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Well, not last time. Canada did quite well with strong banks and no housing crash after the US suffered the misfortune of uncontrolled capitalism called the great recession in 2008. About the most damaging thing that happened to us was the strengthening of the Loonie against Greenback. It was a party for a while but it damaged our exports.

And of course having just talked down about making fun of Greta.....there's this:

There is a HUGE difference between being on the autism spectrum and being a sick child. Don’t underestimate the power of extreme focus Wendy P.

I have only seen a tweet. Would like to see actual wording in agreement. Otherwise it is just another mass market manipulation to make himself and his friends rich(er).

Hehe...you got the tail wagging the dog. Media knew she would be a hit and promoted her. As usual it worked. Using a sick child to promote their message like this says more about them than their message.

Hehe...you got the tail wagging the dog. Media knew she would be a hit and promoted her. As usual it worked.

I believe the use as a "pound" sign is fairly recent and derives from its visual similarity to the abbreviation "℔", an abbreviation for "libra" in Latin. I recall its being used as a number symbol, as in "#2 pencil", or as a sharp sign in musical key signatures. In mathematics is's used as the cardinality symbol. It currency, the pound sterling is "£".

Hi Joe, Well, I got 1 out of 3. Jerry Baumchen

Kiosks staffed by cute young atheists in front of every Chick-fil-A.

Well, the fact that she happens to be right is part of it. "They" hate it when it's pointed out how wrong they are. I don't blame her for being pissed off. She is watching the world be seriously damaged. And nobody is willing to do anything about it. Many deny that it's even happening. Those folks are going to be dead in 20 or 30 years. She's go upwards of 70 years to have to deal with the mess she (and those that will come along with and after her) is being left.

It's not about DZ.COM posts. The bullying Greta posts are all over Twitter, Facebook, right wing troll sites, etc. THEY have brought a rather obscure young woman to international prominence. If they'd just ignored her, she'd be forgotten by now.

My mom was always pretty happy to hear I was too busy to make many jumps ("you haven't been skydiving, have you?"), BUT whenever she introduced me to someone, that person would say, "oh, this is the skydiver!" Parents want their to be safe and live forever, but they also love to brag about the cool things their kids do, and how their kids are more adventurous (or whatever) than all the other kids. And they want their kids to feel joy and passion. You might talk to your mom about how skydiving will set you apart from the other applicants for college and grad school (it really will, especially if you learn to talk about how what you learn about yourself and human nature in the air, applies in daily life and in school), and that it will HELP you achieve the goals you have that she supports. Then follow through on that. If your plan is to become a DZ bum once you finish high school, that's going to be a tough one to sell, lol