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http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1136929--via-rail-derailment-3-dead-more-hurt-in-burlington-train-crash?bn=1 http://livenews.thestar.com/Event/Via_Rail_train_crash A train from Niagara Falls has derailed. 3 VIA employees in the locomotive have been killed. Dozens of passengers have been injured. I'm a bit of a self-proclaimed transit expert so I'll share what I know. The Locomotive's "top" looks "smushed" and "ripped". This indicates to me that it made impact with something, either after it toppled over, or, prior to doing so (and thus would be the cause of the derailment). When the roof is ripped off the vehicle you are in things get ugly and it's understandable that the drivers have died. Car #1 has tipped on it's side. This can cause great injury, obviously, and possibly death. Hopefully no passengers have died. Cars #2 and #3 came off the rails. The rear of the train has sustained the least damage (which is standard in a derailment where the locomotive has derailed) I've been on this train before and sometimes/normally it also carries passengers to and from the United States. There may have been people from the US on board. If so, they are always seated at the rear of the train in the last few cars. It does not appear as though there were any on board however.

At one point I was banned from Rabble for being too right wing, and banned from Free Dominion (a right-wing site) for being too left wing.

Being anti union is hardly right wing considering what Unions have done over the past 15 years or so.

The metric system works fine, it's only the old fogies who refuse to switch over that cause any sort of problem.

Hell no, I'd complain the fines are not high enough. Stupid rules and laws should be changed, not broken.

Rules are laws that apply only on private property, and I have no sympathy for lawbreakers.

Andy Byford will be running the TTC for now. http://www.thestar.com/news/transportation/article/1136486--ttc-s-new-driver-andy-byford-rolls-up-his-sleeves-and-gets-to-work?bn=1 I like this guy already

Loyalty.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/canada-deficit/ my thoughts: Pearson, Liberal Smallest deficit was $20 million, nearly a balanced buget. Largest was $1.2B in his first year and $1B in his last. Adjusted for inflation though, $14.7B in his first and $6.8B in his last. Debt to GDP ratio stayed the same pretty well throughout his term. Clearly you can read between the lines that Canada must have had massive inflation and inflation related growth though this time, making the figures a bit hard to calculate properly. Trudeau, 1st time, Liberal Managed to turn a surplus of 100M in one year, but the rest is all deficits, and save a single election-year holding the line, the deficit grew in every year that Trudeau was in office. Despite this, the GDP ratio managed to actually drop, even during the highest of his deficits. In his final year the deficit, adjusted for inflation was 41.3B and 5.3% of GDP. Once managed a surplus of .2% of GDP. Clark, PC Managed to reduce the deficit by all measures, yet slow economic growth resulted in a debt to GDP increase. Trudeau, 2nd time, Liberal This is where deficits and the debt started to run away. Remarkable increases in every year, with the final year being , when adjusted for inflation, a whopping 65.7B. Managed to, in these 4 years, undo the entire reduction of the GDP ratio in his first 11 years. His highest % of GDP was 7.9 for the deficit. Mulroney, PC Managed to grow the GDP ratio every year, despite some real-term decreases in the deficit during the middle of his term. First-term deficit, adjusted, of 72.8B and 8.3% of GDP, mid term high of just 46B in deficit, at 4.4% GDP. Chretien, Liberal Only PM on the list that clearly cut the deficit and debt without question. First year deficit, adjusted for inflation of 53.8B at 5.3% of GDP. His 1997 surplus was .3% of GDP, the highest number to that point in this entire interactive series. Every other surplus he returned was at least double that size. The largest surplus he returned was in 2000 with an inflation adjusted 24.7B at 1.8% of GDP. The GDP ratio was reduced from an all-time high to 2nd term Trudeau levels. Martin, Liberal Largely carried on the Chretien work, not much else to say. Harper, Conservative Began with surpluses similar in size to Chretien, but has since got into deficit. Debt to GDP ratio is back up to 2nd term Trudeau levels. after having dipped, under Harper, to 1st term Trudeau levels. Largest deficit was an adjusted 58.2B at 3.6% of GDP. My read of all of this. The single largest deficit we ever had in adjusted terms was the inherited deficit that Mulroney was given by 2nd term Trudeau of 72.8B at a GDP ratio of 8.3%, which makes current deficits nothing in comparison. There is really no clear thing that shows one party does better than another IMO. Prime Ministers, generally, seemed to carry on what their predecessor did, making minor adjustments. The only thing that's clear is that 2nd term Trudeau and Mulroney were terrible, while Chretien and pre-deficit Harper were helpful. In fact, I'd say that 2nd term Trudeau and Chretien were opposites, and, compare (in terms of long-term health and harm) 2nd term Trudeau and 1st term Trudeau, saying that if I didn't know they were the same g**d*** person, that one would hate the other for undoing all the work he did.

In kindergarten I drew a picture of us driving down the highway. They called in my mother and grandmother and everyone because I had used a lot of Black, and that somehow meant that there was something wrong with them (my family, not me)

On the recent discussion: I was once on a nudist website and saw a picture of a naked girl that had the label "17yrOLDnude" or something similar. Feel free to report me to the RCMP, FBI, KGB, CIA, KKK, UFP, DRE, and NDP if you wish. On the thread as a whole: The fact that this thread is 10 pages long bothers me. I keep seeing it pop up and decided to come on in to see what was going on. Why on earth is there such a long thread on kiddie porn? I half fear that anyone who defends it like I just did is sent a covert PM and offered pix. If so, for the love of God, please do not PM me with any disgusting pictures. Just because I once saw a 17 year old (supposedly) girl on a nudist website does not make me a pedo, nor, does it make me want to be a pedo.

And yet Mexicans are OPPOSED to using the army...

Deterrence? I do not understand.

Of course I support C-30, anyone who does not stands with the child pornographers and the pedos, and, not only do I support C-30, but I support taking it's measures even farther; we need to give not only police, but random citizens the right to burst into your home and check your computer. Anyone who disagrees with me stands with the pedos and murders and rapists and support putting ketchup on spaghetti, like ew.

Toronto has been deeply in trouble ever since Harris downloaded services. And Ontario has been deeply in trouble ever since Paul Martin downloaded services though transfer cuts. And Canada has been deeply in trouble ever since Trudeau came to office.

Seems to work for me unless the quote is on a different page

Both. There are Ideologues, and it does not matter if you are a right-wing or left-wing Ideologue, you are an Ideologue. And then there are those who live and work in the real world.

Can you kill something that is not alive?

Yemeni voters have voted, but the results are not yet available. Still, I'd like to congratulate the winner, Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi, who captured infinity more percent votes than his opponent in the race, who has failed to exist.

In all fairness, the left is just as willing to do the same. Ford is no "worse" than past mayors.

Politics is more involved with municipal issues than provincial, and that, than federal. In fact, the issues people generally truly care about tend to be Municipal, yet, people pay the least amount of attention to municipal issues.

I'd not be opposed to a provincial Reform Alliance, or, another federal one.

The movie was not confusing at all. Thatcher was many things A grocer's daughter An MP A Minister Prime Minister And "Elder Statesman" backbench MP A peer in the Lords and last, a "crazy old woman". I'm least interested in hearing about the latter. How many other "crazy old women" are there out there? Millions. How many peers are there in the Lords? Currently about 700. How many Prime Ministers of the UK are there? what 50? The movie had an improper focus. I saw another movie, "the end of maggie thatcher" which was far better, though the acting was poor. Streep should have been in that movie. edit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230150/ this movie.

There should be a law limiting severances. Also, Webster has done a wonderful job.