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Compare that to the overall effect of the economic situation in the US. Again, it's Joe Average paying the price, whether it's Joe Average homeowner, or Joe Average small time lender. All part of the 99% that is hyped about.

But only one of the parties is paying for it. Does that suggest equal culpability to you?

Strawman. By generalizing about the problem, you can generalize about the cause and conveniently ignore the details. 'Average Joe' was hard sold a shitty bill of goods and paid for his lack of expertise and understanding. The banking CEO's did not, and they were the one's selling the shitty bill of goods. In fact, while Average Joe was losing his mansion and brand new truck, etc., most of the banking executives continued to get bonus money, some of it coming from bailout funds even though they knew that the usury was unsustainable. You can't blame the fox in the henhouse when you invite him in with all kinds of promises of low cost chicken.

Yes, really. They are the experts advising non-experts on the viability of a scheme that was highly risky both for the client and themselves. If they were surgeons they would have been sued. The average Joe wasn' trying to get ahead on unsustainable usury. He was getting what appeared to be an affordable home for his family which was advised on by the so-called financial experts who came to the table with specialized training and experience hard selling them on a typical dream. Keep in mind it wasn't just the peak period buyers that got burned, it was practically everyone in regions where the housing market values got hosed, including people who bought before the peak periods. Banking CEOs. Riiiiiight.

I admit, I have never really given a FF about the gun registry, but always wondered what purpose it would serve and - when the rationale behind it was, on surface appearances, to be absurd - who wanted it and why?

It is an interesting thought. Is there anything in the universe without a purpose? (assuming that "purpose" is not a mere anthropomorphism and that mechanical function could constitute purpose) A corollary question might be: is there anything in the universe that you could not use for one purpose or another?

What "caucasoid skeletons?"

This is what I thought. Also, aren't guns registered by the vendor? For some reason I thought gun shop owners had to keep a record of the firearms and their transactions.

Likely refers to the creator myth of Red Horn which appears to be a widespread mythological cycle in protohistory and likely relates to several motifs found in mound builder or ancient Mississippian cultural contexts. However, several culture groups were known to annoint themselves, including their hair, with red ochre for ceremonial purposes. Red ochre has been found as grave offerings in cultures over a widespread area of North America and over a large time period. Could refer to the Adena culture who occupied a midwest US territory from about 1000 BC to 100 BC and were likely some of the first mound builders in the Ohio Valley. There are Iroquoian myths about a race of giants with whom they fought. However, the recovered remains are likely the exception to the rule. They could also refer to the Susquehannock, who were also noted to be somewhat 'tall' people.

No, not at all. I am just questioning their ethics and, by association, yours as well. I have watched it a couple of times, but it is terrible. However, that is an opinion of taste. A few other television corporations in other parts of the world - including Israel - seem to like it.

Interesting story from the Star: Blair wins: Ford poised to accept police budget hike I guess some people just aren't worth the fight for Mayor Ford, but look on the bight side: by backing down from the big bad cop, Mayor Ford and his Nation will inevitably claim that they made Toronto safer by not enforcing the 10% 'gravy cut' to the police. Mayor Ford should be applauded for this, he helped catch criminals next year. It's heroic really, saving Toronto the Good. So they could only find a .6% increase this year, but lo! and behold! they are some how going to find 9.4% decrease next year because, as we all know, when crime rates go down, so does the cost of the police. Then again, if there is another increase in the police budget next year, it was because of all that unreported crime.

You're the one that brought up cock fighting...

I'd like to hear the style and tone of Boges, you know, because SunTV was working really hard to get that CBC financial info...

'Little Mosque on the Prairie' is being picked up in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Thank God too, so those countries can get a taste of real Canadian culture.

Now jacee you'd better apologize or I'll have the mods revoke your Canadian citizenship!

"proves" Good one smallc!

Oh. What's this? Tsk, tsk, tsk. SunTV appears to have been scooped on the real culprits. "Quebecor has received more than half a billion dollars in direct and indirect subsidies and benefits from Canadian taxpayers over the past three years, yet it is not accountable to them." "Quebecor uses this public subsidy and its dominant position in protected industries to make record profits yet complains that its TVA television network "competes” against Radio-Canada." "Quebecor boss Pierre Karl Péladeau has sent over a dozen letters to the Prime Minister and others in government to complain that Radio-Canada does not spend enough money advertising in his newspapers." Looks like all that "journalistic" integrity at SunTV just got cut down by some real investigative journalism. Get The Facts - What Quebecor won’t tell you about its attacks on the public broadcaster Examining Quebecor Media’s Free Market Message Subsidies from the Canadian Media Fund, Local Program Improvement Fund, and production tax credits? Say it ain't so - not the free market champions sucking contently on the public teat without any accountability required? Subsidies for their magazines? Special acquisition rules? Tsk, tsk, tsk. Sounds like corporate welfare to me.

Misrepresent what is said + attack the mispresentation = straw man. AKA dishonest. Of the folks on MLW that I would characterize as right-wing, you are the most disarticulate of the bunch. "We're doomed. Doomed! DOOOOOMMMMMED I TELLS YA!!!" - Groundskeeper Bob

Prove it. Show us the money. Post some references. Can't? All you got is fluff princess, pretty pink fluff. The comparison was about choices with regard to public resources, something a little too complex for you to comprehend. Classic Fluffy Bob.

Hasn't it always been?

Cool story bro.

...or the freedom for Americans to ape what the Europeans were/are doing. And on and on we go.

To be honestly about what I think, I never - ever - though I would see the Berlin Wall come down in my life time, let alone the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Shit happens. However, with the kind of messages being put out there by the occupiers, the realistic expectation is awareness of an issue I think, even if by a few. It is now in the public conciousness, to be preserved on the Internet no doubt, so should anyone want to revist the message, it will be there.

What does CBC budget trimming have to do with selling the CBC?

Really? So you don't benefit from anything that has Federal money involved?