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Alert - 2,900 miles (great circle route) across northern Greenland Resolute - 3,500 miles (great circle route) across northern Greenland Gander - 4,100 miles (great circle route) south of Iceland Fairbanks - 4,300 miles (great circle route) over the pole Eielson - 4,400 miles (great circle route) over the pole Elemdorf - 4,600 miles (great circle route) over the pole

While I often want to try something different, that doesn't really entice me. Waffle cone all the way. Ice cream was a problem for me when the kids were young, summers we would do about a weekly trip to the DQ or Baskin Robins. That is one of my vices I have been able to forgo after they grew up, I think the last time I had ice cream was Christmas.

Returning to the submarine subthread. The German type 212 fuel cell submarine has already had 14 & 18 day submerged (ie. no snorkelling) runs, and it is 90's technology. You would expect that 20 years later we could build even more capable non-nuclear submarines for use under the arctic ice. An interesting note is that some of the first production British submarines were built in Montreal over a century ago. Like all our military manufacturing capabilities, we have lost that.

The link you posted has a table, is that what you mean by 'graph'? The left side is GDP, and the right side is Military Spending. If you note, the right side has the 'rank' column with the entry for Canada listed at 127, but the right side is sorted by absolute spending ($US assumed) and Canada is the 20'th entry down on that side.

Agreed. Why are people quoting him, I believe that Jody Wilson-Raybould is the responsible Minister.

You are correct that the government does have the opportunity to screw up things and make it worse. They also have the opportunity to make things far better. The point is the current situation is so bad that they would have to be bumbling idiots to make it worse. The rest is all speculation about the future, tempered with partisan cheerleading.

Ah yes, the again repeated lie about the LGR. It never cost $2 billion, that was a lie spread by the liar Vic Towes who should be in jail and not at the bench. You don't take a budget for an entire department over 15 years, inflate it up by a billion or so, and then say that is what it cost to do one task. That is a lie, pure and simple. Ok, so it cost whatever to legalize and maintain the regulations. What do you think it costs to criminalize and maintain the current regulations? I suggest it is significantly more by at least an order of magnitude, but regardless of whatever estimate you come up with the current system has to cost more.

I thought Eureka was also maintained by the Canadian Forces. Yes, both stations also have Environment Canada staff as well.

You do realize that is talking about stealing from another slaver? Did you read what came before in Exodus 21? Exodus 21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. You do not stealeth a free man, you stealeth a slave from another master; that is the crime you commit.

If you add up the many billions we spend on the Canadian Forces, RCMP, CSIS, Coast Guard, Border Security, and countless other organizations involved in defending Canada, that is a sizable insurance premium we are already paying. I have seen little call for it to be reduced, just a great loud shouting to increase it.

Not quite sure what your statement above means. I looked at your source, and it shows that we rank as 15th in terms of 2011 GDP, 20th in terms of absolute 2007 military spending, and since that 2007 spending was 1.1% of our 2011 GDP then we are 127th in terms of spending as a percent of GDP (sort of).

It takes a lot of guts to say that without a pointed hood on.

Although slavery was a common part of life in the time and place Jesus lived, I am unaware of any statements he made against it. Perhaps we can be enlightened by the faithful. The excuse slavery was 'Old Testament' does not take, there are many references in the New Testament as well: Matthew 18:25 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. In fact many Christian slave owners used to cite: Ephesians 6:5-9 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. I sense an argument coming on about interpreting instead of taking the Bible literally.

We have concrete evidence that Leif Erikson made his way as far as Newfoundland, and possibly further 500 years before Columbus. As TimG correctly points out, this could have been a one-way venture. A civilization having the technology does not mean that the voyagers (note I don't use the term explorers) themselves had the means in the new land, and perhaps the desire, to fashion a return craft. If you were cast adrift for many weeks/months on the stormy seas, would you want turn around and go back out without a clue how to return safely? Of course non of this means it happened, just that it is possible.

