Nope. Can't say I'd even do it for the people I care about most in my life, either. Call me an ass, but I do still care more about me than I do about them.

And I oppose it as dangerous. North Korea cares about self-preservation... I can't say the same thing about groups operating with the help of Iran. That's why I support military action against the Iranian regime. With North Korea, though, any move to escalate tensions would be dangerous and misplaced. I'll be voting no.

Glad to hear it.

No

Well, it’s an interesting strategy. Does Nix endorse it? I’m only asking because if you were to run focus groups, I’d bet that Nix’s biggest weakness (and I’ll admit, he doesn’t have too many—you’ve got a good candidate) would be his perceived coldness and occasional tendency to be a bit snappy. He'd probably admit that, too.

So all in all, I’m disappointed that this is the route you’re going to take… but you’re doing a nice job of highlighting your team's negatives, which makes it hard to know how to proceed. Either way, I guess I'd ask whether Atlasia really wants to go back to the divisiveness of Napoleon. This tactic should be fair warning to folks who are paying attention.

M&M!

Endorsed, of course.

Do people even play board games anymore? 

Hell yes. I probably play a combination of Settlers of Catan and Ticket to Ride about three times per week. Kind of embarrassing, but oh well.

Aye

See, I think it's only an issue though to people who want to make it one. It's no Benghazi, and people don't even care about that. Will quips like these really move mountains? It's just Joe Biden being Joe Biden. He wasn't trying to be rude, and I think his audience realized that. Honestly, there are a lot of people out there who actually really like that he doesn't keep himself to a script. I'm one of them.

Is the page all stretchy for everyone else? I think Mr. Enderman's link might be throwing things for a bit of a loop...

Also, Australia gets me every time. Looks way too much like Africa. What are the rules we're all following? Are Google searches of things on signs allowed? Are we allowed to move the arrows around and go on a bit of a street view journey?

I would vote for a bucket of rotting fish before I ever voted for Justin Trudeau. I vote Bacon King.

Would you vote for The Biebs over Trudeau?

Yes.

More often than I used to, now that I've gotten death points for saying the "SH" word.

I agree with you, Poirot. Even so, I'm not sure there's anything we can do. The president is well within his right to do what he did, even though I was inclined to believe that the region would be able to get things together on its own. I just don't think this is a battle worth fighting.

Well, when it comes to the heart attack scenario, not really. My dad's involved in union work with local firefighters, and it's kind of a big problem that you can't get enough information from the medical exams. One area where this lack of information is particularly problematic is in relation to the retirement age for firefighters. Ontario recently passed legislation that forces all firefighters to retire at age sixty, and it's been pretty controversial amongst firefighters in the department. The argument from some of the firefighters who want to stay on is that they are fit and still able to do the job. The medical and fitness exams are decent at showing the current picture, but when you're sixty years old there's a lot that can happen, and the government agrees that the risks are too big. One of the things my dad confessed is that there is no good test to indicate which sixty year olds are truly able to perform the job and which sixty year olds aren't. In other words, there's no good test for "risk" in specific individuals. That's why they had to set an age limit and stick with it.

If, however, genetic information could provide a clearer picture, it's entirely possible that some sixty year olds would be deemed "okay" to go. With that in mind, you could say that genetic information might actually be able to stop discrimination when you're dealing with controversial bona fide occupational requirements.

Would "requiring" any firefighter who wants to stay on the job beyond age sixty count as a violation of this bill? It's hard to say. Even if the type of genetic information that's available today isn't great, advances in science and technology may mean that it will be better "tomorrow." Do we want to shut the door on these advances with this bill?

Either way, I think I'll talk more with my dad about this issue and report back. It's pretty cool, because he was a big force behind fighting for the bill that passed in Ontario.

I would vote for a bucket of rotting fish before I ever voted for Justin Trudeau. I vote Bacon King.

Here's one for you. If you're starting to type out a thread title that contains the words "do liberals" or "why don't liberals" or "liberals don't" or whatever... JUST STOP. My Lord.

Most of the clothing I own was purchased at Target. I like it.

Romney. I like a lot about John McCain as a person though.

FF, and a pretty big one.

Clinton

I'm thinking of both. If someone has an 80% chance of having a heart attack before they turn 60... like I said, it's tricky.

I can't boast doing 100 squats or 100 whatsits, but I'm slowly beginning to get off my ass and do some physical activity. My mom bought a TreadClimber a few months ago, so I've made a bet with myself that I can lose 20 lbs before school starts. I've done it for half an hour every day since I got back from Florida last week, and for me... that's pretty impressive. I'm thinking I might get into counting calories too. If the scale hasn't budged at all after three weeks, I'll have to take an axe to some of my eating habits. We'll see. I've been pretty decent at maintaining the same weight while doing absolutely nothing though, so I've got to believe that this TreadClimber will help.

Beyond that, I really haven't done much. We set off a couple fireworks for the Victoria Day long weekend, and I'll probably be up until the wee hours for no reason whatsoever. Tomorrow I think I'll go and get a criminal background check so I can volunteer at my old high school for a couple weeks. Might put in some job applications too. I hate it though, because if hear the old "apply online" garbage one more time, I think I'll explode. To me, life is about people. Applying online is like the worst thing ever.

"mass-of-two-sh**ts," but only when I'm drunk.

I'm not either. I'm open to not including the exceptions, but it's worth talking about. I mean... if someone has a history of heart disease and a high chance of experiencing a cardiac event, do we want that person rushing into burning buildings? "Firefighter down" are some of the worst words a crew could ever hear... they've got to spend resources rescuing their teammate and still try to put out a fire or save whoever else might be trapped inside. It ain't good.