Moonlight Graham

Well that part I hated, but the bombs were great when nobody knew!...including myself. I had to tear down my Sosa posters in anger, and I can't wear my Sosa jersey anymore. That guy owes me some money back! Too bad he did abuse, he could have been an annual 40 HR guy even without the roids.

Oh, and a pellet and/or air gun to shoot the neighbours pets lol j/k.

I want one of those AA-12 fully-automatic shotguns! With the explosive rounds please!

Jays are okay, they need a new outdoor stadium! Go Cubs. Wish we had steroid Sosa back...and his 50-60 bombs!

Nah, he's just authoritarian in general IMO. In other words, a control freak. Cybercoma mentioned John Locke in the OP, and that kind of control is exactly what Locke and other liberal (in the Lockean sense of the word) political leaders of that period were fighting against: tyranny by the state.

They aren't supreme, they are a check on Parliament's power. As CC says, the laws that Parliament passes must be constitutional. A Supreme Court judge is not your average judge. Yes they have power of interpretation, but I think history has shown that they usually get things right.

I pretty much agree with the above. Luckily, we have the Charter and the SCC/courts to keep the CPC in check if any of their legislation is deemed unconstitutional. Hopefully the courts decide these matters fairly, though our constitution is particularly up for interpretation and "activism" by judges due to the 'reasonable limits' clause in Section 1 of the Charter.

He's the freaking mayor of Toronto, which has a very vibrant gay community, so if you decide you want to be mayor of Toronto you better get with the program. Gays are part of his constituency too. On the other hand, looks like a lot of gay people, gay supporters, and young people (as always) stayed home last election day so maybe this will wake them up next time if they don't want a dolt like Ford in office. You get what you vote for (or don't vote for).

I hope you took a good long shower when you got home.

Young girls, and most people, in third world countries should be very resentful of Ms. Thatcher for spearheading, along with Reagan, the neoliberal western development policies that dominated the 1980's and reversed development in so many developing countries for the next 10-15+ years after she and Reagan took office. She and her polices were an enemy (though maybe an inadvertent one) of the "third world".

It would cause a minor controversy though. B student Obama gets into Harvard even though he didn't deserve it. Obama not as smart as his cred shows, yada yada. Then it would cause big debate over affirmative action. Doesn't make sense though, Obama was a Harvard grad magna cum laude so he was a smart dude in school. Maybe he just got a D once in Economics 101 or 'International Political Economy' (a course he likely took since he majored in Political Science & International Relations at Columbia), which would be enough for him to not want to release it I would think.

that's great I like that!

Why does Romney want to target the "extremely social conservative vote"? It's only about 25% of the GOP electorate, so then maybe half that (10-15%?) of the general electorate. If he wants to win why not pick a liberal (about 30-40% of the general electorate), then he'd snag votes on all sides of the spectrum.

American voters have shown some smarts. Romney is the most qualified and probably the only non-crazy of the GOP bunch. He's moderate, as is Obama. They're both puppets and sellouts, but at least they aren't morons nor insane. When was the last time there were POTUS candidates as competent as Obama/Romney in US history? If you think Romney > McCain, then it's been quite a long time. Republicans chose the right guy IMO, and I'm glad the loud minority of wacko and dummy supporters weren't successful in nominating Santorum.

So your argument is that the protester should have been shot & killed by police? Tough guy wannabes strike again!

What about people with lung-cancer from smoking or diabetes from poor lifestyles, or a dumbass who falls while mountain-climbing? If they, say, can't afford to pay for medicine/surgury etc., what then?

One of the best guitar songs ever:

It's just "low-effort thinking" .

Yet we didn't liberalize to deregulate our banking and financial system, which helped save our housing market and economy overall from repeating the aforementioned US housing boom/bust.

Who are the "greedy SOB's"? The people who hoard a vastly disproportionate % of the wealth, or the ones that want a cut of it and wish to take it from them? greedy (grd) adj. 1. Excessively desirous of acquiring or possessing, especially wishing to possess more than what one needs or deserves. 2. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; gluttonous. 3. Excessively desirous of food or wealth, esp in large amounts; voracious

Doesn't get rid of the problem of people actually doing the drugs though.

Insite in Vancouver doesn't give out free drugs. You have to obtain it out on the street or wherever and bring it into the facility. ------ "Junkies" are people too. They're also junkies and homeless for a reason, and not because they're "losers" if anyone understand homelessness or addictions at all. These people are in some of the most dire straights in all of our society, so I don't mind giving them a bit of help to get turned around, since these facilities protect their health but more importantly provide access to counseling & mental health services etc. A lot of these people have mental health issues of some kind and are self-medicating, and certainly need help. If research supports the site then I'll go with the research. From the Insite website: