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Canada's Airlines Face a Privacy Dilemma
Interoperable writes "Canada's airlines are caught between a rock and a hard place in the face of new US regulations that require them to collect and hand over personal information about passengers. Handing over information regarding a passenger's name, gender and birth-date may violate Canadian privacy laws but merely flying over American airspace is conditional on doing exactly that. It seems that the long arms of the TSA are eager to grope at Canadians taking a shortcut to Toronto; no doubt to prevent any terrorist attacks on Lake Huron."
Right....
The last time the US and Canada fought, how did that end again? Ah yes, your White House was lit on fire.
It would take a little more than your National Guard to take some Canadians down. Shooting some of the ICBMs you have pointed at them would work however.
Interesting.
But I guess they can claim that such lengths as 95+ years is limited. Like they do with copyrights...
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I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so hasty. PLEASE don't take away our Celine?!?!
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and now? Do you feel empty inside?
rewriting history since 2109
No, just blue balls.
Isn't that exactly what we used to criticize the Soviet Union for doing? We stared into the abyss all right, but the abyss stared right back into us.
The Shit Abyss?
No but I imagine with how it went, he isn't feeling inside empty either.
American women are rude, obese half-plastic pigs. Protip: the silicon side is the front. Japanese women look like androgynous malformed babies with down syndrome.
Add in rubber vibrating fist and you're looking at a great night!
China is the number 1 polluter (and the gap is widening, not shrinking). http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_top_10_polluting_countries_in_the_world
Hmmm. Methinks you exagerrate a bit. Here is a list off the top of my head:
...[We] have more responsibility here than you could possibly fathom. ... you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what [we] know. ... And that [our] existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. [We] know deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you don't want [us] on that wall, you need [us] on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. [We] have neither the time nor the inclination to explain [ourselves] to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom [we] provide, then question the manner in which [we] provide it. [We] prefer you said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, [we] suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand to post. Either way, [we] don't give a damn what you think ...
World class: Passenger jets, Large construction equipment, Medical devices (CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Lab automation), Pharmaceuticals, Weapon systems (military jets, missiles, missile defense systems), Satellites, Semiconductors, Networking gear
Competitive: Automobiles, Computers, Cell phones, furniture
Sure, there are things no longer made in the US that were in the past such as consumer electronics (TVs, stereos, DVD players), but the list is actually fairly short, and mostly populated by lower cost (lower value added) products.
Oh, and your dismissive attitude regarding the US military reminds me of a favorite movie quote (some parts redacted; [] inserted by me for readability):
Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You?
from A Few Good Men [1992]
The more you regulate a company, the worse its products become.
In that case, keep her! Who'n the hell wants some communistic, anti-'merican, floozy with a Frenchie name!
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