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<t>Saying that we should feed wild animals because our urban centers displaced them ignores the fact that you are still doing so in an urban location. The pavement and concrete don't disappear because you fed a wild animal. You don't transform the city into a Disney setting where foxes hold a basket...

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<t>There's a pretty good video report about her at the bottom of this article ' Internet Black Widow' Melissa Ann Weeks charged with attempted murder in N.S. Seems her criminal history goes back to 1970 and they might be revisiting the circumstances of her second husband's deat...

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<t>We have tons of deer that wander from house to house and across the streets in my neighbourhood. I love them but wouldn't dream of feeding them. They obviously know how to find their own food and should continue to do so. My neighbours... all of them, consider the deer to be pests. The grocer at ...

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That's hilarious. At what point did they decide it was household fireplaces causing pollution instead of factories?

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The theft was already dealt with. This is her second murder related charge. I'm thinking she was let out after two years last time because of her age.

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<t>The Butler, Gabriele, now says he didn't steal the papers, he is only guilty of betrayal. He claims he used the office photocopier in plain sight and only leaked copies of the documents. In the Vatican court they don't record every word said, the court reporter writes down summaries as...

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<t>The ongoing testimony of Lino Zambito, who has now been placed under police protection is pointing to top city officials for rigging contracts and taking kickbacks. The General Manager of the City of Montreal is named as taking a $300 000 payment out of an arrangement between a concrete pipeline ...

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<t>Seniors with an attitude. A 77 yr old Nova Scotia woman has been charged with the attempted murder of her 75 yr old husband who seems to have been poisoned. The woman was convicted of seven counts of theft through internet dating ($20 000) in 2005 and convicted of manslaught...

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Al-Jazeera reported the day after the Supreme People's Assembly and said that no economic reforms were decided upon. The only change was adding a year to compulsory education.

Is real change underway in North Korea? - Inside Story - Al Jazeera English

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fuzzywuzzy;1406399 wrote: 'Why' did he get his head stuck? or 'why' did they free him ?
lol

Perhaps he threw out a napkin and then remembered a hot chick wrote her phone number on it. No chance he's getting a date now.

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<r><URL url="http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R42678.pdf">http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R42678.pdf</URL> In the global arms trade, these are the statistics from the CRS Report for Congress In worldwide arms transfer agreements in 2011â€”to both developed and developing n...

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Sometimes it is worth just paying for the express service.

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Stunning.

My head is ringing as if I just listened to a bunch of geese quacking through a megaphone directly into my ear. Perhaps the best remedy here would be a course in reading comprehension for two of our favourite members.

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<t>Bryn Mawr;1406158 wrote: Oscar and Snooze, The reason the FG referred it back to me is that, in the mean time the problem with he subscriptions system has been fixed and the need for issuing free months has disappeared. That the pair of you immediately jump on Spot / FG for ...

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<t>My post is carefully created to find out of flowerperson is willing to read, think, and respond instead of copy/paste. There is always the small chance that some will break from their expected pattern. We almost got one promoter to stay and contribute creatively a long time ago. He was a clever c...

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<t>omg. I can't even plan dinner. What I want from my garden is plants that come back so I don't have to replant every year. I noticed that some bloom early and don't return. I also have property gardeners who sometimes take pity on me so I don't know what I did right and what they did fo...

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<r>This Wednesday. It's B-Real (front man for Cypress Hill) and an ensemble of guests. B-Real generally has a funk/rap style. My introduction to Cypress Hill was: <YOUTUBE id="T58A7ws9b1w"><URL url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58A7ws9b1w">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58...

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Maybe he'll have secret footage of Ahmadinjad insulting 47% of the Iranians as being useless wastes of political time.

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Yet they still hold summits with vastly different member states all willing to seek common goals and with no members holding veto power.

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I was talking to WAMOMMA.

koan

<t>Ever heard of Joyce Gilchrist? She has a tiny page on wikipedia. Too tiny. This woman testified in over 3000 criminal cases and has been responsible for massive numbers of wrongful convictions. Her science was flawed to the point of criminal neglect. She earned the name "Black Magic" ...

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How does it work where the judge is also the victim? lol

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In the Vati Leaks scandal, the Pope's ex-butler is now standing trial for leaking information. He is The Holy Whistleblower.

Apparently the pope can be bribed.

Vatileaks scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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<t>There are a number of possibilities from what you describe. Sociopath, schizophrenic (paranoid), narcissist, and/or drug addict. Bipolar is the one least likely to fit without more info. True bi-polar, because it's an overused label right now, doesn't mean she sometimes thinks you're h...

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Sometimes it's all about the comebacks. Surprisingly, a lot of the victims of my habit to speak first, think later actually do come back.

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And... here it is: The Bibi Bomb

Attached files

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<t>This is from his UN speech but I think it deserves its own thread. If anyone dared to take him seriously before, the game is over now. The only realistic bomb in this event is the speech itself. Two lines of thinking quickly emerged: Was this a poor choice of a ridiculous-l...

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<t>That's the news a 5th grade teacher got after coming across a ski mask wearing, knife wielding teen seemingly trying to break into the house next door, owned by his sister. So far there is no indication as to what this normally normal kid was doing outside carrying a weapon and prowlin...

