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Forum: Canadian Immigration Topic: New rules of engagement proposed for marriages involving imm |
| atethepaint |
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 2:22 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I lived in Moscow, Russia for 2 years. Met my Russian wife there. Married there. Lived with her and we decided to get her Permanent Residence in Canada not only because it's my homeland but also because our future children can have more opportunities in life than if I immigrated to Russia. We've had... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Kirpan ban blasted by Sikhs |
| atethepaint |
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:21 am
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Replies: 35
Views: 568
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| I don't feel comfortable when I see these people walking around with their knives in Toronto. I don't even feel comfortable with the costumes many immigrants from Sikh, Hindu and Muslim cultures wear. Turbans in the police force? Women dressed as if they were in Tehran? This is Canada, people! Why d... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Harper sets stage for Commons showdown |
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:14 am
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Replies: 16
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| Don't you all wish it was a real 'showdown'? Harper coming out of the bar, his spurs ringing. Iggy in the middle of main street, sixguns on his hip. Layton takes out Duceppe on a rooftop, because he was going to snipe a sheap shot at them both when they weren't looking and steal their wallets. Haha... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: PQ dismiss excuse for lack of Olympic French |
| atethepaint |
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:09 am
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Replies: 2
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| Wow, this article only stirs up even more contempt for the French seperatist idiots. So what if there wasn't "enough" French in the Vancouver Olympics? Have you noticed how English is the lingua franca of the modern world? If the Olympics are hosted in Japan, the ceremonies are held in Japanese and ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: 50 yr program, For Cdn teachers to volunteer abroad axed |
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:15 am
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| Good! The media gives this a sad "what about the children" twist, but I knew someone who worked with the Canadian Teacher's Federation office in charge of this program. Basically, they had 10 "administrators" earning between $60,000 (for low-end) to $120,000 for the director. They took free expenses... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Personal Websites & Blogs |
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:48 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 158
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Forum: Computer Tech & Internet Topic: The End of the Internet as We Know it? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:24 am
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Replies: 35
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| In my town outside Moscow, Russia I pay $18 a month and get unlimited internet access. It's high speed, cable internet, too, and it is super fast. This small town of about 70,000 people has 10 ISPs. Russia is also a big, sprawling country (a hell of a lot bigger than even Canada) with a lot of isola... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Harper sets stage for Commons showdown |
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:05 am
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Replies: 16
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| Maybe this is Canada's chance to get rid of this scumbag? |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Canadian tour operator culls sled dogs |
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:01 am
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Replies: 25
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| Wow. Shocking. Barbaric. F**king people! I hope charges are laid and the owner gets a lengthy holiday in prison. I think the employee who did the killing should get charged as well. If he had such a problem with it he could have reported it before he started shooting. |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: US child faces life without parole for crime @ age 11 |
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:12 am
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Replies: 49
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| sorry need to highlight some fucked up things here: The US is the only country where juveniles are serving life imprisonment without parole under the so-called "life means life" policy. Only the US and Somalia have refused to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which rule... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Moscow airport explosion kills 31: report |
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:01 am
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Replies: 43
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| Some great responses here. I'm living in Russia and was here last year when Chechens killed 41 people on the Moscow Metro and again a few days ago at Domodedovo Airport (although the jury is still out about who carried out the latest attack). Last year I was absolutely mortified. I take the Metro ev... |
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Forum: Canada/US Relations Topic: Tim Horton's |
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:35 am
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Replies: 66
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| I've been in the US for 14 years..I have found the coffee going downhill.. The chemical brainwashing just wore off. I think is was Shep in another recent thread who commented that a little time living in another country helps open peoples eyes to things they took for granted back home, applies to c... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Disillusioned by northern neighbors |
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:57 am
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| Haha, the original article mentioned many things that are horribly ignorant, but somehow this has turned into a four-page brawl about tipping practises! Here's another thing that peeved me off from the article: * Waiting at a crosswalk for the light to turn red, even when there's no cars coming. Wha... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Hello I am new, |
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:36 am
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Replies: 14
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Harper appoints football player to senate |
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:20 am
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Replies: 42
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| Let's just do away with the Senate altogether. It's nothing more than a political entity for the ultra-rich good-ol' boys to feel they have some say in the running of the country. The House of Commons is where all the power is now anyways, so the Senate is an anachronistic dinosaur that really serve... |
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