The former, as a PVC flange (if you don't like the industrial look, paint it); the latter, as a...piece of plastic - y'know, like an old cut-up place mat or something. (Y'know, the reuse part of 'refuse, reuse, recycle'?)
...oh, almost forgot, Anonymous (can I call you Anonymous? Or do you prefer Mr. Coward?)...Bullshit!
http://survivornet.ca/en/cancer_issues/thyroid_cancer_the_unique_cancer Quoting The Unique Cancer By Rita Banach, B.Sc., DCS, President, Thyroid Cancer Canada "Although only 21% of new thyroid cancer patients are male, women have an overall five-year survival ratio of 99% whereas it drops to a 94% cure rate in men(4)"
And if you don't believe Canadian sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801918/ "Available studies suggest that health outcomes may be superior in patients cared for in Canada versus the United States, but differences are not consistent."
If there's one way that politicians in Canada can ensure that they won't ever get elected, it's to announce that they'll do away with Medicare.
Now is a good time to educate cops and the public.
(This is handy, I'm able to copy'n'paste a comment I made on another blog...) === Whenever I come across a list of the most dangerous jobs, 'police officer' never ever cracks the top ten.
The next time you hear someone yammering on about cops 'putting their life on the line, every day', you need to speak up and point out that farmers, construction workers, loggers, fishers, and even drivers/sales workers have far more dangerous than what cops do. ===
The argument, really a lie, that what cops do for a living is dangerous is used to justify all sorts of bad behaviour and bad policies by the law enforcement system. I'd be willing to wager that as many people die from shoveling snow as policemen die from being killed in the line of duty.
This baseless argument's repeated use is used to justify isolating the police officers from their community. The cops are told, repeatedly, to only way to treat the non-police public is as a danger, something that can only be dealt with by the business end of a gun, a taser, or by overwhelming police presence.
(This argument is also promoted by the arms industry, so they can benefit from increased law-enforcement budgets. Think of this, while you're being billy-clubbed, maced, or tasered, that your wallet is also being emptied by that cop.)
This isolation creates an 'us vs them' world view - a world view that engenders strategies and tactics which have proved so brutal, so unnecessary, and, ultimately, so counter-productive in war zones.
The cops are told, over and over, to treat the non-police public as dangerous, a something that should only be dealt with with the business end of a gun.
When I posted the above-pasted snippet of comment, it was replied to with "but, but, but what cops do is sooo dangerous, they have to dealt with drug-addled crazy people!".
Jeepers, what part of "The statistics prove that being a police officer isn't dangerous" don't they understand?
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” Rubio said." "..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Josef) Dietrich said." "..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Alberto) Villar said." "..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (João Augusto) da Rosa said." "..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Manuel) Contreras said." "..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (José López) Rega said." "..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Marco) Mancini said." "..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Billy) Joya said." "..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Efrain Rios) Montt said." "..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Hermann) Georing said." "..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Teymur) Bakhtiar said." "..I don’t see anything out of policy,” ...
If, according to just about every 'free trade' agreement/proposal of the last twenty years, a corporation can sue governments for 'lost profits' when their business plans are blocked by, say, a country's constitution, then the generics must be even more able to sue for 'lost profits.
At some point they'll figure out that their parents and just about every other figure of authority lied to them about Santa. And they'll begin to wonder what other lies they've been told...
Well, given how much of spy and police organizations' time and effort is spent protecting and bolstering commercial enterprises, and given how spy/police organizations circumvent the law by handing off activities that they are specifically prevented from doing, you can be damn sure that this stuff is going on all over the place.
In modern democratic (esp. common-law) countries, the meta-law is
1) As an individual, you're allowed to do anything you want, unless there's a law specifically making it illegal;
2) As a government, you're allowed to do nothing, unless there's a law specifically allowing you to do a particular act. (with thanks to
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The Puck and the Bigmouth already exist
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Re: The problem with government run healthcare
Citation needed!
