Maplesoon
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12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Is Stephen Harper a ho... · 0 replies · +6 points
Seems like the Cons have been reading up and playing to their core.
12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - 'Defiance and fun' · 0 replies · +15 points
12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Bill Gates is CN railw... · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - "They will be satisfie... · 0 replies · +6 points
Red Conservatives and Blue Conservatives differ as much in this country as Blue Conservatives and fiscally-conservative Liberals.
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - "They will be satisfie... · 0 replies · +3 points
The US has made progress in the last 2 years, now it needs to digest that progress while still moving forward. Any lose of forward momentum means an equal shift of world power from the US to China.
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Lillooet, B.C. to ban ... · 1 reply · +4 points
The bylaw is to ban "formal gatherings in public places without permit". To me that seems like a circular defination. If you need a permit, it is a formal gathering. If you don't need a permit, it is an informal gathering. Informal gatherings can be curtailed by curfews or youth restriction laws ('No more than 1 teen in the shop at once').
Seriously though, how is this going to stop vandalism at night? That couple arguing on Main Street going to get a permit for a public display of anger? Maybe they just need to spring for a CCTV between everyone in the town.
The high-rolling crime wave of Lillooet: http://www.lillooetnews.net/article/20100224/LILL...
http://www.squamishchief.com/article/20100331/LIL...
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Richard Dawkins compar... · 4 replies · -7 points
While fanatic atheists have have less historic evil assoicated with their decisions, I see little difference between the IRA, Al Quida, and the unibomber.
Put it this way: are you likely to change the Pope's hat by calling it a garbage pail or a beehive? No, but you will offend many people and possible encourage more people to support an embattled cause that they don't really support on moral equality grounds.
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - This is your flight at... · 0 replies · 0 points
From the rest of the story (read elsewhere), I'd say there was more than just the comment on his mind. After 28 years on the job, you commit a federal felony, then race home to have sex with your boyfriend and tell the world you are HIV-positive?
It was only two beers, because he's a recovering alcoholic.
The moral of the story: listen to the flight attendant or you day is not going to go well.
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Conrad Black drops bid... · 0 replies · +2 points
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Barnes & Noble up for ... · 0 replies · +1 points
I buy more books than anyone 99% of people I meet, and I still think $30+ for a book, even a fancy one, isn't worth it compared to $50 for a game or $9.99 per month for all-you-can-rent videos from Blockbuster. Literature has to reduce the price point to compete and that means cutting out the blotting, money-making middle men, Barnes and Noble.