Moonlight Graham

Can you tell me specifically what the Harper gov did that caused this?

About what? That there a lot of sane people living on the streets? If so, i hope you're kidding.

I'm somewhat content with the current Conservative minority. Afghanistan is the biggest thing i disagree with on their part. The CPC/Harper have done/proposed some stupid things, but thankfully the other parties have provided a good check on many of them. The Liberals or CPC ruling in a majority scares the living heck out of me.

I also applaud the youth who wrote/support this. However, one big problem. It offers no real solution or call to action. They are sick and tired of everyone and everything...but what exactly are they going to do about? Speaking out is wonderful, but not enough. Maybe they should get out from behind their computer screens and go Gandhi on everyone.

Even though Zellers/HBC has been owned by US interests recently (which is kind of sad in itself, but i suppose is the nature of the beast), this story is still a bit of a sad for me. Despite the US ownership, Zellers is still a uniquely Canadian brand that has been around for a long time. But once Walmart came into Canada, the nail was in the coffin for Zellers. I'm actually surprised Zellers lasted this long. Since the Walmart invasion, most of the time the only reason i shopped at Zellers was that they had some different brands or the occasional good sale. Zellers just couldn't compete with Walmart's super-low prices. Ahh, i can still remember the days when K-Mart and Zellers were the go-to low-price department stores. This is a significant event in Canadian retail history. Walmart and Target are retail powerhouses with dirt-cheap prices, meaning it's just impossible for any Canadian company to compete unless they offer a significantly different product. With super Walmart's also popping up in Canada, this will also put more pressure (and money losses) on large "Canadian" store chains like Loblaws and Canadian Tire. Despite my Canadian sentimentalism, Zellers was already dying and Target is a really good store that will add true competition for Walmart here. I've shopped at Target a bunch of times. It's a similar type of store to Walmart and i don't find a huge difference besides some clothing, but most people i know prefer Target over Walmart. Better cash in your "Club Z" points people. "Where the lowest price is the law!"

Lesson to op-ed writer: don't judge Canadians based on a period of hockey mania. They tend to get drunk ans go crazy.

Myth denoted something that is "make-believe". Nothing make belief about the bald eagle or "old glory". I think a better would be national "symbols". There is one huge reason why Canadians are less patriotic: we don't teach history in school (i'm talking kindergarten through grade 12). Well, barely. The first time i heard the names Samuel de Champlain and Jacques Cartier was in grade 7 history class, which is pathetically late. I don't even remember taking history in elementary school, all i can remember is learning Canadian geography. Well, we may have learned about a few isolated stories/figures like Terry Fox, but nothing approaching a narrative of the history of the country until junior high. But even in junior/high school, history classes were sparse. I also didn't take one "civics" class through school, nor was it offered. Pathetic. It is difficult for one to be proud of your country when one knows nothing about it.

Exactly. Show me some evidence, or anyone evidence. Then we can do the blame game. Until then, why talk stupid talk?

The Canadian PM has historically been much more powerful within the Canadian system relative to, say, the US president in the US system. That's political science 101 type knowledge.

Welcome to the Canadian parliamentary system. You been smokin the wacky-tobacky. I dont love the man, but what has he done to put him in the Hague lol?

The story is back. cbc news Pretty scary stuff, but not surprising. China makes sense. So would Israel. But speculation is beyond the point. It is also rather odd that the head of CSIS would go public with this info. A deliberate political move maybe? To let those know CSIS is watching them?

Currently playing Red Dead Redemption on my Xbox. Such a real, living, beautiful environment they created for the old American West. Great game, especially if you liked GTA IV.

The old standards had i believe 90m a day of exercise for kids. Wtf??? I was a very spry, athletic kid and i'm not sure if i hit that mark. Maybe on a gym day with 45m of exercise, plus 45 minutes worth or recess. 150m a week for adults = 20m a day. That's very reasonable and people can be pretty fit if you find time for 20m a day of solid sweating activity. Personally i think 30m would be a better goal.

People used to think thunder and earthquakes were signs from God too. The moon will be red because sometimes light makes things look red.

Peter Kent, lol. Man, i prefer in other political systems where the cabinet doesn't have to come from a small group of partisan MP's who usually know poop-all about their ministries. oh well.

When i first came here i was warned twice about some insults or rude posts. Wasn't used to such a "civil" board code, but i think it was a good thing. I straightened up. There's a lot of bashing going on, and it makes the atmosphere around here less than friendly. This is a place for debate & discussion, not a place to get your angst out on others after a tough work/school day. I'd be in favour of stricter moderation, whether by a new moderator or whatever.

Political economic policies like carbon taxes etc. are mostly out of the realm of scientists, but they can make many other recommendations like what exactly should be reduced (coal production, gas vs hybrid cars vs car pooling vs bus use, urban heat generation, nuclear power, geo-engineering, aerosol reduction/increase etc.). There are may issues scientists can chime in on to help guide policy for policy makers. They do scientific research all the time to examine the different sources of GHG's, their effect/impact, and compare them to other alternatives (nuclear/wind/solar energy, hybrid cars etc) I really don't see how you could make informed policy decisions on the environment without significant help from scientific expertise.

It is, and it certainly helps to sniff out some of the b.s. from both sides that is portrayed in the MSM. But for the non-scientist, one can only educate yourself so far, unless you want to educate yourself so much that you actually approach becoming an accredited scientist. I suck at advanced math, therefore there's only so far i can educate myself. i can't do my own complex experiments/research. At some point, the non-scientist has to rely on the opinions/studies of science authorities. Much the same as if i have cancer, i can educate myself about it, but i likely won't be able to diagnose myself and must rely on expert opinion.

That can be very difficult to determine. The majority of scientists spend the majority of their time researching. All researchers get their funding from somewhere (government, energy companies etc), no matter their stance on AGW. There is usually a conflict of interest at play with researchers, though that is why strict research ethics boards exist to help prevent such b.s., but of course they don't always prevent such b.s.

For outsiders who are not scientists and must rely on the judgment of scientific authorities, it is logical to believe the side that has the much bigger number. For example, if 10 doctors say you have cancer and you must have an operation, and 1 doctor says you don't have cancer, whose opinion are you going to go with?

And we're quite proud of that. Thanks for reminding!

100 bin Laden's and a million Mohamed Atta's.

Obviously, but i never stated such. I agree.

I'm not looking at the context of the war in that way, and not trying to get into arguments about what the UN did or didn't approve. I'm simply looking at it from a moral perspective. Any country invading Iraq to depose of Saddam simply for humanitarian purposes would be better spent using its resources on greater humanitarian problems (not to dismiss the disgusting deeds of Saddam).

Have a link to this study? Are you just referring to what Al Gore said about this in his movie (which one must take with a grain of salt). It would be interesting to see some kind of formal survey/study done to see how many applicable scientists agree with AGW or disagree. I'd imagine the majority of climate scientists do agree with the popular AGW theory, though dissenters certainly exist. Anyone know of a study trying to determine the degree of this "consensus?