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Saw a cynical post by someone today that said the US is the only country that allows people to be on a Watch List and also collect welfare. There is an exception to the Miranda rule in cases such as the Boston Bombing, not sure but maybe something to do with The Patriot Act?? and I believe...

I have The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame on a shelf near where I sit and it is my all-time favourite book, not just a children's book.

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with a horribly loud wet sound are you an introvert or an extrovert

Really interesting posts. I belong to another forum and from what I understand every person on it is a Republican, haven't seen any posts otherwise. They love their guns and some of them have no qualms on speaking about God and religion. It is completely one-sided and is really quite remarkable...

I think it was 'worst date ever' at least that's what I answered.

long ago with an Irish Rugby player, went to a funny movie and he laughed like a drain, weird same

Hello Bluenote: You sound like a knowledgeable kind of man, do you think the response to the Boston Bombing was handled properly and what would you suggest would be measures to prevent something like this happening again? Or is it just about impossible to know everything about all the 'radicals'...

Hi Meadow: When I used the term boor it wasn't necessarily the dictionary definition. I would classify as boors people who are mostly concerned with themselves and not at all concerned with anyone else's comfort - sort of a catchall word. There's probably another way of saying the kind of...

Yes, I've come across people like that, mostly in the workplace, but happily now that I'm retired I can avoid those people who are boors. It's difficult if it's someone you have to work with, especially if they are in a supervisory position and luckily for the last ten or so years of employment...

Hi Meadow: I get the feeling that you have a hate on for Scarlett O'Hara. She certainly wasn't boring. I loved Gone With The Wind - the movie - all 4 hours of it - I saw it when I was a lot younger and thought it all so romantic although I didn't like the way she treated Melanie (but it was...

I watch the re-runs of Foyle's War on Sunday nights - don't seem to get tired of seeing Foyle, his understated policing is such a welcome change from the more violent dramas I've seen. I've read a couple of Stuart Neville's books and enjoyed them. Also Harlan Coben and like them too...

Thanks to Sparkchaser I watches Al Jazeera for a short while today, it was interesting to read news with no North American content. Just hope I don't end up with the Mounties at the door! :oops:

Yes, it's hard to know what's really happening from the news channels. We find the same with our newspapers. One newspaper we get is The National Post and it's about as far right as you can get without falling over. Our local paper isn't too bad, it mostly gets after the local dignitaries and...

Thanks regdog. Thought it might be something like that. :)

I think there was a thread relating to Fox News a while back but don't know how to find it. Anyway, just wanted to know if anyone thought Fox News was kind of off the wall with their reporting. There is a Glenn Beck who folks on another forum have him saying that the Saudi national who was...

So glad that they caught the other bomber. Now they are going on about whether or not he was given Miranda rights before questioning (if he's even conscious). Some exclusion of the Miranda was invoked to do with threat to the country. Some of the lawyerly types are worried that if it isn't...

Glad they've caught one of them, really tragic that an officer was killed in the process. Apparently they were from Chechnya - it's amazing how quickly they were found. I hope the other one gets apprehended before he can do any more damage. Just young men from the sound of it. It's hard to...

the complimentary one we received when we bought our last car ever forget where your car is in a large parking lot?

How come your site is down Lovecraft?