December 2011
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Income inequality in Canada →
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On the subject of beans and Meat - An Arabic song.
Song written by Ahmad Fouad Nejm, composed and performed by Sheikh Imam.
Regarding the issue of beans and meat, an official source decreed that medicine has advanced greatly and Dr. Mohsin says: “Egyptian people particularly are better off eating beans. Eating Egyptian beans makes you strong like an ox. And its complete protein can’t be found in any other food.” Eat a portion...
johnnydib asked: Hey I love your blog.
“I have a dream today, that my four little books will one day be judged, not by...”
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The conditions that make photography agreeable are the same that make life so as well.
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It only takes one example that proves a statement untrue for that statement to effectively be untrue.
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johnnydib asked: What would Robespierre do to a...
capncrystal:
……… he would probably ~virtuously dispose of it~ and deprive the world of a perfectly good cigar.
Ah, he’s so incorruptible, I thought he’d chop its head off with a guillotine and enjoy it. That’s why I love Robespierre; he doesn’t fall for any of that reactionary stuff.
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Haiku
Twitter messages Neo-Seinfeldian times Everyone writing
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“What is happening to me? I have done all the right things. I am a God-fearing...”
– What American conservatives think according to Noam Chomsky
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“Now that I have enough money to live decently within my means, it’s time to live...”
– What middle class Americans think according to Michael Wood.
“L’arbre va tomber
Les branches salissaient les murs
Rien ne doit rester...”
– Francis Cabrel - L’arbre va tomber
On the subject of parking.
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Individuals are not simply numbers in a chart
But public policy should be backed by statistical data and not by anecdotal evidence and personal experience.
The only justification for a policy carried out by representatives of the people is that that the people agree to the objectives, and more importantly that it be scientific in fulfilling these objectives. Persons may take decisions based on ‘personal experience’, democratic...
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retromantique replied to your post: Comments on the news Dec 2nd 2011
The moderate Muslims I know here are going nuts over the brotherhood being elected. They are very wary and definitely not happy about it. Once you learn what happened with Islam in Somalia with them in the 70’s, it’s no wonder :/
Well I’m not happy the Brotherhood are getting the vote, just as I am not happy that Harper...
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Comments on the news Dec 2nd 2011
Surprise item on the agenda of City Council (Toronto) about repealing a by-law on gun control and gun manufacturing. It got voted down, gladly, but it shows how dangerous the Ford administration is. In related news Canadians don’t feel threatened by crime, survey shows. That’s not the first survey to find that Canadians are actually not that concerned with drug dealers, and murderers....