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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin Pacey View Post
    On a lighter note(?!), here's the wiki for dates predicted for apocalyptic events; failed predicted dates (many) and future predicted ones are included (some of these are 'scientific', rather than religious ones):

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...alyptic_events

    Oddly, unless I missed it, the above link apparently neglects to make any mention of physicist Sir Isaac Newton's religious views:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religi...f_Isaac_Newton

    Here's the wiki on Nostradamus; note that towards the end, it's stated that his famous book never mentioned anywhere that the world would end:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus
    Perhaps the biblical 'mark of the beast' is already being introduced (?!):

    https://nypost.com/2019/07/14/swedis...-credit-cards/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number...#Futurist_view
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin Pacey View Post
    Meanwhile, here's a link re: the latest on a colossal boondoggle that may be shaping up for the city of Ottawa - the initial phase of LRT (Light Rail Transit) is now not expected to be completed and ready for the public to use by Canada Day, in the latest of several delays:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...-day-1.5161347
    Fresh symptoms of a wider problem with Ottawa's LRT project, perhaps: 2 incorrectly installed benches out in the open at two stations recently went completely undetected (plus a third, at least, that was discovered today at Lees Station):

    https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/seating-mi...llor-1.4510726
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    nationalpost.com/opinion: Randall Denley: Legal challenge may finally bring change to Ontario's irrational education system:

    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/ran...ucation-system
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    nationalpost.com/opinion: Randall Denley: With alarmist ad campaign, Ontario Nurses Association takes an unconstructive approach to province's health-care woes:

    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/ran...alth-care-woes
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin Pacey View Post
    For those who are perhaps willing to play God, or to gamble that He isn't real, here's a link that might be of more interest than for other people:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg
    A wiki on a movement that includes the above notion:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism
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    Here's the wiki on radical types of environmentalism (assuming there are other kinds), which includes (among many other things) a sub-link to a wiki on the topic of so-called voluntary human extinction:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_environmentalism
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    Here's the wiki on the possibility of terraforming Mars; what's kind of a gas is that we're not taking serious (but still far easier) measures to clean up our own planet of its pollution first - instead it's all about wealth and power redistribution through such things as carbon taxation:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin Pacey View Post
    Below is the wiki re: Gerald Butts, formerly Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's senior advisor, until Butts' resignation today, related to the SNC-Lavalin scandal (he claims he's been distracted by it). Federal parliament resumes in Ottawa tomorrow, where the scandal will no doubt be a hot topic (meanwhile, on that day, Albertan Yellow Vests roll into town to launch a massive protest on Parliament Hill, especially re: unbuilt pipelines):

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Butts
    Guess what?! Butts is back!:

    https://torontosun.com/opinion/edito...speaks-volumes
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    A bit of Maritime (additional) golf course and airport extravagance, at taxpayer expense:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...erge-1.5215810
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    The Governor General has continued to refuse to live at the GG residence (Rideau Hall), just as Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has refused to live at the Prime Minister's residence (24 Sussex); to say the least, not exactly environmentally friendly, considering the continued electricity etc. costs:

    https://www.cheknews.ca/governor-gen...notice-579774/
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