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Just asking the questions. I have no horse in the race. .

Coverup of what?Clarify please.

I'm not an expert. I'm just presenting the findings of experts.I believe it's been suggested before that there were secure infrastructure floors in the buildings not publicly accessible, and the logical places for placement of explosives. That answer has been given before. You ignored it I guess. Do you want an impartial investigation to find the truth, poochy? .

15-years-later-physics-journal-concludes-all-3-wtc-towers-collapsed-due-to-controlled-demolition Renowned Physics Journal Concludes in New Study: All 3 WTC Towers Collapsed Due to Controlled Demolition The new study is the work of Steven Jones, former full professor of physics at Brigham Young University, Robert Korol, a professor emeritus of civil engineering at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, Anthony Szamboti, a mechanical design engineer with over 25 years of structural design experience in the aerospace and communications industries and Ted Walter, the director of strategy and development for Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, a nonprofit organization that today represents more than 2,500 architects and engineers. The comprehensive study in Europhysics Magazine directly challenges the official narrative and lends to a growing body of evidence that seriously questions the veracity of the government narrative. In 2002, the National Institute of Standards and Technology remarked that the case was exceptionally bizarre. There were no other known cases of total structural collapses in high-rise buildings caused by fires and so it is deeply unusual that it should have happened three times in the space of one day, noted NIST. Official investigations have never been able to thoroughly and coherently explain how this might have happened and various teams tasked with examining the collapse have raised difficult questions about the veracity of the governments story. Perhaps most damning of all, the experts claimed that after a thorough forensic analysis of video footage of the buildings collapse, it revealed signs of a controlled implosion. Additionally, Jones has co-authored a number of papers documenting evidence of unreacted nano-thermitic material in the WTC dust. The authors of the study note that the buildings fell with such speed and symmetry that they there was no other feasible explanation for the sudden collapse at free fall speeds directly refuting studies that attempted to debunk the idea that the building fell without resistance. These respected experts new forensic analysis only adds to the growing movement of people calling for a new and impartial investigation into the collapse of the World Trade Center. Yes I'd say an impartial investigation is necessary, including investigation of who is responsible, why it was done, and criminal charges. I expect there will be several types of responses here and elsewhere: Those who just don't want to believe the truth. Those who have a vested interest in hiding the truth. And those who want to know the truth and pursue appropriate consequences. A lot of people died. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_September_11_attacks People continue to die. http://www.citylab.com/politics/2015/09/14-years-later-heres-what-we-know-about-911-and-cancer/403888/ Who did this? Why? How can they be held accountable? .

Statistics Canada head resigns, accuses Trudeau Liberals of 'compromising independence' Wayne Smith, head of Statistics Canada, announced his resignation Friday morning. "I cannot lend my support to government initiatives that will purport to protect the independence of Statistics Canada when, in fact, that independence has never been more compromised. I do not wish to preside over the decline of what is still, but cannot remain in these circumstances, a world leading statistical office." Typical Liberal crap: repackage Conservative crap and call it lavender. Still stinks. Any government agency is always under pressure to produce slant that flatters sitting governments. No sitting government is going to give up any message control gained by predecessors. Kudos to StatsCan chief Wayne Smith for integrity in drawing this to our attention. .

I think freedom of religion also implies freedom from religion is a choice. I want freedom from the strange people who came to my door with cookies and a message about Satan. Lol

Turns out you're right about protesters interrupting ? http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/09/15/news/boss-pipeline-regulator-joked-about-giving-neb-staff-tasers-after-montreal-protest The security breakdown appears to have annoyed senior management to the point that its top bureaucrat joked at a staff meeting that the regulators employees should be armed with tasers at public hearings. NEB says Taser joke taken out of context ... But her ill-timed attempt at humour is likely to add some fresh ammunition for critics who believe the National Energy Board is too cozy with industry and in need of a complete overhaul. They just keep shooting themselves in the foot. .

Freedom of religion in Canada ... except for Muslims?I guess you don't hold it too dear. .

Anybody can.Or not. "Everything we hold dear" ... like freedom of thought, expression, religion.Hmmmm?! .

The NEB was not interrupted by "radicals".The NEB interrupted itself, by behaving in a manner biased in favour of the pipeline. It can only be assumed that was longstanding practice. That gravy train is over. http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/energy-east-panel-steps-down-neb-to-find-replacements-1.3065672 .