Actually your original reference (1 Corinthians 6:9) is from the English Standard Version. If you want to quote the NIV then you should quote it properly. Also note which revision of the NIV you are quoting (1966, 1984, or 2011) because that passage is different in each of them.

Health care spending Canada 10.4% of GDP France 11.5% of GDP Total government revenue Canada 32.2% of GDP France 44.6% of GDP In both cases France is substantially higher than Canada. All nordic countries have substantially higher government revenue than Canada, but it is true that Norway and Finland do have lower health care spending. Note that government spending on higher education indirectly offsets health care spending, I know that makes a big difference in the case of France but I haven't looked closely at the nordic countries. The other high cost to health care in Canada is our geography.

διὰ τοῦτο παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς εἰς πάθη ἀτιμίας: αἵ τε γὰρ θήλειαι αὐτῶν μετήλλαξαν τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν, ὁμοίως τε καὶ οἱ ἄρσενες ἀφέντες τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν τῆς θηλείας ἐξεκαύθησαν ἐν τῇ ὀρέξει αὐτῶν εἰς ἀλλήλους, ἄρσενες ἐν ἄρσεσιν τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην κατεργαζόμενοι καὶ τὴν ἀντιμισθίαν ἣν ἔδει τῆςπλάνης αὐτῶν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἀπολαμβάνοντες. I don't see μαλακοῖ or a derivative of that root word appearing there, which was the point of your original translation being wrong. If you want to prove that the Bible is goodness or hate, depending on the human author and their mood at the time, then that is a completely different matter.

Lots of good potential tangents we could start up in other threads You are confusing compressive and tensile strength. Yes, concrete naturally has great compressive strength but that doesn't help too much if you want to build great spans across wide rivers, and many of the other engineering challenges of today that were never conceived 2000 years ago. Perhaps a technology thread on ancient vs modern construction. Many tangents here. Higher education, preparation for higher education, the teaching vs. the research professor, etc. Yes, there are many examples of people with little education that have changed the world. There are plenty more examples of people with lots of education that also changed the world. Yes, you can teach yourself nuclear physics or brain surgery but most of those leading in those and other fields have extensive education credentials. Perhaps a thread on the benefits of education both formal and informal.

Ok, so what spending increase are you willing to make? Yes, you feel how the country should be run. Well then, put together a platform and see if you get support. That is the problem, nobody is willing to pay for what they want, they just want others to pay for their pet projects.

Empath, like Deanna Troi. For the diehards, I should reference Gem from TOS.

Yes and article written by the self loathing, gay bashing Bible thumpers who reference themselves. I suggest you expand your horizons, education is something to be cherished. You failed to explain why the translation is not the same for the same word in different parts of the Bible as I pointed out long ago. That article also fails to explain it, even though they reference the other passages.

Ok, so we want to spend more on the military. Of those with their hands up, will you agree to a 2% increase in income tax across the board (personal and business) and use that to fund the military? If not, then go home and never again complain.

True, but there are also jobs that pay a lot less than soldiering and involve a lot higher risk. Loggers, fishing and trapping, farming, mining and quarrying, transportation, etc. Additionally, most soldiers are not battlefield soldiers and those that are don't spend most of their career there. I agree we have done a poor job equipping our soldiers for the battles we have sent them in, but the bigger problem is we should not have been in Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Iraq, etc. We need to focus our resources properly.

It’s a shame people like you try to twist scripture to fit your own agenda. μαλακοῖς means fine or delicate. The word for passive partner in male homosexual acts is κίναιδος. Instead of learning from some BIble thumping gay bashing self-loathing hate filled website, perhaps you should study Greek.

So your translation of the Bible is clear. Your translation done by who? How about the King James Bible: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind How about we go back to the original verse that used the term malakoi? Who are you to say that means homosexual, or even effeminate? It is translated differently in other parts of the King James BIble (Matthew 11:8, and Luke 7:25). It appears the meaning of the word is: men not working or advancing ideas so as to concern themselves with love only, not working for the good of the whole. The clarity you speak of is anything but.