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Holy crap. I just bawled my freakin' eyes out.

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Surprisingly, I just heard about this organization. What an interesting, diverse group! They just had their last summit in Iran. Will have to look into whether or not their voices have had any impact on world events.

Non-Aligned Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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<t>His 2006 speech was better crafted. Ended up having to watch it live with translation so here's a quicker summary without direct quotes. Not too much for stunning quotable quotes anyway. 2012 He salutes God, praises his country and gives thanks that he is able to speak for his noble pe...

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Haha. My bad. The only link direct to the UN website ended up being a 2006 speech. I can't seem to find the transcripts on this year from their site. If anyone gets a link post it. Meanwhile... I'll have to go find the transcript from a less than stellar source.

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<r>Part C is a bit whiny, but reiterates that Iran has the right to develop nuclear power and shouldn't be stopped from doing it. The real point is "Threats with nuclear weapons and other instruments of war by some powers have taken the place of respect for the rights of nations and the ...

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<t>Under part B, Ahmedinejad outlines how Israel came to be through displacement of Arabs and use of force. I don't see anything wrong with his version of history. Some would, and do, debate it but it's a legitimate version of history and one that I agree with. The interesting part, for me, was "At ...

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<t>Part A of Dr A's speech queries "are the inhabitants of these countries content with the waste of their wealth and resources for the production of such destructive arsenals? Is it not possible to rely on justice, ethics and wisdom instead of these instruments of d...

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<t>He accuses the US, Britain and Israel of various crimes: Intimidation with weapons, invasion of sovereign nations, occupation of territories, and blocking the UN and Security Council from taking any actions including even issuing statements of condemnation. No hypocrisy there. Iran was...

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<r><URL url="http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/61/pdfs/iran-e.pdf">http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/61/pdfs/iran-e.pdf</URL> Ahmadinejad chose the thesis that "By causing war and conflict, some [countries] are fast expanding their domination, accumulating greater wealth and usurping all the resour...

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<t>The rest of Obama's speech was full of wonderful thoughts on ending religious hate in the world. I don't think he has done anything to contradict that sentiment and it's something I wish more politicians would devote energy towards. There was a nice acknowledgement that more Arabs have died than ...

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<r>Obama said "We [value freedom of speech] because in a diverse society, efforts to restrict speech can become a tool to silence critics, or oppress minorities." But what has he done? "Fair point. The Obama administration, which promised during its transition to power that it would enhan...

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<t>Snowfire;1405857 wrote: I couldn't say if the film was faithful to the book, not having read it. The film however was superb The author said it was weird to watch the film version as it somehow seemed like a cartoon of her story but she started to like it when she saw it in a theatre with a ...

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<t>We have taken these positions because we believe that freedom and self-determination are not unique to one culture. These are not simply American values or Western values â€“ they are universal values. And even as there will be huge challenges that come with a transition to democracy, I am convin...

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<t>Obama's speech at the UN. Transcript: President Obama Delivers Remarks at the United Nations, Invokes Slain Libya Ambassador Chris Stevens, Iran - ABC News First point: Obama says "It has been less than two years since a vendor in Tunisia set himself on fire to protest the o...

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It's the thirtieth anniversary of this award winning book. I've never seen the film but I think I'm going to watch it tonight. The author is very active in the fight for Palestinian relief.

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<t>Without, for now, getting into "Military Keynesianism" and the failed philosophies behind why investment in the arms industry is actually bad for the people of a country, lets get some general ideas about whether or not a country should be keen to be the leading supplier of weapons around the wor...

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<t>Ug. Apparently Canada won't be making a speech at the UN (nobody would have remembered it anyway) because Harper decided it was more important to go get an award that Henry Kissinger was presenting to him. Can this story get any worse? If Kissinger is giving awards to my Prime Ministe...

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<t>I usually find some entertainment in the speeches given by the US, Israel, Iran and Venezuela. Canada, usually as boring as a play by play at a golf tournament, boycotted Ahmadinejad this year in keeping with pulling their embassy out of Iran. Assange made an appearance via telecast f...

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A Canadian inquiry into the construction industry is yielding interesting results as evidence of Mafia payoffs are coming to light.

Construction boss: We rigged contracts and paid a 2.5 per cent cut to the Mafia

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<r>Bill Moyers is presenting a program outlining how big business, through ALEC, are designing bills and controlling legislation. They have hundreds of pre-designed bills that congresspeople can take and introduce as their own which may appear innocent or even valiant in intention but always have th...

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<t>There seems to be a lot of time and money being spent trying to manipulate courts instead of trying to improve the conditions for single women. In Ontario we had a thing called "Mother's Allowance" but it had similar flaws to welfare: They didn't pay enough to adequately provide living expenses b...

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<r>theia;1405770 wrote: Wow! If that is what's said, then I can see your point. Here's the link in case the other sentence gives it a different context. <E>:P</E> <URL url="http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/abortion/58388-pro-choice-pro-life-both-wrong.html#post1405576"><LINK_TEXT te...

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