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Forum: Current Events Topic: North Korea says it's entered a 'state of war' with South Ko |
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 4:59 am
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| This is old news. North Korea and South Korea have been in a state of war with each other since 1953. |
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Forum: Canada/US Relations Topic: Only in America |
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:28 am
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Replies: 74
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| Only in Britain: http://danielfurr.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/untitled2.png Only in Britain: http://www.classicforwards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/british-weather.jpg Only in Britain: http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0w35yu6Ot1r52vcw.jpg |
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Forum: Canada/US Relations Topic: Isolated areas in British Columbia? |
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:06 am
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Replies: 31
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| In the eyes of someone from Britain, with 63,181,775 people packed into an area the same size as Michigan, EVERYWHERE in Canada is isolated. It boggles the mind that Canada is the same size as the whole of Europe, but whereas Europe (3,930,000 sq mi) has 739 million people Canada (3,854,085 sq mi) h... |
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Forum: Canada/US Relations Topic: Fox Poll: Canada, UK seen as USA's best allies |
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:02 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 303
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I'm surprised to see that France is so popular in the US after recent history.
France will be hard-pressed to get that approval rating in Britain, though. |
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Forum: World History Topic: Mahatma Gandhi: A Global Ambassador for Non-Violence |
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:54 am
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Replies: 16
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| Mahatma Gandha: A global ambassador for those who wanted Britain to surrender to the Nazis during the war. |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: UKIP hits record high with poll vote share of 14% |
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:59 am
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Replies: 6
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| The right-wing United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) has resonated with UK voters in the aftermath of the Cyprus bailout fiasco. Interesting. 8) http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-03-25/comres-independent-poll-ukip-hit-all-time-high-telephone-poll-vote-share-of-14/ UKIP has achieved an all-time... |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: UKIP hits record high with poll vote share of 14% |
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:49 am
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| Saturday was the the annual UKIP spring conference in Exeter, and Mr Farage showed once again that he is the greatest orator in modern British politics. In his televised speech, Mr Farage told activists at the Great Hall, Exeter University that British voters are increasingly turning to UKIP because... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Falklands referendum: Voters choose to remain UK territory |
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:14 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 132
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I think one vote went missing, but I think it hardly matters.
The chances are that vote would also have been in favour of remaining British. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Falklands referendum: Islanders vote on British status |
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:11 am
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Entertainment Topic: What TV Shows are you watching right now? |
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:46 pm
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Replies: 1983
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| An Idiot Abroad 3 The unintentionally hilarious but miserable abroad-hating "bald Manc twonk" Karl Pilkington is yet again forced by his best friend Ricky Gervais to go into that mysterious realm known as "abroad", but this time he is accompanied by Ricky Gervais's other friend -... |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Falklands will be (ours) within 20 years, says Argentina |
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:13 am
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Replies: 201
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| Some day I'll figure out what emotional catastrophic trauma has caused our US and UK cousins to come to a Canadian website to portray the greatnest and eminence of their respective countries irrespective of that nasty reality that they seem so very eager to forget. You lot started it. It wasn't me ... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: How is your weather today???? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:11 am
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| Glorious sunshine, blue sky and pleasantly warm here in Bolton today. I think spring is definitely on its way now. Thank God I live in a warmer country than Canada. I'm assuming it's still freezing and snow-covered there. |
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Forum: Entertainment Topic: What TV Shows are you watching right now? |
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:18 am
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Replies: 1983
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| Another show I'm watching is "Wonders of Life", the third BBC documentary series by the celebrity British physicist (and former keyboard player in the band D:Ream, famous for their 1993 hit "Things Can Only Get Better") Professor Brian Cox. His first two documentaries were "... |
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Forum: Food & Drink (Cooking & Recipes) Topic: Rex Murphy: Send seal meat to Europe |
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:09 am
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| It is not just Britain that's affected by this horsemeat scandal. It's the whole of Europe. This crisis started in Continental Europe, not Britain - just like the BSE crisis. Britain is planning on banning all meat from Europe until it's been judged safe. It's probably safer with the horse meat mix... |
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Forum: International Politics Topic: Falklands will be (ours) within 20 years, says Argentina |
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:45 am
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| His is a view that lacks credibility as he's never been here. And yet it's alright for a bunch of Canadians who have never been to Britain before to bang on about how "disgusting" British food is on a thread about the Falklands? And HMS Astute is an over expensive sub that is years behind... |
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