40+ people dead. 100 hostages. In Paris. Looks like organized terrorist attack.

randy turnerVerified account ‏@randyturner15 3h3 hours ago

Look, I'm all for Winnipeg welcoming refugees into our fair city with open arms. But nobody said anything about Eskimos fans. #CFL

Turner is probably the least funny local journalist on twitter.  And sadly he keeps trying.  I dont really "know" the personalities of the reporters so I cant often tell you who is good, bad or otherwise but I can tell you I have little respect for turner just because of his horrible attempts to be funny so damn often online.  I find it difficult to believe a professional writer wouldnt hit a few quality zingers once in a while.  But he's batting .000

I think I've seen a grand total of one funny tweet from him. I can't even remember if was really all that funny, it only stood out because of who it came from. I had to do a double take to make sure that it wasn't just a re-tweet.

I find Turner to be as funny as Foster Brooks.

 

 

On an off-topic note, my gf and sister went to one of the open-houses at a local Mosque and had a great time (aside from a bad allergic reaction to a Henna)

SEE, SEE HOW INCLUSIVE I AM?!!?

 

Not sure what your point is...?  Is that a shot?  A lot of people went to the open house.  It was a great idea.

 

Pass.

Why pass?

Because he hasn't got a running game..

I find Turner to be as funny as Foster Brooks.

 

Or a not quite as witty Howie Mandel.

France is accepting 30 000 refugees

Do they have a choice?

Does anyone?

There's always a choice.

Question is.......do you have the marbles to make your own ?

So not sure if this is the thread for it, but the government has admitted that Dec 31st is too quick of a deadline for the refugees, and have extended the deadline.

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-152541-4-.htm#152541

So not sure if this is the thread for it, but the government has admitted that Dec 31st is too quick of a deadline for the refugees, and have extended the deadline.

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-152541-4-.htm#152541

 

So everyone is more or less happy with this decision?

Yes... No.... Not really... Maybe... Sure...No  way.

Yes... No.... Not really... Maybe... Sure...No  way.

 

That about covers it.

Government must be racist.

 

So not sure if this is the thread for it, but the government has admitted that Dec 31st is too quick of a deadline for the refugees, and have extended the deadline.

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-152541-4-.htm#152541

 

So everyone is more or less happy with this decision?

 

 

Hard not to like this... it kind of appeases everyone... 

 

Women,Children and Families- no lone males of fighting age: Addresses security Concerns

Screened and health concerns addressed BEFORE they come over.

Taking in 10,000+ before years end and 15+K more before two more months end...

 

Pragmatic, measured, flexible, and done in a timely manner- colour me impressed (which is the same colour as Aqua-velva).  

Edited November 25, 201510 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

Let me first say that yes this is a good decision. So good for PM for making the right call

But I find the praise hilarious. Many of these same people just yesterday wokld have insisted there was no security issue and no timing issue. And some were called bigoted and Islamaphobic for having a different view.

Fast forward a couple of days and there are security concerns and the timeline is too tight. Hmmmmm

Admitting they were wrong is an honourable thing so gold star for PM. And the important part is getting it right.

 

 

So not sure if this is the thread for it, but the government has admitted that Dec 31st is too quick of a deadline for the refugees, and have extended the deadline.

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-152541-4-.htm#152541

 

So everyone is more or less happy with this decision?

 

 

Hard not to like this... it kind of appeases everyone... 

 

Women,Children and Families- no lone males of fighting age: Addresses security Concerns

Screened and health concerns addressed BEFORE they come over.

Taking in 10,000+ before years end and 15+K more before two more months end...

 

Pragmatic, measured, flexible, and done in a timely manner- colour me impressed (which is the same colour as Aqua-velvet).  

 

 

That's Aqua Velva lad.

Let me first say that yes this is a good decision. So good for PM for making the right call

But I find the praise hilarious. Many of these same people just yesterday wokld have insisted there was no security issue and no timing issue. And some were called bigoted and Islamaphobic for having a different view.

Fast forward a couple of days and there are security concerns and the timeline is too tight. Hmmmmm

Admitting they were wrong is an honourable thing so gold star for PM. And the important part is getting it right.

Probably more politically based than expedient or for security concerns. I think popular support for Trudeau was going down everyday because of this subject & the Libs decided to stop the hemmoraging by slowing down the process. Still,it was the right one. 

 

 

So not sure if this is the thread for it, but the government has admitted that Dec 31st is too quick of a deadline for the refugees, and have extended the deadline.

