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I just don't see the extreme expense of Canadian healthcare. For my family of 3 I pay 128 dollars a month for medical services plan. My son had 44 rounds of chemotherapy this past year at 5000 dollars plus each session. Cost to me- 0. He had 6 weeks of daily radiation therapy with subsequent nightly hospital stay. Cost to me-0. He had app. 6 mri's plus p.e.t. scans and cat scans and countless procedures and operations for catheters,vad's etc. with a net cost to me of 0. The ferry costs and travel expenses to get on and off this island we live on as well as our stays at easter seal house were all paid for for the child and 1 parent so I paid the costs associated with my travel. Not much of a hardship. My wifes job benefits pay 80% for prescriptions so we pay the other 20% which wasn't too bad. Most medications were handled by the hospital so there really weren't many prescriptions. Had we lived anywhere but Canada with its socialized medicare I'm afraid we'd be homeless and our son would most likely be dead. That 128 dollars is hardly expensive. If we didn't have the coverage that the 128 covers no hospital in Canada would turn us away. It just wouldn't happen. He would still receive the same care he has already received. You don't die in Canada because you have the misfortune of being poor. Just sayin.

In memory to all that have served and paid the ultimate sacrifice and thank you to those that currently serve with the military in any capacity at home or abroad. Your efforts are appreciated.

Counting their money. Muhahahaha muhahahaha

I know what you mean. Small price for us to pay in giving our resources in the event that something big is going down.

Maybe he just has the good sense to know he shouldn't be driving anymore. Too bad more seniors didn't take this initiative and get off the roads while they can still make the decision on their own. Good for him. I feel for you though. Its tough seeing our parents and grandparents age. In our youth the very people we saw as being able to handle anything.

China already has their foot in the door. That being said I'd rather sell to China and lesson our reliance on the States for our exports. America can't afford our resources but to Pommerfans joy they have the guns.

My complaint. People that blow their friggin nose in a restaurant. People are eating here already. Your killin me. Go to the damn bathroom to empty the mucus and snot from your sinus you rude basterd. You just ruined my dining experience and I've lost my appetite.

Not sure Romney would have solved those difficult times.

Trump makes an ass of himself once again.

Obama won ? Did you catch that Mitt ?

Lamb Kuzi for dinner. My wife rocks.

Not many posts on the cba tonight. Something big happening stateside ?

Is that translator for Bloomberg Mrs. Bean ?

I likey !

Something that blew my mind when I saw it mostly because I had never seen nor heard of Rick before this series but I saw the actor that plays him in an interview and he's British. Puts on a pretty good American accent.

The Govenor will be coming up against Rick when he's at his weakest most vulnerable spot and methinks Darrel will be the defacto leader. It'll be interesting to see if Merle jumps ship on the Gov.

Well politics does attract the leaches and parasites. People are slowly coming around up here and in the last few years there has been a shift in thinking in regards to this type of thievery.

Sounds like a Canadian member of parliament. Work a 3 or 4 year term and collect 100 000 plus a year for life.

Agreed. Just wow.

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My thoughts are with everyone affected by this storm. In regards to Obama and the above comment( by Wjag ) I think he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't in this situation especially in an election year.From my perspective as an outsider, I'm sure he was referring to how historically the American people are known to bounce back in the face of extreme conditions. But thats just my take.

Yeah saturday night 7.7 up in the queen charlottes which is now called Haida Gwai. Not an overly populated area but they has tsunami warnings all over the coast and over to Hawaii. Yesterday another 6.3 which may have just been an aftershock. There have been quite a few of those. I'm on Vancouver Island and never felt a thing. The epicenter is quite a ways away to the north.

As much as the players love to play in it and the league just loves to bask in the glow of the attention it brings I could really give a rats azz about the winter classic this year and hope the damn thing is cancelled. Neither the league nor the players deserve it and as a fan who's already been denied hockey thus far I will boycott watching it if and when it plays. Just doing my part to show these smug basterds how I feel about their ineptitude in getting this thing done.

I'm thinking that American troops are some of the best trained in the world so that scene was hard to swallow really but this show hasn't lost me yet. I'm still diggin the story line and where they're taking it so far. You've got to believe that 'if ' this was reality they would run into other communities of survivors and power struggles would ensue as I'm sure we're about to see. I imagine the govenor was thinking about adding to his collection of bottled heads as he sipped his scotch in the final scene last night. MUAHAHAHA

I take it they lost ?