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Sure, we could include those folks, the but OP is about airplanes. I am sure McVeigh or Lepine drove... and Jim Jones flew, but he was more about the purple koolaid on the ground...

Naw, just send him to Montreal... the 'new Paris' for ex-dictators and baked rock stars...

You mean the Silly Party? http://michaelpalinforpresident.com/ TL;DR:

Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason, by Michel Foucault It's a pertty good book, you should read it. At the library no doubt, they probably have several copies. Please note that as much as you wish to place blame, you are offering to confine yourself. Don't be too disapointed if Jack agrees with your offer.

How about José Marc Flores Pereira? Middle aged, 44, Bolivian Christian preacher? Now he is not the whitest dude, but he could claim his tan was rather Spanish. And who are those middle aged or older white guys anyways? Really, who are they? And let's not forget, even though they might look like everyday regular middle aged Canadians, they might be Chechens.

Amphitheatre?? Wha...? Harper will give Quebec City some coin for a new NHL spec'd Colisée, and then he will go on and on about hockey, the Canadian tradition, bring on the Russians, etc. Then, for that chunk of change, the Federal Identity Program will get the choice spot for the signage to remind every patron of le nouveau Colisée that it was paid for by the blood, sweat and tears - and tax bux - of every Canadian across the country. Actually Harper could do well to exceed the actual request by a few more millions, see, TROC is damned generous when it comes to hockey.

What is hilarious, really, is that there was this little spoof on Rick Mercer last night; the 'president' of 'Alarm Choice' would help us figure out the Liberal Party Update Centreand then another about Iggy and the Spiders from Harvard 2011 Tour. Yet for the Liberal Party to get any traction, they have to eek out some quotes from the 'Arabian Business' website from Chretien. What's wrong with this picture? Michael Ignatieff is what's wrong. Where's the leadership?

What I was surprised as was the speed in which it was accomplished. Almost as easy as pulling a plug. How is this possible in this day and age?

I was just reading about this, or rather, the reading the rumours about this because there are no "officials sources" available to comment at this time. Seems like the Egyptian government has the power to pull the plug on social media as well?

Ah, there's always an 'out' when you want it.

I think the full-time-job-ness of it is what is keeping his wife spiritually supporting but materially more practical. The idea is that the guy is going to do it in cumulative increments, with each increment period examining one facet of material consumption. He doesn't need to go live in the bush or eat solely country food to do this. Actually, being 'stunt journalism' I think it is a very interesting experience, even if the cleaning fluid comes from the US, or the atoms in said fluid are generated from some resource we have in Saskatchewan...

Did anyone actually read the article before they responded?

Well, with reviewing Esq's 17 point crunch above, I would rate Harper as a 'C.' Could have been better, could have been worse. Needs to pay more attention in class and not get distracted. Needs to attend more. Otherwise, we won an Olympic Gold in Vancouver over the USA on an OT goal by none other than Sid the Kid (remember that? WOW!!) So, really, if it wasn't for that I would say 'C minus.'

Here's another one. I wonder how the people who donated to these "charities" feel about this. I mean, it seens like these folks simply pocketed the dough. Surely there must be an interesting trail to follow for CRA and CSIS investigators... Two Toronto charities have status revoked Can't pay the rent on the offices, but that house looks pretty nice!

Exactly, foriegn students aren't coming here to take plumbing or framing. Why is that? If there is a marginal employment difference between univeristy and, say, an apprenticeship, why aren't more foreign students coming here to work on their plumbing skills? Now, a bit of a stretch using table #8, but it seems to me more of them are coming here for university. Why? Of course, but the least qualified still get jobs. I dunno. I would say that the prospect for a better paying job would make a significant contribution to a view that university education is the way to go. Sample size and scope Kimmy. The Stats Can stuff is a large sample over a wide geographic region. M.s Tran is trying to infer more general reasons than something specific to any region or area. If she did, she'd discover that a higher than Canadian average proportion of recently-arrived visible minorities also don't have the equivalent of a Canadian highschool diploma, and that a higher than Canadian average proportion of recently-arrived visible minorities have very poor literacy in either official language, and that a higher than Canadian average proportion of recently-arrived visible have poor fluency in either official language. Do you have some data to back this up? Agreed They might. But if EE was immoral, they might also look at the implications of such ameliorative programs for others across the board because EE get's its legitmacy from the Constitution. Although we both know that this form of discrimination is not immoral enough to cause widespread concern. But what IS proven is that there was a political will to enact it in the first place. If you want to discuss the logic of the White Power Front against the backdrop of EE, please feel free. But you are missing the point that the term 'visible minority' is entirely discretionary and something one chooses for themself. I hardly think this sort of categorization is applicable to gays, mentally retarded people as well as brown-people.

Many jobs yes, especially in Quebec, New Brunswick and the National Capital Region - about 25-30% of federal government jobs are bilingual. However, there are many unilingual jobs and most of those are English. As pointed out, if you qualify for a job, second language training will be made available, but those are generally supervisory positions. Second language testing determines the proficiency level (A - low, B - good, C - superior, and sometimes P - technical) of the candidate and rates that according to the job profile. The ratings are determined against reading, writing and speaking. So a job profile might be something like B, B, C - a good understanding and ability with reading and writing in the second language with a superior ability to speak it. Any child with a significant French immersion education - whether from Saskatoon or Vancouver - would easily achieve the 'B' levels and more likely the 'C' levels. Where I see a big problem area is with the centralization of the federal public service meaning that if an entity within any department has a national scope, all the management positions will require bilingualism as noted in this CBC article from 2009.

Nowwww the government is involved: CRTC asks for review of Dire Straits song ban No doubt, this decision is informed by the CRTC lurkers on this message board.

Plenty of people go through difficult circumstances and don't kill others. Perhaps they will do a "proper and full investigation" and find that Kachar's prior mental illness was the primary contributant to his being involved with "the system" in the first place. Like practically everyone else.

The PCP of Canada. I see a marketing problem right there...

You know, you should not say "idiot" or "idiocy," but "fool" and "foolish" instead. Please be aware this is now the kinder, gentler MLW. No need for all this harshness and teeth gnashing language. Let us now meditate... That being said, I would elect you, but you have to join the Rhinoceros Party first.

The SUI would clear them anyways. That is, if anyone was to find out in the first place.

Oh I agree, and public perception is very important on this too. All those cops beating up all those G20 window smashing, cop car burning troublemakers, we were all kept safe from them. The 'force' against chaos worked.

Many of the Boston Bruins came from the Oshawa Generals too, including Bep Guidolin, Harry Sinden, Bobby Orr, Nick Beverley Wayne Cashman, Terry O'Reilly, Rick Middleton, Dave Andreychuk, Jeff Hackett, Marc Savard, Natahn Horton, Stephane Yelle, Wayne Primeau. Heck, even current Bruins coach Claude Julien played for the Gens. Lots of Bruin fans in the Shwa.

"I do not understand why the police as an organization (and certainly not just in Toronto) insist on transforming a deeply human tragedy into a show of force and a media circus." Show of force is the message, media circus is just the delivery mechanism.

Good point. But a show of force and solidarity is always a good message to put out to the public. In the case here, it was quite the ceremony and the outpouring of support has been rather tremendous, so it will be far more memorable and far more valuable a vehicle for those types of messages. It might be oversold for us, but still saleable for a good portion of the population I think.