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-152541-4-.htm#152541

 

So everyone is more or less happy with this decision?

 

 

Hard not to like this... it kind of appeases everyone... 

 

Women,Children and Families- no lone males of fighting age: Addresses security Concerns

Screened and health concerns addressed BEFORE they come over.

Taking in 10,000+ before years end and 15+K more before two more months end...

 

Pragmatic, measured, flexible, and done in a timely manner- colour me impressed (which is the same colour as Aqua-velvet).  

 

wanna-b-fanboy is an Aqua Velva Man.

 

Interesting opinion piece from CNN with loads of info asking if the Syrian conflict is actually World War III.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/24/opinions/ghitis-russia-jet-shot-down/index.html

 

 

 

So not sure if this is the thread for it, but the government has admitted that Dec 31st is too quick of a deadline for the refugees, and have extended the deadline.

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-152541-4-.htm#152541

 

So everyone is more or less happy with this decision?

 

 

Hard not to like this... it kind of appeases everyone... 

 

Women,Children and Families- no lone males of fighting age: Addresses security Concerns

Screened and health concerns addressed BEFORE they come over.

Taking in 10,000+ before years end and 15+K more before two more months end...

 

Pragmatic, measured, flexible, and done in a timely manner- colour me impressed (which is the same colour as Aqua-velva).  

 

 

That's Aqua Velva lad.

 

 

Heh, thanks for the correction- though it strikes me as strange that a name that is so manly is so close to the name for womanly parts... just change that "e" to an "a" and you have whole different... well you get my drift.

here's something to be worried about  http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2015/11/24/turkeys-stab-in-the-back/

 

 

This incident has revealed what the real sides are in the Syrian civil war: who is fighting whom, and for what. The Russian plane crashed into Syrian territory and one of the pilots was shot from the skies as he parachuted: (this barbaric act was captured on video by the rebels, who are being reported as affiliated with the Turkmen “10^th Brigade.” This is just for public consumption, however: in reality, the area is controlled by an alliance of rebel forces dominated by the al-Nusra Front, which is the official Syrian affiliate of al-Qaeda. The jihadists took control of the area in March of this year, and it has been the focal point of recent fighting between al-Qaeda and Syrian government forces backed by the Russian air offensive.

 

Vice is reporting:

 

“Russia sent helicopters to search for the downed pilots. Syrian fighters later fired at a helicopter forcing it to make an emergency landing in a nearby government-held area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. A Syrian insurgent group, recipient of US Tow missiles, said its fighters hit the helicopter with an anti-tank missile.”

 

So here we have it: US-backed jihadists, including al-Qaeda, are using weapons supplied by Washington to fight the Russians and the Syrian government. A cozy arrangement, indeed.

As I’ve written here as long ago as the summer of 2012, Washington has effectively entered an alliance with al-Qaeda.

 

And as I pointed out here more recently, our “war on terrorism” has turned into a war on Russia, a proxy war in Syria in which Washington is actively aiding its former enemies – the very same people who brought down the World Trade Center and attacked the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

In the wake of the raid that killed Abu Sayyaf, suspicions of an undeclared alliance have hardened. One senior western official familiar with the intelligence gathered at the slain leader’s compound said that direct dealings between Turkish officials and ranking Isis members was now “undeniable”.

 

“There are hundreds of flash drives and documents that were seized there,” the official told the Observer. “They are being analysed at the moment, but the links are already so clear that they could end up having profound policy implications for the relationship between us and Ankara.”

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/26/isis-syria-turkey-us?CMP=share_btn_tw

Turkey is going to burn along with ISIS. I just hope that all of those precious archeological sites in Turkey don't get destroyed.

Now Turkey shoots down a Russian fighter jet. Apparently rebels shot & killed one of the pilots as he parachuted down. The wherabouts of the other pilot is unknown. Turkey is a Nato ally. The Russians may talk tough here but in reality know they can't go after Turkey militarily. The Turks are stupid. 

Russia could respond militarily.  They likely wont but could.  What's Turkey going to do, call on it's NATO allies to defend it?  And the US will respond with military consequences against Russia?  Things like this is what could escalate this whole region into something bigger.  I guess.  I really dont know.  Turkey doesnt sound like a lovely regime.  But they are a NATO ally?  Its one thing for Russia to violate their airspace after repeated warnings (they've threatened the same in our airspace and the US) and to be shot down...but to murder the pilot?  And to fire upon a rescue chopper?  That's not "defending our airspace".