...oh, almost forgot, Anonymous (can I call you Anonymous? Or do you prefer Mr. Coward?)...Bullshit!
http://survivornet.ca/en/cancer_issues/thyroid_cancer_the_unique_cancer
Quoting The Unique Cancer By Rita Banach, B.Sc., DCS, President, Thyroid Cancer Canada
"Although only 21% of new thyroid cancer patients are male, women have an overall five-year survival ratio of 99% whereas it drops to a 94% cure rate in men(4)"
And if you don't believe Canadian sources:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801918/
"Available studies suggest that health outcomes may be superior in patients cared for in Canada versus the United States, but differences are not consistent."
If there's one way that politicians in Canada can ensure that they won't ever get elected, it's to announce that they'll do away with Medicare.
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Nope, not 'Internal Affairs'..
Or 'Our Internal Affairs'. The emphasis should be mandated by law.
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Re: /s
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Re: Nice comparison of apples, oranges, and random rocks.
/FSM forbid that you actually pay attention to the stats, eh?
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Now is a good time to educate cops and the public.
===
Whenever I come across a list of the most dangerous jobs, 'police officer' never ever cracks the top ten.
The next time you hear someone yammering on about cops 'putting their life on the line, every day', you need to speak up and point out that farmers, construction workers, loggers, fishers, and even drivers/sales workers have far more dangerous than what cops do.
===
The argument, really a lie, that what cops do for a living is dangerous is used to justify all sorts of bad behaviour and bad policies by the law enforcement system. I'd be willing to wager that as many people die from shoveling snow as policemen die from being killed in the line of duty.
This baseless argument's repeated use is used to justify isolating the police officers from their community. The cops are told, repeatedly, to only way to treat the non-police public is as a danger, something that can only be dealt with by the business end of a gun, a taser, or by overwhelming police presence.
(This argument is also promoted by the arms industry, so they can benefit from increased law-enforcement budgets. Think of this, while you're being billy-clubbed, maced, or tasered, that your wallet is also being emptied by that cop.)
This isolation creates an 'us vs them' world view - a world view that engenders strategies and tactics which have proved so brutal, so unnecessary, and, ultimately, so counter-productive in war zones.
The cops are told, over and over, to treat the non-police public as dangerous, a something that should only be dealt with with the business end of a gun.
When I posted the above-pasted snippet of comment, it was replied to with "but, but, but what cops do is sooo dangerous, they have to dealt with drug-addled crazy people!".
Jeepers, what part of "The statistics prove that being a police officer isn't dangerous" don't they understand?
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Re: OK, let me Godwin this thread right now...:
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” Rubio said."
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Josef) Dietrich said."
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Alberto) Villar said."
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (João Augusto) da Rosa said."
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Manuel) Contreras said."
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (José López) Rega said."
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Marco) Mancini said."
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Billy) Joya said."
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Efrain Rios) Montt said."
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Hermann) Georing said."
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” (Teymur) Bakhtiar said."
"..I don’t see anything out of policy,” ...
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OK, let me Godwin this thread right now...:
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Re:
Obvious, no?
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I say give them the unvarnished lie!
At some point they'll figure out that their parents and just about every other figure of authority lied to them about Santa. And they'll begin to wonder what other lies they've been told...
Then they'll be on the path to wisdom.
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Re:
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Re: Re:
Nope, not yours.
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Let's swap in some words and see if it changes it..
"You're not sleeping with a hooker if you don't know she's a hooker, right?"
"You're not infected with AIDS if you don't know you're infected, right?"
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Re:
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Need a parody? Was: Re:
http://keiths.ca/
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Re: Re: Should anyone in the NSA try to circumvent that, in defiance of policy, they would be held accountable, he said: "There is 100% audibility.
Just that they were audit-able...if they feel like it...and Snowden has already posted the documents online.
And if no one is in the room. Of course, that 'no one' includes the auditor.
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Maybe I can solve two mysteries at the same time
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There's no need to defer to 'Legal Experts'
1) As an individual, you're allowed to do anything you want, unless there's a law specifically making it illegal;
2) As a government, you're allowed to do nothing, unless there's a law specifically allowing you to do a particular act. (with thanks to
Clear enough?
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Am I the only one who..
(I suspect that they cracked it because the password wasn't strong enough.)
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