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And how long will it take for the person asking it to be branded a racist and an Islamophobe? End of debate. Unfortunately, a lot of the animosity and hard feelings that result from that will spill over onto the refugees themselves, regardless of whether they've done anything to deserve it...

I went to the polling station around 7PM local time. It was fairly busy and I had to wait in line.  The person I spoke to informed me they had been busy all day -a considerable turnout. Unfortunately, in this town there is not one -not one election sign on peoples' lawns that doesn't have...

I spent a good part of August on vacation driving out west. I saw a similar in sign -in Calgary of all places(!) and noticed others in Alberta and on Vancouver Island. The lettering on all of them was identical to the one in Mr Campbell's picture.

Yeah, you're right. I never considered that. Further proof of my debating skills.

Just caught a goodly part of the debate. At one point, Mr Mulcair was accusing Mr Harper of "admitting" something during "a secret meeting with the media in Vancouver". That went right over my head (I really suck at debating). When Mr Harper finally got his turn he started off by pointing out...

Although AJFitzpatrick beat me to it, I cannot help but wonder how much of an effect our post-WWI intervention had on relations. We (including Canada) sent military forces into their country in an attempt to decide their form of government for them. I doubt that endeared us to them. Krushchev...

Mike, I've seen it as low as 30 days. Where I am now, I believe it's 60 work days. Mind you, I've seen new hires blow shifts while still on probation and keep their jobs -which kinda makes you wonder why even bother with a probationary period?

Merrry Christmas everyone. All the best in 2015.

I haven't had any problems with it being slow but I have seen that "server busy try again in a few minutes" page quite frequently lately.

George, are you sure you don't mean SRTP (Summer Recruit Training Program) ? That, back in the early eighties, would net you your basic and a TQ-1 Infantry (or, presumably, whatever other flavour you opted for) over the course of a summer.

I somehow snapped the pistol grip off of the one I was issued. I was assigned another rifle and roughly three weeks later, the ejector broke off that one. In spite of that, I did really like the weapon and was impressed with its range and accuracy.

From the article that Hatchet Man posted: If passed, the act will also do away with possession-only licenses (POL) that currently allow some Canadians to own guns but not acquire new ones. All POLs will become Possession and Acquisition licences, which will be the only type of licence. I...

Currently reading The Pagan Lord by Bernard Cornwell. It is the latest instalment (so far) in his 'Warrior Chronicles', set in ninth and tenth century England.

He also starred in Zulu Dawn, the prequel to Zulu. It was a fairly decent movie about the battle of Isandhlwana.

Great! When do I start?  ;)

That's what I was getting with regards to the largest voting bloc. It is my belief (and I hope I'm wrong) that we will see more and more of a trend towards the left in older voters as time progresses. You have a good point about the CPC not electing a single or childless man or woman although I...

101, do you think that would apply as much today after a half century or so of social engineering has made the traditional family almost...passe'? It seems to me that being a "first (insert your new and improved demographic of choice here)" is all the rage these days. And the major voting bloc...

My condolences, Moe.

K, thanks for the clarification. What you're saying makes perfect sense to me but I'm way out of my depth (no pun intended) on the subject.

Just out of curiosity, are you advocating something along the lines of a modern-day auxiliary cruiser (aka: armed merchant cruiser) ?