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Mad Canuck: Social Security Stupidity
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The rantings of a Canadian guy. Sunday, December 10, 2006. The US government is made up of a collection of various departments, and sometimes these departments make policies that are incompatible with the policies of other government departments. A very good example of this can be found in the Social Security Administration, and their refusal to grant social security numbers to people who are legally in this country but not allowed to work. Another problem is that almost everything you do here in the US ...
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Mad Canuck: Saddam Execution Farce
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The rantings of a Canadian guy. Sunday, December 31, 2006. The timing of the execution seemed preplanned to spite the Sunni population in Iraq. Eid al-Adha (the feast of the sacrifice) is one of two major feasts in the Muslim calendar. Sunnis celebrate Eid al-Adha this year starting December 30, while Shias celebrate it one day later. Thus, Saddam's execution was held on the first day of the Sunnis' Eid. Saddam retorted from the gallows: "Muqtada? Is this how you show your bravery as men? Finally, someon...
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Mad Canuck: I am back
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The rantings of a Canadian guy. Sunday, September 30, 2007. After a bit of a hiatus from blogging, I am now back. For those of my old readers who kept coming back now and then, thank you for your patience. I am looking at Haloscan and notice a lot of old comments that I hadn't answered. To the commenters - I do apologize. I'll answer your comments in the next few days. Posted by Mad Canuck @ 12:00 PM. View my complete profile. Lebanon, the Devil, and Idle Hands. Don Imus - a racist, or just ignorant.
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Mad Canuck: Lebanon, the Devil, and Idle Hands
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The rantings of a Canadian guy. Tuesday, May 22, 2007. Lebanon, the Devil, and Idle Hands. There is an old saying, the devil makes work for idle hands. Over the past few days, this saying has been proving itself out yet again in Lebanon. Over the past three days, the Lebanese army has been fighting with a Palestinian militant group called Fatah al-Islam. According to news reports. Palestinian refugees migrated to Lebanon in 1948 when the state of Israel was founded. Israel isn’t going anywhere anytime so...
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Mad Canuck: Don Imus - a racist, or just ignorant
http://madcanuck.blogspot.com/2007/04/don-imus-racist-or-just-stupid.html
The rantings of a Canadian guy. Tuesday, April 10, 2007. Don Imus - a racist, or just ignorant. Yesterday, the radio talk show host Don Imus got himself into quite a lot of trouble by describing the. Women’s basketball team as a group of nappy-headed hos . Al Sharpton (whose radio show Imus appeared on after the incident) demanded that he be fired, many others were similarly outraged, and NBC ended up suspending him for two weeks. Here is the transcript of the offending portion:. McGUIRK: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Mad Canuck: Wow...
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The rantings of a Canadian guy. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. Two guys deserve medals. And, if I were President Bush, I would be flying them to Washington to present them personally:. KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) - Two civilians thwarted an attempted terrorist attack Tuesday when a vehicle loaded with explosives attempted to crash through the front gate of a U.S. base in the Afghan capital, according to the U.S. military. I think it's a pretty amazing and heroic event," Collins said. View my complete profile.
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Mad Canuck: Guantanamo's First Trial: Omar Khadr
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The rantings of a Canadian guy. Monday, October 15, 2007. Guantanamo's First Trial: Omar Khadr. Earlier today, a. Ordered that the trial for Omar Khadr, the Canadian imprisoned in. Would resume on November 8. Khadr is charged with murder, for allegedly throwing a hand grenade that killed US Army Sgt. Christopher Speer. One thing I have noticed is that most of the news media have not done a good job at analyzing Khadr’s defense and his current legal status. So far, the military trials in. Brownback was th...
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Mad Canuck: Border Scaremongering
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The rantings of a Canadian guy. Sunday, September 30, 2007. This past Thursday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO). In the United States delivered a report. Gregory Kutz, the GAO managing director for special investigations told the Senate Finance Committee that, "Our work clearly shows substantial vulnerabilities in the northern border to terrorists or criminals entering the U.S. undetected.". Canada is not a haven for terrorists. Canada is quite the opposite, as we proved last summer. And, give...
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Mad Canuck: I'm not dead!
http://madcanuck.blogspot.com/2007/08/im-not-dead.html
The rantings of a Canadian guy. Monday, August 20, 2007. Yes, the last two months I have not posted anything, and the past few I haven't posted as much as I used to. It's been a lot of work getting used to my new job, moving back to Canada, and all that. In my new job I'm traveling a lot more than I did in my old job, and I hope to get to where I can start writing blog posts on airplanes. Posted by Mad Canuck @ 9:30 PM. View my complete profile. Lebanon, the Devil, and Idle Hands. Other Blogs I Like.
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