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For thousands and thousands of years humans have found new excuses to rationalize attacking their fellow humans for territorial gains as well as ideology reasons to eliminate their foe. Humans have been doing this for eons, so I can't see us changing anytime soon. One thing that has changed is how we report wars. In today's 24/7 media + internet age, how many people would tolerate the losses of an Iwo Jima, Dieppe or Stalingrad? (just to name a few). So in this regard less people die in our modern conflicts than were dying in the early or middle parts of the 20th Century wars. But people are still dying. While Europe (not counting the Balkans) has been quiet since 1945 and North America has never had a major modern conflict on it's soil, history has a way of repeating itself. The Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939 (not really taught much to those of us in North America) was a nasty war where the Left hated the Right and the Right hated the Left. It could happen again. Similar hate exists in our modern world. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I am perfectly aware that East plays East and West plays West. But the 3rd round of the playoffs will not start until the 2nd round is finished. One 2nd round series is already finished and 2 of 4 might end after the next game. This leaves the Nucks/Preds series the wildcard as to when the 2nd round ends. Therefore the Lightning can go play some golf while they wait for all series to end before they get back down to business. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

But but but ... the Flyers have the Bruins exactly where they want them. The Flyers like spotting the Bruins 3 game leads. Deja vu? Looks like the Lightning will be able to hit the golf courses this weekend and their summer has not even started yet. How long they enjoy this break of theirs will depend on how soon the Canucks can take care of Nashville or if the Preds have some life left in them. This 2nd round could be a short one. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Sorry for your loss. Our pets are more than just possessions. They are our friends, they are our family, they are part of us and when they leave us, part of us goes with them. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

LOL ... yes this is perfect for SC. My "I am right" is more right than your "I am right". When I am wrong, I am still right. Unless I realize I am wrong, then I fall down like Wiley. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

ROFLMAO ... the NDP elected a 19 year old University student to parliament. 19 years old, still in school, was probably playing his XBox last year in his parent's basement and now he is earning a base salary of $157,731 + MP expenses and will be responsible for ensuring hundreds of thousands of people in his constituency are represented? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Good stuff ... Alexander appears to be a good man and may well end up in cabinet. The election was non-existent for us in Calgary (it is true you can run a sack of rocks in Calgary as the Conservative candidate and we would still elect them. Rob Anders was re-elected LOL). But the NDP did win their Edmonton seat. However it was a large enough victory for Linda Duncan so the 500+ questionable voter cards sent out in the riding were not a factor. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

It should ... For the most part I hope the Conservatives concentrate on economic issues and leave the "scary" social issues on the back burner. They were elected because they were perceived to do the least damage to the economy and social issues like abortion and gay marriage should NOT be touched with a 10 foot pole. If the Conservatives do change them, they themselves will be destroyed in the next election. But there are a few non economic issues that will likely be addressed: 1) End to the Long Gun Registry (stop punishing hunters). 2) End to political subsides. 3) Tougher crime bills (this will be controversial to some, but accepted by many). 4) Put an end to human smuggling (hard to imagine anyone opposing this, but there are some who will). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Who was it? A lot of big name Liberals went down last night. Of course a few big name conservatives also went down. People who are happy with this result need to thank Jason Kenney for all the work he did in the immigrant communities. But this majority was won by Ontario. There was no way the conservatives would have won a majority had the GTA not supported them. There is an interesting trend going on in Ontario these days. First Rob Ford and now this. Unthinkable only a few short years ago. Of course it's all balanced out with Calgary's mayor Naheed Nenshi (who has done some good things for the city like going after the corruption at the utility company Enmax while doing some other not so good thinks like spending money that was supposed to go towards the schools on a few of his pet projects ... but this thread isn't about civic politics). Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Not to discredit Conservative supporters in all provinces, but the cavalry in Ontario came in and saved the day if you wanted to see the Conservatives win a majority government. But there are three other big stories of the night. The rise of the NDP at the expense of not only the Liberals but also the separatist Bloc Quebecois. The polls said the NDP would do well in Quebec but who thought they would decimate the BQ. The NDP has taken over official opposition status from the Liberals and Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff does not even look like he will win his own seat. Big Winners of the night: - Conservatives (strong in Ontario and Western Canada) - NDP (strong in Quebec and BC) Big Losers: - Liberals - Bloc Quebecois Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

