(V): when is it right
I would still rather be armed when faced with someone looking to do me or my loved ones harm.Being undermatched doesn't seem like a scenario that would provide more safety.You too might reconsider as you're being requested to squeal like a in the back room of a shop by the bad guy

(V): the assailant is probably less likely to choose the store equiped with firearm protection

(V): Is this the first time anyone has been shot by a cop in London without being armed?
If it happened here, it would be news, but.........

Artful Dodger: I think you have to blame congress,especially the Republican hostage taking of the debt ceiling.Never before has the debt ceiling been leveraged, it would make any investor worry about carrying of debt.Frankly it has come to the point where Republicans seem so bent on the taking down of Obama, they would risk the whole economy laying in ruins to achieve their goal.I think Obama has been a gutless negotiator, but his errors are based on terrible judgement.The Republicans on the other hand seem determined to undermine every initiative, thinking that the worse things get in the USA the better chance for taking office.Kinda like winning the battle, but losing the war.

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Bernice: I'll bet you've been waiting decades to say that

Tuesday: Leave it to Canada to put the "sexy" back into money

Übergeek 바둑이: Bilderberg group baby, Bilderberg group

Tuesday: probably the same reason a moth flys to a flame

Artful Dodger: It's difficult dealing with a partner who's stated goal is driving you into the sea

Übergeek 바둑이: I think a big step towards peace would be for the Palestinians to recognise Israel.Israel afterall has acknowledged the right of Palestinians for their own state.

Tuesday: I should be fine as long as I don't pick a leper

Tuesday: I have crazy glue gloves to attach to the ankles of those flying towards the sky

Tuesday: Better get a Brazilian wax, things might get a lil hairy

(V): I agree,both sides have valid issues to be addressed.Moving forward respectfully towards eachother is the only path to a solution, not pissing contests

Übergeek 바둑이: Jewish neighborhoods in Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Morocco, burning synagogues and assaulting residents. A pogrom in Tripoli, Libya, left 18 Jews dead and 25 injured; the survivors were herded into detention centers. Of Egypt's 4,000 Jews, 800 were arrested, including the chief rabbis of both Cairo and Alexandria, and their property sequestered by the government. The ancient communities of Damascus and Baghdad were placed under house arrest, their leaders imprisoned and fined. A total of 7,000 Jews were expelled, many with merely a satchel.[111]

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Übergeek 바둑이: The Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries was a mass departure of Jews, primarily of Sephardi and Mizrahi background, from Arab and Muslim countries, in the 20th century. Though Jewish migration from Middle Eastern and North African communities began in the late 19th century, it did not become significant until the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.


From 1948 until the early 1970s, 800,000-1,000,000 Jews left, fled, or were expelled from their homes in Arab countries; 260,000 of them reached Israel between 1948 and 1951; and 600,000 by 1972. Lebanon was the only Arab country to see an increase in its Jewish population after 1948, which was due to an influx of refugees from other Arab countries. However, by the 1970s the Jewish community of Lebanon too dwindled due to hostilities of the Lebanese Civil War.

The reasons for the exodus included persecution, antisemitism, political instability, and the desire to fulfill Zionist yearnings. A significant proportion of Jews left due to political insecurity and the rise of Arab nationalism. Many were required to sell, abandon, or smuggle their property out of the countries they were fleeing. By 2002 Jews from Arab countries and their descendants constituted about 40% of Israel's population.

Additional 200,000 Jews from non-Arab Muslim countries left their homes due to increasing insecurity and growing hostility since 1948. Many Iranian and Kurdish Jews fled and abandoned their property in fear, that they would remain hostages of hostile regimes. When combined all together, as much as 37% of Jews in Islamic countries - the Arab world, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan, left for Israel between May 1948 and the beginning of 1952. They amounted for 56% of the total immigration to the newly founded State of Israel.

