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Had to post this: Liberal MPs will open Winterlude Friday and they will do that at... wait for it – Snowflake Kingdom. From the media advisory:

Maybe a pointlessly contrived sentence that nobody understands, and yet everybody fights over is indeed the best say to capture Canada in lyric.

Trudeau once again handles hecklers with flair.

ITER is a very cool project, and as someone that's contributed to parts of it, I can tell you with certainty that there is no meaning to the statement that it reached a "half way milestone". You'll note the article doesn't even mention what this milestone is. The reality is that work is ongoing but the timeline is always in flux, as some tasks turn out harder than expected while others (rarely) turn out easier than expected. Unlike building an office building or power plant, most of the work here is brand new and there are contributions from hundreds of private companies and universities each developing new pieces of technology that will be a part of ITER. Further the article is misleading because it implies promise of a "new source of clean power by 2025". Even if there are no further delays (there have already been many) and first plasma is achieved in 2025, that would then only be the beginning of a minimum 5-10 year research campaign. ITER itself will not generate any electricity, it is only a research facility. If the 5-10 year research program starting in 2025 is extraordinarily successful, there may be just enough physics and engineering understanding to build a prototype power plant, which would likely take another 10-20 years to construct (ITER has been under construction for 10 years so far but design started in 1988 and first plasma is still 7+ years away). This prototype would then operate its own 5-10 year research program to demonstrate and optimize things. Only after that would there be any realistic hope of designing and building a commercially viable power plant (i.e. maybe in 2060). And that's if everything goes extraordinarily well, beyond the wildest dreams of anyone actually involved with technical aspects of fusion energy research. That said, fusion energy is an important field of research and will possibly someday yield great benefits, and the science and engineering expertise gained as a result is well worth the cost, but these kinds of "hype" articles are not particularly representative of reality.

Horseshit. 1. Do not pose as if you know what the majority in Israel think about the Mufti let alone that they believe he had a minimal role. That is 100% bullshit. You do not speak for or think for any Israeli. 2.He was most certainly accepted as the leader of the Palestinians that is on public record and more to the point and even if he was not, it does not change what he actually did during the holocaust. 3. Who the phack do you or Eye or anyone claim to speak for holocaust survivors let alone Jews let alone Israelis let alone anyone who disagrees with you and accuse us of trying to glorify who the Mufti is as and accuse us of direspecting the holocaust. What utter self righteous bullshit claiming to speak for me, my family, Jews, holocaust survivors. Who the phack are you or Eye to presume what we went through. Then you deny what the Mufti did an dlie and claim there is no link between Palestinians/Arabs and Nazis. Well the agenda is now out. Maymoon is it. What a joke that you holocaust denying sob's have to change your name on this forum to make it seem like there are a lot of you. What did you think if you hide from me it hides who you are? Lol. You were provided more than enough evidence what the Mufti did during WW2. You now lie. You lie that he had no link to the Nazis. You lie about that. Lie. Not misrepresent but lie. Only a liar would deny he had no link to the Nazis-someone whose political agenda is to come on this board and out and out spread misinformation deliberately. So I say go crawl back to your other name and you know where to find me. Go on run from it: http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article.php/id/2543?id=2543 http://www.tellthechildrenthetruth.com/gallery/ http://www.bu.edu/historic/conference08/Herf.pdf https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3248081,00.html https://arabracismislamofascism.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/arab-muslim-nazism-documentation-your-reference-guide/ http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/175316 Any other of you want to change your name and run from me and revise history?

Bravery and self sacrifice of lion hearted women continues with more intensity http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5347779/Iran-anti-hijab-protests-continue-despite-earlier-arrests.html

Frankly, you are talking to someone who loathes all religions and cults to a certain extent. They all have their short comings....What you said about JW's blood transfusion reminds me of scientology cults where 'silent birth' is prescribed to women! I guess this is where you can appropriately use your 'seat belt' analogy.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_birth Back to the topic, whilst choice may not be the best option for women to wear this piece of garment (known as hijab) unfortunately that choice in a country like Iran today is a necessity. If a women in Iran does not comply with the rules about wearing of this piece of garment she will get arrested. It is not a choice - It is a necessity and yet many women defy them. Whilst your point for defying that choice in Canada is valid and admirable same cannot be applied collectively in a country that restricts choice...

Let's see, Trudeau wants us to - Fund his and Andrew Scheer's Catholic religion via funding of the Catholic School Systems in various provinces such as Alberta and Ontario. - Sing to his god, cross and faith in the national anthems. - Affirm our agreement for the values of his dad's charter, which includes the 'recognition of the supremacy of god' according to the preamble of the charter, which comes before everything including rule of law and the part of the charter that supposedly gives us freedom of speech (but doesn't due to sections 1 and 33). - Support the monarchy, despite the fact that the monarch is inherently the head of the Anglican Church - Fund the Aga Khan Organization, which is inherently non-secular as the Aga Khan is the leader of the Ismaili branch of islam. - Use tax payer money to fund various religious groups including chaplains in prisons and mosques. - Sell weapons to the awful theocracy of Saudi Arabia, which beheads women that go shopping without a male escort, kills gay people and kills apostates. Also give billions of dollars to religious theocracies that kill apostates and gay people via the 'Green Climate Fund'. - Not dislike religion. Because if you dislike all religion, then you dislike islam, which is a 'hate' crime. Disliking belief in magic fairy tales without evidence causes their feelings to be hurt. Can't have that. In comparison, actual liberals such as myself support the separation of religion and state.