There are not enough hours in the day to read this thread, but question. Has anyone used Godwin's Law yet? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

The comedy continues. Turns out NDP Leader Jack Layton, who we should call John? since his legal name is John Gilbert Layton, is a John in more ways than one. Well maybe maybe not. We have a "He said" "She said" story here. In 1996 John Layton was caught naked in a Toronto whore house while he worked as a city councilor. John claimed he was only there for a massage and he was never charged with a crime (the cop only caught him naked, he was not caught in the act). This is not a show stopper for John. John can continue his campaign to bring socialism to Canada and forever rid the nation of all evil corporations. In fact this story is sure to rally the Leftist base to get behind their John and he can now say "I did not have sex with that woman" whenever the press asks him about it (I just wonder if Bill Clinton will be wanting royalty payments for every time it is used). Too funny ... and here we thought gutter politics only happened in the USA. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Harry (the only cool Royal) would be a hard one to tame. Not sure if Harry is still seeing her, but wasn't he involved with some other girl? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Did jets win the Battle of England ?? Why change something which ain't broken You're right. It wasn't jets, it was the P-51 Mustang that won the war. I thought it was the M1 Garand?! I thought it was the joint effort of all the allied nations that won the war. But the M1 Garand was a good rifle and the P-51 was a good airplane. BTW ... after seeing the picture of Pippa, she was looking mighty fine at this wedding. She is still single right? nudge nudge hint hint. Oh who am I kidding she wouldn't want me. I am a commoner. Her sister set a rather high standard of marrying into the aristocratic class. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

NDP support is up in the Maritimes and of course Quebec. I can't see the NDP being much of an force in Ontario (thxs to Boob Rae). The NDP might pick up a few new seats in Manitobia and Saskatchewan, but there isn't that many seats in these two provinces to begin with. The contested Edmonton riding is interesting. I have heard that about 500 bogus voter cards were sent out in this riding. People will be voting from their business addresses? This has got to be a first for Canada? and Elections Canada has turned a blind eye to these 500 voter cards? It could be interesting if Linda Duncan wins by less than 500 votes. As far as BC is concerned, the NDP will likely pickup a few seats there as well. But as always the two most influential provinces to watch will be Ontario and Quebec. Looks like Jack has joined the club of politicians willing to sell out Canada if it means winning seats in Quebec. Not the first politician to do this. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Obama is a Fabian Socialist. But ... I still say he is a puppet. He has not done one thing to reform the US Financial Sector. The next sub-prime fiasco will happen again because many of the same people who made this last one happen are still on Wall Street and some of them even work for Obama. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Not all hybrids are bad. There is one hybrid I pine for. It's not available to the public. But you know in the future thanks to motorsports, more and more companies like Porsche will be pushing the envelop and one day the internal combustion engine will be retired. We're just not there yet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esWT--TE3ww Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