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Artful Dodger: And don't be fooled by Netenyahu's response.The more he elevates the value of the 1967 concession the more he will get in return.He didn't just fall off a matzoh ball truck.This whole event may have been strategically planned

Artful Dodger: I would have prefered Obama kept his opinion inside the negotiation room, but it might be inevitable that they move back to pre 1967 borders.It will be alot of give and take, strategically championing a Palastinian negotiation point will pay off when it comes to something being requested of them.I do it all the time in business.I'll let the small concessions I make pile up onto my side, and then use them for a major concession on the other side.

Well, Hamas's version of "pouring petrol" is much less desirable than inhabiting disputed lands IMO, they have been known to do it literally, not figuratively, but I suppose that doesn't fit their new freedom fighter image

(V):The proposition that Israel is " nicking Palestinian land" is opinion.Israel rightfully not trusting Palestinian terrorist representation is not.Requasting an honest broker in negotiations is reasonable.I suggest they get their house in order before coming to the table,

(V): Hamas has condemed the killing, and this is the Palestinian leadership Israel has to deal with.

(V): re:"Perhaps it could be said that your bias is making you clueless"

Some will say anything for attention

Artful Dodger: It sounds like you're the type who would be pissed if Santa left snow on your floor after leaving you the gift you'd been waiting for

(V): amazon has loads for just $12.50 a pop

Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man -- living in the sky -- who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do.. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! ..But He loves you.

written by George Carlin

Mousetrap: I'm personally inviting any hot women to find out what it's like to be straight in Toronto ...............sorry mouse, couldn't resist

hiccup

http://www.kcci.com/r/27453689/detail.html

"The Donald" has not personally filed chapt 11, though he came close in 1990, but many of his businesses have.Do you want Trump running the "business" of the USA?

the effects of recession left Trump unable to meet loan payments. Trump financed the construction of his third casino, the $1 billion Taj Mahal, primarily with high-interest junk bonds. Although he shored up his businesses with additional loans and postponed interest payments, by 1991 increasing debt brought Trump to business bankruptcy[13] and the brink of personal bankruptcy. Banks and bond holders had lost hundreds of millions of dollars, but opted to restructure his debt to avoid the risk of losing more money in court. The Taj Mahal re-emerged from bankruptcy on October 5, 1991, with Trump ceding 50% ownership in the casino to the original bondholders in exchange for lowered interest rates on the debt and more time to pay it off.[26]

On November 2, 1992, the Trump Plaza Hotel was forced to file a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection plan after being unable to make its debt payments. Under the plan, Trump agreed to give up a 49% stake in the luxury hotel to Citibank and five other lenders. In return Trump would receive more favorable terms on the remaining $550+ million owed to the lenders and retain his position as chief executive, though he would not be paid and would not have a role in day-to-day operations.[27]

By 1994, Trump had eliminated a large portion of his $900 million personal debt[28] and reduced significantly his nearly $3.5 billion in business debt. While he was forced to relinquish the Trump Shuttle (which he had bought in 1989), he managed to retain Trump Tower in New York City and control of his three casinos in Atlantic City. Chase Manhattan Bank, which lent Trump the money to buy the West Side yards, his biggest Manhattan parcel, forced the sale of a parcel to Asian developers. According to former members of the Trump Organization, Trump did not retain any ownership of the site's real estate - the owners merely promised to give him about 30 percent of the profits once the site was completely developed or sold. Until that time, the owners wanted to keep Trump on to do what he did best: build things. They gave him a modest construction fee and a management fee to oversee the development. The new owners also allowed him to put his name on the buildings that eventually rose on the yards because his well-known moniker allowed them to charge a premium for their condos.[29]




