Peter F

I'm curious how all those flammable products get transported now. Or does one need to go to the refinery to get them?

by counting (since 2012) Federal Civil Servants total banked sick days as a unfunded liability ($5 billion)

I didn't attend today's event to celebrate those who are alive; I attended to remember those who died - military and civilian - enemies and allies. And like Cybercoma I often feel that the day is being usurped by those who seek glorification of themselves and the wars they served in. I have no time for the glorification of it all.

In keeping with the day... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLDZqczzniY

Argus (post 324) But defenders of multi-culturalism (me for one) say this purely to sooth your shattered nerves. The melting-pot works just fine under multi-cultural policies. And, Multi-cultural policies have the great advantage of keeping government out of the problem of making immigrants conform to the whims of polls. ... or on-line discussion boards.

I think the Powell Doctrine is a very smart doctrine - for a Great Power. It doesn't really apply to the little people though. Great powers are in a position to seriously answer the questions. Small powers are not in that position and very often have the will of the great powers imposed upon them. As Derek mentions re WWII, sometimes the smaller powers choose to partake or not (Canada partook, Sweden did not). But mostly the lesser folks - like us - Don't have much of a choice at all when the vital interests of Great Powers are at stake. Our recent 'wars' in Afghanistan or Libya were done purely for domestic political reasons and nothing else. This is why they were (and the ISIS involvement) prosecuted to a certain limited point but not beyond. The outcome of those wars/involvments were/are not vital to us. The USA did not impose the Iraqi or Afghan wars on us simply because their own vital interests were not at stake. Once the US vital interests are at stake we'll know soon enough.

Probably to the harasser...but I bet the harassee will not be vague at all about what sexual harassment is.

I think he means that because these francophones do not participate in English Canadian political dialogue that means that Francophones, by virtue of not speaking English, cannot possibly partake in political dialogue. What can I say? The man's an idiot. "Scientist: The environmental barrier had been removed but we'd hit another: the language barrier. The penguins could not speak English and were therefore unable to give the answers. This problem was removed in the next series of experiments by asking the same questions to the penguins and to a random group of non-English-speaking humans in the same conditions. (Cut to the professor and his team now surrounding a group of foreigners who are standing in a pool looking bewildered.) Professor: What is the next number? 2, 4, 6? (pause) Swedish Person: Hello? (Cut back to the scientist.) Scientist: The results of these tests were most illuminating. The penguins scores were consistently equal to those of the non-English-speaking group." -- http://www.montypython.net/scripts/penguins.php

I'd like to know what this need is for a changing of the laws to allow greater surveillance. Seems to me the cops didn't have too much trouble arresting the wanna-be terrorists in toronto or the other wannabe's planning to derail a train. The present security system seemed quite capable of dealing with those threats. What more is needed that can't be done with the present laws?

Yes, our imaginations know no bounds. Hell, Tom Clancy makes millions cooking up all sorts of what-ifs about terrorists.

The really scary part is if 300 terrorists across the country went on a rampage and attacked whoever they came across! Can you imagine? Well, yes you can.

Not important in the least. Gunman shoots somebody then tries to shoot somebody else. Should the response have been different for a non-muslim perp?

He's leader of the Liberal Party. That is something of note. Even if its not: He's a politician. That's reason enough in itself.

Bump!

Should kill them all then and save everyone!

Yes, vaporize em so's we can get that humanitarian aid to them...

True, and regardless of what people may think of Harper, he is 6ft 2in tall.

Very obvious answer actually supplied by the guys who have actual information . From the OP linked CBC article: and...RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson :

Derek: Thats an interesting point. Who's supplying ISIS with bullets? Will they run out before Iraqi's and Kurds?

I'm sorry, you seem to have misunderstood my question. What is the price point regarding labour costs? Above which businesses close and below which they remain operating?

No kidding? Whats that price point in Alberta? BC? Yukon? Is it all laid out somewhere?

Whaddya mean No? Fowler says we won't stay for the long term - you agree that that is our problem: we won't stay for the generations required - then you say no thats not what you meant? Or is it you're saying yes that fowlers right and we won't stay for the long term and who cares about them anyway if they stay over there - so we should bomb them over there in case they come over here?

'spread of influence' now rates as 'clear and present danger'? What is this ? some sort of armed HR commission?

If the Ideology is the danger, August, then are you advocating the use of War, violence and force against all those who hold the dangerous Ideology or only those that act on the ideology ? and how will you identify those who hold the ideology?