries. But once again, it was Trump that tried to create the bam which is why the courts are snubbing him.

Perhaps you don't understand the difference between requiring a visa and a total travel ban but the courts do though.

Except this ban had nothing to do with controlling borders, it was supposedly an attempt to strengthen national security, and that idea was found to have no merit. Trump picked the wrong countries is what it boils down to. Geography is maybe not his strong suit, along with constitutional issues as well it seems.

Apparently the Saudis "screening" process didn't work so well leading up to 9-11. You know, those people who actually did attack America.

Duh, Army Guy is complaining about the requirements that were 'changed' in 2010. Nobody has yet to give a single detail as to why this is not the right aircraft.

1) Catholics are still getting away with child rape so no they have not been dealt with heavy handed. What a joke. 2) When we see priests thrown in jail for the rest of their lives like they deserve then I will believe it is being taken seriously. 3) Right it doesn't have anything to do with Muslims vs Christians: yet you for some reason think the people will not tolerate Muslim migrants raping all the while the priests have been dong it and still do it under our noses with little sanction. Ok, fine, one in Ireland may be getting two years for rape using a crucifix. Probably getting time for the inherent blasphemy for using a crucifix than the rape itself I bet. But as soon as the migrants do it then it's time to react and get all revolutionary? The people now won't tolerate it? Of course not, because it's the outsiders doing it. 4) Well good for the people for finally waking up. Now if we can all agree that religion sucks and secularism rules then maybe we will get better public policy that will put all rapists in jail no matter their religion or origin or skin colour etc. 5) However I will note that in Canada one can kill their child on religious grounds and get a smack on the wrist. So, no, I don't buy this attitude of Christians getting the harshest punishment. It is BS pure and simple. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/07/08/prosecutors-appeal-light-sentences-given-to-canadian-parents-who-let-their-child-die-of-meningitis/