In 1995, he combined his casino holdings into the publicly held Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts. Wall Street drove its stock above $35 in 1996, but by 1998 it had fallen into single digits as the company remained profitless and struggled to pay just the interest on its nearly $3 billion in debt. Under such financial pressure, the properties were unable to make the improvements necessary for keeping up with their flashier competitors. Finally, on October 21, 2004, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts announced a restructuring of its debt.[31] The plan called for Trump's individual ownership to be reduced from 56 percent to 27 percent, with bondholders receiving stock in exchange for surrendering part of the debt. Since then, Trump Hotels has been forced to seek voluntary bankruptcy protection to stay afloat. After the company applied for Chapter 11 Protection in November 2004, Trump relinquished his CEO position but retained a role as Chairman of the Board. In May 2005[32] the company re-emerged from bankruptcy as Trump Entertainment Resorts Holdings

2008 financial crisis

Trump has been caught in the 2008 financial crisis as sales for his Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago have been lagging and he failed to pay a $40m loan to Deutsche Bank in December.[35] Arguing that the crisis is an Act of God, he evoked a clause in the contract to not pay the loan and initiated a countersuit asserting his image has been damaged.[35] Deutsche Bank has in turn noted in court that 'Trump is no stranger to overdue debt' and that he has twice previously filed for bankruptcy with respect to his casino operations.[35]

On February 17, 2009 Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; Trump having stated on February 13 that he would resign from the board.[36] Trump Entertainment Resorts has three properties in Atlantic City

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I'll bet Gadhafi is shak'n now

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Canadian+head+NATO+mission+Libya/4503678/story.html

(V): I'm pretty sure we all pay school taxes, regardless of having children

(V): I'm pretty sure the Obama admin, if not he himself are in pretty close contact with the situation (not the jersey shore dude)

He may not be making public statements, but that doesn't mean he's not engaged in the events as they transpire.Our Prime Minister hasn't taken to the airwaves regarding the situation (not the jersey shore dweeb) and our loyal opposition has refrained from taking him to task, as have our media

(V): If Obama was too hands on, he'd get slammed for that too, the Democrats are no better, but it's far too predictable

rod03801: Bush took more time off than any President in history(look it up), and he was denounced for it, not by the Republicans though.I can do a March Madness bracket in an hour, is that too much spare time? I personally don't think the American President is the president of the world, but maybe that's just me

Hosni Mubarak reminds me of me when I am told to do the dishes.The stronger the demand, the less likely I am to do it.

rod03801: I guess" idiocy" is a perspective thing, but I don't see the left mocking education, like some on the right do.

rod03801: Anti-intellectualism is a very dangerous path, and the Palin's of this world are the flag beares of it's renaissance upon the right wing stage.I frankly think it should be confronted whenever it appears, and it is in all it's heavenly glory when Palin opens her mouth

rod03801: Truth depends on your perspective these days.Rarely does anyone break rank and disagree with someone on their side of the aisle.It has become far too predictable

rod03801: you betcha!
though I wonder what you consider " vicious "
she puts herself out there in the public forum, she gives just as much as she gets, and then some

(V): bagpipe players?

(V): Are their behavioral characteristics?
If there are thousands infected without knowledge, how are they spotted? and should authorities be alerted?

rod03801: Do you really think you'd find a major network poll (other than Fox News) with results greatly different?

O'bama was handed a gift, and he blew it spectacularly.The Republicans play hardball, he's way over his head

rod03801: "Just 26 percent of Americans say they support extending the cuts for all Americans, even those earning above the $250,000 level, which is the GOP proposal"

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20024494-503544.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody


If Obama can't find the will to battle that fight, and concedes outright, he's frankly not doing his job. He rolled over.

The Col: Sometimes you have to stand up for what you, and the vast number of your citizens believe.This guy is like the wimp who continues to try and reason with the bully who has already landed another punches to close one eye, defend yourself Obama! grow a pair!

http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/wmv/18985/

He's breathtakingly weak, remove him from office before he does more damage.Can you imagine if he was President during the early years of WW2?

We'd all be goose stepping right now, and eating shnitzel

This is the type of speech that your grandkids look back on with pride, clearly Harper is less shy than Obama in standing his ground.........the speech picks up steam about halfway through

http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media_gallery.asp?media_category_id=2&media_id=6856

Bwild: "yomama" ?