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http://www.unsolvedrealm.com/2011/02/23/apophis-asteroid-misses-earth-in-2029-and-2036-by-just-a-hair/ no kidding!.......looks like it'll be more than one close call as well.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/08/asteroid-flyby-nasa-close-call.html I know that nasa says its no big deal but the animation they have embedded in the article makes it look pretty close.

really? you probably have options closer to you but, they have very nice beaches and lots of pretty girls wearing next to nothing. if you go the all inclusive route you can add all the booze you can drink to the mix as well.

I must be Neanderthal to support the Toon Yes I knew about that jawbone thing. Very interesting. I actually live just up the road from Kents Cavern. Not keen on going underground though! Bit used to take my son there every Christmas for a trip down the caves to see the elves and Santa! ?!?!?!?............what are they teaching the kids in Torquay? wait...how close is Torquay to the North Pole?

soooooooper stoked, just confirmed i can get some time off for my 40th, fiance is taking me to mexico for 5 days and then a quick stop-over back home before we come back to BC.

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OUCH! @1:03

whats that supposed to be.....just links to a youtube page, no video. Meenz posted it on the previous page. Fanny Chmeler. cheers MF...yeah saw this, had me in tears as well, sad thing is i knew she was skier.

whats that supposed to be.....just links to a youtube page, no video.

leftover baked ravioli....the missus can cook....i'm gonna be a fat bastard before long.

.....enjoy your day.

agreed, i think the ideology is there but it needs someone to lead with solutions to the problems that have been identified. saw a quote from some anarchist philosophy major i know about the problem that getting such a leader creates its own problems..... "As soon as a theory is enmeshed in a particular point, we realise that it will never possess the slightest practical importance unless it can erupt in a totally different area. This is why the notion of reform is so stupid and hypocritical. Either reforms are designed by people who claim to be representative, who make a profession of speaking for others, and they lead to a division of power, to ...a distribution of this new power which is consequently increased by a double repression; or they arise from the complaints and demands of those concerned. This latter instance is no longer a reform but revolutionary action that questions (expressing the full force of its partiality) the totality of power and the hierarchy that maintains it." -Deleuze while i can see the point that is being made here, i don't think i support an anarchistic state model. Protest isn't anarchic is it? It's democracy in action. The people demanding representation from elected leaders more interested in selling their idesology to the highest bidder with corporate personhood. peaceful protest is democracy in action for sure, and lends credence and weight to the protesters arguments. once (if) protests turn violent the state(s) will clamp down, problem i see is the coming winter, it will make the protesters nervous and may inject a hint of mayhem. unfortunately this plays into the hands of the state b/c they will just squash the protest.

finally feeling like myself today, friday was a gong-show, had some people over for a mexican night which included far too many marguritas and subsequent shots of tequila. the men went on babysitting duty (watching snoboard/skiing videos) after dinner while the girls went to the local to watch the karaoke finals. the mrs was passed out on the couch when i stumbled home, spent all of yesterday with the shades drawn and a strict diet of juice/water/doobies.....right as rain now.

agreed, i think the ideology is there but it needs someone to lead with solutions to the problems that have been identified. saw a quote from some anarchist philosophy major i know about the problem that getting such a leader creates its own problems..... "As soon as a theory is enmeshed in a particular point, we realise that it will never possess the slightest practical importance unless it can erupt in a totally different area. This is why the notion of reform is so stupid and hypocritical. Either reforms are designed by people who claim to be representative, who make a profession of speaking for others, and they lead to a division of power, to ...a distribution of this new power which is consequently increased by a double repression; or they arise from the complaints and demands of those concerned. This latter instance is no longer a reform but revolutionary action that questions (expressing the full force of its partiality) the totality of power and the hierarchy that maintains it." -Deleuze while i can see the point that is being made here, i don't think i support an anarchistic state model.

i don't know about that, there are some good arguments ( and poor ones depending on who is being interviewed) being made for the need for reform to the way banks do business and how lobby groups get their interests taken care of by bribing/coercing elected officials. problem is that this type of thing has been happening for ....well forever and i don't see a solution (one that is tenable to the 99% at least) coming from placards and slogans.

friday....i've lost the will to work....this is filling in nicely. ty

i guess but i've heard exactly the opposite as well.....i.e. the only way it works is if they have a clear and consise agenda with attainable goals, otherwise they just seem like a bunch of random hippies. i also saw an ed op piece that talked about it really only being the 30% not the 99% ( in canada anyway) as the poor have actually had a larger increase to their income in the past decade or so than the middle class have.

fair enough, but if they don't come with one who will? the elected leaders won't because they have a vested interest in keeping an even keel, the type of change the 99 are talking about would invoke chaos to the struggling world economy. don't get me wrong i think there needs to be change in the way we look at how the world is being run, but i don't see this movement as a viable means of having it change.

Just read HF's post in another thread, and got to wondering what the general concensus was about the various occupy movement that are popping up every where. i am of two minds on this, while i would agree that the current financial climate is fucked in large part due to the shenanigans of the 1%, i don't necessarily side with the 99%, especially since there doesn't seem to be any realistic road map forward coming from the 99% camp. anyway...what are your thoughts/opinions?

This wouldnt surprise me yet at the same time, completely freaks me out. rumour has it they're the same guy

http://www.escapistm...Physics-Is-Safe so as it turns out, maybe not so thick.

first full season in BC living the ski-bum life, turned 27 (went heli-skiing to celebrate).

issued my first document with my P.Eng. stamp.......nerdy i know but it marks the end of a very long process fro me......

if you aren't taking the piss..... i'll answer LM, but you first....