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That's Belgrade, my hometown =D

"City" designations can be screwed up in some cases. As is the case of the two "things" bordering Toronto to the north. For example, the "City" of Vaughan - pop. 238,866 And the "Town" of Markham - pop. 261,573 ON a side note, Markham is a much more urban city, while Vaughan is a few old towns surrounded by kilometers upon kilometers of sprawl. I find New York's designation very interesting, with several counties making a gigantic city. Back on topic, a city must have: -A public library -Most people work within city limits -Buildings taller than 10 stories, yes -In the downtown, the streets are on a grid making it easier to walk anywhere -Some public transit -High-ish density -NO big box stores -NOT master planned -Must have some small shops and local bars -Wide sidewalks

quicksand (it will sink into itself)

I find it very frustrating how the Prime Minister took a 6-vehicle convoy LITERALLY accross the street to the governor-General's house. He did this to dissolve Parliament too. I know its a little detail, but it represents his disregard. Can someone tell me if this is regular practice, I mean Paul Martin simply walked?

If Harper wanted to save his government, he definitely should have tried to reach across to the Liberal MP's who were in doubt. He didn't do this, all he did was repeat how it was undemocratic and will threaten national unity. Also, all his "separatists" comments will hurt the conservatives in the next election (whenever that may be). Then again, Dion couldn't even get his tape delivered, which doesn't sound good for the guy who's supposed to become the Prime Minister. They probably should have let Jack Layton address the nation on behalf of the coalition, as he is much more charismatic and liked.

First, shouldn't the thread subheading read "Conservative government? COALITION government?" It was spelled wrong. Back to the discussion, the only reason the Conservatives get the most donations is because their supporters are mostly rich or owners of companies. Since corporate donations to parties were outlawed, a company can channel their money through an individual. Frankly, the subsidies mean that my vote counts because I voted for the Green Party, and there was no way they would win in my riding, but at least they get financial help with increased support. The CPC promised during the campaign it would work with the other parties, but instead slapped them in the face. Harper expected for this to pass because the liberals honestly had no backbone to stand up for themselves. And also, this talk of the Bloc destroying Canada, the Bloc's not in the coalition. All the Bloc promised was to keep the coalition in power, meaning vote with them. The Bloc gets no cabinet ministers, and the only reason they're cooperating is because the Conservatives ARE bad for Quebec, and he's fighting for what's best for Quebec, which is definitely not secession because Quebec gets 7 billion dollars in equalization payments. Lastly, the stock market plunge was all over the world and it was majorly due to bad news from the US, not necessarily the situation in Ottawa. Oh, and one more thing, Harper was ready to "get in bed" with the "socialists" and the "separatists" in 2004, and is now calling this undemocratic. More Canadians actually voted against him than for him, and the majority will be in power now. ( ) The Fascist Neo-Conservative Reform Party of Canada (X) The Liberal Democratic Coalition for Canada

I think the name of the thread should be changed to "kill at least 170 people", because those are the latest numbers. Very scary though. They were actually targeting Westerners, and they found them through passports (you have to give them your passport upon check-in).

a snow storm

For getting the Blue Screen of Death: run AWAYYYYY!!!!

In, Toronto, you have really dense downtown, but North York and Scarborough pretty mush have their own little dense skylines. Mississauga as well, but it's not within Toronto proper, but yeah. This is common in Europe as the original downtowns contain historic buildings that people don't want to see destroyed: La defence, Cnary Wharf, etc

The decapitated head of the statue of liberty

From the Globe and Mail personally i doubt this will happen, and i think that Winnipeg should get a team, and tha Nordiques really need to come back to Quebec City. I also suppose a Hamilton team would make sense too. Hyperlink's not working, copy-paste http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081020.shoalts21/BNStory/National/home

on orion's belt. How many bacteria does it take to screw in a lightbulb??

hamish will die when the wrecking ball from his sig destroys his entire city

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