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Forum: Current Events Topic: Chrysler failure won't be our fault: CAW |
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:00 pm
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| It's to bad the union appears willing to ensure they have no control of their fate. The Canadian Government is in lockstep with the US on Chrysler. End of the month, if no deal with Fiat, the locks go on the doors, and the union jobs are gone. Things are so bad now Fiat will pay nada to a become the... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Fox News Mocks Canada's Military watch! |
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:49 pm
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Replies: 193
Views: 2878
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| Freakin know-nothing ass clowns except for Hoenig. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Anti-war British MP Galloway kept out of Canada |
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:39 pm
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Replies: 136
Views: 1647
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No surprise Taliban Jack's better half thinks he should be allowed in.  |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Dog eats $400 in cash |
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:35 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 131
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| Probably getting a better return this way than if she had of invested it in Nortel |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Jump in car sales boosts Canada retail sales |
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:29 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 112
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| Sales are no doubt helped by the low interest rates and job loss/walkaway protection plans offered for free by many of the manufacturers. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: 'Deeply sorry' Madoff pleads guilty, ordered to jail |
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:48 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 192
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| Deeply sorry, but not gonna give any money back. Guess Peter Pocklington and he will have lots to talk about in jail. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Drone mishap in Afghanistan raises questions about accountab |
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:30 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 226
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| Ramp security is a work in progress in KAF. Other nations escort their Preds/Reapers with a Humvee in front and behind the UAV when taxiing. Those Humvees will force you off the taxiway if you dont give way. The incident in question happened at night and involved a security vehicle that impacted a w... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: CF-18s intercepted Russian plane before Obama visit |
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:15 am
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Replies: 84
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| The Russians running their Bears along our borders has been a regular occurrence for a number of years. If we are to be seen as serious about Canadian Sovereignty in the North, we need to maintain a permanent presence of Fighter, Air to Air Refuelling (AAR) and Search and Rescue (SAR) aircraft in th... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Ford's Mulally to take 30 per cent pay cut |
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:54 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 119
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| Ford has shown real leadership throughout the crisis, but I'm gonna stick with my Toyota. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Griffon helicopters begin hunting Taliban bomb planters at n |
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:31 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Our new Heron UAV is ideally suited to this role, wonder why the Griffons are tagged with it |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Regina father concerned as medal ceremony postponed |
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:07 pm
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| The proposed changes are to amend the eligibility criteria to include accidents and changing the retroactive date to include those who served in WWII. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada getting access to Polish helicopters by summer |
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:03 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 205
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| The Chinooks we are getting this fall are on a lend/lease arrangement. The ones we are buying are a few years away. Deals on renting/borrowing other countries aircraft come with tons of caveats, primarily dealing with the priority of the borrowing nation, and wheather or not the operating country wi... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canada to send Chinooks, unmanned planes to Afghanistan |
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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:33 am
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Replies: 3
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| The crews are training in the US now and will likely be emdedded with US crews for seasoning. Wonder if they will be seasoned in theatre and take over US airframes already on site or if evrything will happen in the US and ship over the Helos on a 17. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Two kids, three adults found dead in Calgary home |
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 6:29 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 184
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| What goes through a persons mind to cause this kind of carnage? Deepest sympathies to the relatives and friends of the victims. What a tragic waste of human live. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Tobacconist's catch 22 |
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 6:19 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 121
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| No citizen should be placed in a position where he has to spend money defending himself from lawa that contradict each other. Talk about a rock and a hard place. |
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