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Rebuilding towns elsewhere seems to be something of a regional speciality - after all, take a look at this place

Look, for all your clever sarcasm, if you think the Times even registers on a Liberal scale, other than being one of the anchors on the right, then yes, you should educate yourself.

P.S. The population's just over 290 right now. 150/291 = 52%

Since I live in Newfoundland and Labrador I think I know what I'm talking about.

The maritime provinces are New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The only islands are PEI and Newfoundland. PEI is quite close to NB. It is, in fact, connected to the mainland by a pretty spectacular bridge.

Newfoundland is really the only bit of the maritimes substantially separated from the mainland. The location is something we're quite proud of actually. St. John's, Newfoundland bills itself as the oldest and most easterly city in North America. Yes, it is quicker and easier for me to fly direct to London than to most major cities in North America (which makes me wonder why I don't do it more often!)

Some maps: Newfoundland and Labrador - my home province. All of Canada. Nova Scotia is the peninsula above New England. New Brunswick is the mainland area directly above Maine. PEI is the little island next to NB and NS. Newfoundland and Labrador should be obvious. For context here's all of North America.

Christopher

Since I live in Newfoundland and Labrador I think I know what I'm talking about.

The maritime provinces are New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The only islands are PEI and Newfoundland. PEI is quite close to NB. It is, in fact, connected to the mainland by a pretty spectacular bridge.

Newfoundland is really the only bit of the maritimes substantially separated from the mainland. The location is something we're quite proud of actually. St. John's, Newfoundland bills itself as the oldest and most easterly city in North America. Yes, it is quicker and easier for me to fly direct to London than to most major cities in North America (which makes me wonder why I don't do it more often!)

Some maps: Newfoundland and Labrador - my home province. All of Canada. Nova Scotia is the peninsula above New England. New Brunswick is the mainland area directly above Maine. PEI is the little island next to NB and NS. Newfoundland and Labrador should be obvious. For context here's all of North America.

Christopher

Since I live in Newfoundland and Labrador I think I know what I'm talking about.

The maritime provinces are New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The only islands are PEI and Newfoundland. PEI is quite close to NB. It is, in fact, connected to the mainland by a pretty spectacular bridge.

Newfoundland is really the only bit of the maritimes substantially separated from the mainland. The location is something we're quite proud of actually. St. John's, Newfoundland bills itself as the oldest and most easterly city in North America. Yes, it is quicker and easier for me to fly direct to London than to most major cities in North America (which makes me wonder why I don't do it more often!)

Some maps: Newfoundland and Labrador - my home province. All of Canada. Nova Scotia is the peninsula above New England. New Brunswick is the mainland area directly above Maine. PEI is the little island next to NB and NS. Newfoundland and Labrador should be obvious. For context here's all of North America.

Christopher

Gee, I was just reading and watching on the boob PBS's detailed look at Osama here. If you really read between the lines at things that the people who are bin Laden's supporters and the US gov't's, I really get the idea that the US gov't is full of shit. I definately get the impression that in general the long term goals of the US are to drain the worlds oil reserves, sit on our own supply until that time, and in the meantime deprive it's citizens of these little favored ammendment rights. Basically to control our freedoms. Let the cows continue to work and allow Big business to rule. Keep the poor poorer and the rich get richer. Look at this way, in a very longview: The US has immediate oil needs (ala 1920's) to become a major world power. The middle east is in a state of flux after finally throwing off the shackles of British colonialism. Look at Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (Salon review) by Ahmed Rashid in the first couple of chapters for that. This benefits the aims of the US to become a major super power. So cold war comes, advances the US as the average Joe needs something to fear (other than his gov't) and is more productive, as evidence by WWI & II. So the cold war ends and one of the major collapses of the enemy is the Soviet Union puts its big foot in the wrong place (Afghanistan) & the Muslim community kick the shit out of em. See the book & the site for more about that. So the 90's comes along & this whole oil thing is basically the big stupid US gov't wanting oil and pissing arabs off. Sadam was a retard. Muslim groups believed they could wipe the ground with Saddam. But we step in with our interests in oil (and in oil only.) And squash Saddam, but don't kill him. Why you ask? Look at a map. Iraq separates some of the major Muslim nations from each other. By keeping him in power we control the area indirectly. If we controlled it directly (we squashed Saddam and setup a puppet gov't) the Muslims would of been pissed and probably would of kicked us out. But instead we leave him in power. Keep a base of operations in Kuwait and there's your oil. Safe and secure. So we fast forward Muslims get pissed because we walk all over them, fund their corrupt leaders which makes it unfeasible for them to be overthrown. And basically they continue to get pissed off at Americans. They make threats, we don't respond. So they blow shit up. (Only the really pissed people.) This makes one guy who wants to be a leader, a leader. Because the most powerful nation in the world's president just mentioned his name 3 times on television. Now he does more and more to get attention. Meanwhile the US gov't just corrupt's what he does and says. Doesn't tell the truth. And basically Osama becomes the next boogeyman. "You can't use encryption because Osama will get you." "We have to have cameras with face recognition everywhere cause Osa will get you if we don't." It just continues and continues. Well the US finally declares war on old Osama and you know what? Much like most of the experts on CNN tell you, there's another Osama waiting to take his place. Well the next guy is Muhammed and the next is Ackmed and you know what? We live in safe society. Because the gov't tells us what to think, what to eat, where to go, what to do. And if we don't, they'll know. And then they'll send Osama to come get you.

The amount of light coming from the Falkland islands in that map is really bugging me. It makes it look huge. What is going on down there? real size?