Money isn't the only problem: Once you have personality inventory results, who decides what it means ... what 'personalities' can immigrate? I mean ... seriously?!?

Oh so now it's not just a simple survey of opinions and attitudes, but a full personality inventory? You're being more and more ridiculous, Argus. Out in la-la land. That requires a professional to administer and interpret, and would cost about $2,000 per person. .

Can you tell me how to create a valid survey of opinions/values? How would you make sure people don't just respond with what you want to hear? I'm not opposed to it in principle. But I do understand the complexity of such a survey. It would be very expensive and of questionable validity. .

I think Kellie Leitch and the majority of Canadians have not thought this through, as we are doing here: Conducting such a "screening" of prospective immigrants would be an expensive and ridiculous farce. When asked to choose the values respondents believe are important, equality came out on top (27 per cent), followed by patriotism (15 per cent), fairness (12 per cent) and tolerance (11 per cent). Conservative backers put patriotism at the top their list of important values. Liberals and New Democrats ranked equality as their first choice. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/10/canadians-favour-screening-immigrant-values-poll-shows.html Prospective immigrants are just going to say whatever will get them a visa. Whatever survey they are given must first be standardized on a good sample of Canadians to determine what "Canadian values" actually are, what the range of opinion is and the variance among existing Canadians. Then it would have to be determined what variance would be allowed among immigrants: The same as existing Canadians? More variation? Less variation? And what to do with the existing Canadians who fall outside the allowable variances? Deport them where possible? Strip them of citizenship? Deny them benefits and services? /sarcasm And ... for heaven's sake ... how on earth are such restrictions consistent with the most important Canadian value of all ... "2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b ) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, ..." ?!?!?! Maybe first we should be screening existing Canadians to see whether they actually agree with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. .

Ah yes ... good ole greed and corruption! .

Mhm.How do you 'test' for those vague concepts?

Learn ... to give the desired answers. I still think politicians should be given 'the test'.

That's not what it's about. We occupier/settlers have treaties to be here. Now they are beginning to be respected. .

You have never supported anything you've ever said, Argus.

So ... you don't believe in freedom of religion in Canada. How UNCanadian of you! <Deport him, officer! He refuses to respect the Constitution!> .

Looks like the situation has been clarified and resolved. Commentary: Police threatening boycott prove Kaepernicks point Our nations law enforcement and emergency personnel are sworn to protect. There is no fine print. Its not, protect everyone except those you dont like. ... So its insulting that Kaepernick pointed out something that has been proven to be true? Police brutality and racial profiling absolutely exist, and its not just a rare occurrence. After lengthy investigations, police departments throughout the country have been found to have severe problems with systemic racism, including the San Francisco Police Department. Police Union Decides Against Boycotting San Francisco 49ers Games [W]e will encourage and support our officers to continue to voluntarily work at 49er games and other stadium events, the letter reads in part. Think about it: Next police officers will refuse to police a protest because they disagree with the opinions of the protesters?! BWAHHHahaha! .

This will be a turning point in the violent corporate methods used against Indigenous Peoples in the Americas. I guess corporate thug dog handlers need jobs too? :/ http://m.democracynow.org/columns/2985 This section of the pipeline path contained archeological sites, including Lakota/Dakota burial grounds. The tribe had supplied the locations of the sites in a court filing just the day before, seeking a temporary halt to construction to fully investigate them. With those locations in hand, the Dakota Access Pipeline crew literally plowed ahead. Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman David Archambault told us on the Democracy Now! news hour: "They were using the dogs as a deadly weapon. ... They knew something was going to happen when they leapfrogged over 15 miles of undisturbed land to destroy our sacred sites ... they were prepared. They hired a company that had guard dogs, and then they came in, and then they waited. And it was by the time we saw what was going on, it was too late. Everything was destroyed. They desecrated our ancestral gravesites. They just destroyed prayer sites."

There have been quite a few. Thus the protests. .

Oh Argus Argus Argus! It's OK for cops to shoot innocent Black people, because other Black people are involved in crime? I heard of a redheaded criminal. So it's OK for cops to shoot innocent redheads because some redheads are involved in crime, right? How do you breathe with your foot in your mouth? .

I agree. "Not criminally responsible" doesn't mean 'not dangerous'. .