The world is running out of easy to access light sweet crude. But the world is not running out of oil. There will be oil for centuries to come. It will be more expensive to access and refine so naturally it will not be cheap. But investing in oil companies is a good thing for pension funds to do. However a funny thing happened along the way. Oil has been demonized by the Left. Oil must be punished by Left leaning politicians and their supporters. While the Lefties continue to call for the big bad Oil producers to be severely punished, how many of them know that their beloved union and public pension funds are heavily invested in oil futures? In our north of the border election right now, all the Lefties are calling for massive new taxation to be applied to the hated Oil industry in order to fund their socialism. But for some dumb reason they fail to acknowledge this new taxation will only be passed on to the consumer (can you say inflation? I knew you could) and it will only lead to the Oil companies scaling back their spending (can you say job losses, I knew you could) which will of course hurt the return from the industry these Lefties get from their pension funds. They will be hurting themselves and they don't even know it. But hey isn't socialism great? Who needs to work when the government promises to care for your every need from the cradle to the grave. Capitalism is far from perfect, but it is still better than the alternative. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I am not convinced yet that the NDP will pass the Liberals. Without a doubt the NDP are riding a wave of populous support among the Lefties (and the Youth vote will likely go mostly to the NDP). But most of the new NDP support is in Quebec and most of the new NDP support is spread out. The Liberals are definitely down, but their support is rock solid in most of Toronto and Montreal and the Liberals will still win seats in these areas. Will the NDP actually win tons of new seats or will they come 2nd in many riding and will the Liberal/NDP vote split? We won't know until all the votes are counted. The Conservatives should still win the most seats, but will it be a majority? or another dysfunctional minority? If the Liberals finish ahead of the NDP in a minority you know Ignatieff will be declaring himself the PM (constitutionally he will be allowed to do this, but will the nation accept such an unpopular leader). But if the NDP does pass the Liberals (which means Ignatieff is toast and goes back to Harvard), who will the Liberals support? To me that is the wild card. It is rather interesting to see the "Globe and Mail" endorsing the Conservatives. I guess the Globe still believes in Capitalism as Layton is the last person they want to see in power. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I have seen pictures of Pippa from before this wedding, but do you have a URL of her at this wedding? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

What's not to like about Kate. She is a hottie and she does not come from aristocratic roots. She appears to be very much down to earth. As long as she does not divorced William, one day she will be my Queen. But honestly I could care less about the British Monarchy. Since the wedding took place in the middle of my night I had to decide, stay up all night watching hours and hours of pomp and ceremony and then be a basket case all day long, or sleep. I chose sleep. I don't need to be watching this wedding, not even on replay. Next ... Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I farted, released some greenhouse gases into the atmosphere which needed to be taxed to stop global warming and the result was a $0.29 increase at the pumps. Sorry ... my bad. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

This just gets funnier and funnier by the day (except of course there could be some serious negative economic implications if what is being said by some on the campaign trail ever becomes reality). Not surprisingly many people in Canada are not happy with the two main political parties, the Conservatives and the Liberals. Both parties have skeletons in their closets. And the polls are showing the upstart NDP becoming more popular by the day. If the polls are accurate the NDP has already passed the Liberals into 2nd place and are even gaining ground on the front runner Conservatives where there is an outside chance the NDP could actually form government. Naturally the Conservatives and the Liberals are fighting back and the question about the quality of some of the NDP candidates has surfaced today (yes questions exist about the quality of the candidates for the two traditional parties as well). But this is too funny to ignore. You have got to be kidding me. She has no training on how to be a political candidate yet here she is, on the verge of possibly being sent to Ottawa as a member of parliament all because the public is riding this populous support wave for the NDP? Yes that's all we need, another clueless politician. What's next? Since NDP leader Jack Layton is making wild promises of hiring thousands and thousands of new doctors, I guess Jack isn't worried if these new doctors lack the proper training in medicine does he? You didn't mind we had to open up your chest cavity to remove your appendix. Our "How to be a doctor for idiots" book said the appendix was in here somewhere. I have to say the Conservatives and the Liberals really have fucked this country up beyond all recognition if people are actually seriously considering allowing the NDP to form government. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/04/28/cv-election-ndp-.html Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

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I finally got around to watching this documentary. Unfortunately I did not watch it on DVD so I was unable to view the extra material yet. I occasionally looked for it at my local video store and it was never available and couldn't be bothered to put myself on a waiting list. But it's on YouTube now and that's where I watched it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFfTcAcGjcU I am a free market capitalist, but even I got a little mad watching how the system was abused by so many. I have no issues whatsoever when a person makes 300k, 500k or one million dollars. I have no issues whatsoever when an entrepreneur goes out, makes some product people want and becomes a multi-millionaire. Too bad more people in society don't show the entrepreneurial spirit. But what these people did gaming the financial system was beyond comprehension. Politicians, lobbyists, regulators, academics, bankers, brokers, all of them. And who's to say it won't happen again. Most of the people who were involved are still around. Interview with the documentary's director: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJCWY-_gG2k Try not to worry about the things you have no control over