Falling further and further into denial, it's...
T H E J U I C E A N D G I N
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Term XXXIX, Issue 7 (#170)
Weather outlook:
When will this madness end?
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* Contents *
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- Editor's Blurb
- Ongoing Events
- Photographia
- Greg's DTK
- Humour
- General Info
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* Editor's Blurb *
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Hey all
Happy pre-Hallowe'en everyone!
The big news this week is that the Pool League (better name still
pending), advertised right here ever week in the Juice and Gin, has
moved to a new location. That's right, the League has set up shop right
smack dab in the middle of downtown Ottawa, at the Cue and Cushion, 319
Bank Street. Still running every Monday. Still only $4 to
participate. Now with tables that actually bank correctly! No more
wobbly rails! I know, we can hardly believe it ourselves. I think I
saw one of the regulars openly weep. Send an email to
pool$solutionsatsource.com to be put on the mailing list to be reminded
that another Monday is fast approaching. New players (co-ops and cranky
full-timers) always welcome!
And before I go I'll just sneak in a little happy birthday greetings
(for this Friday) to my sister who only skims the Juice and Gin to see
if she's mentioned. As it is every year, this special shout-out brings
more joy and happiness than any tangible present ever could.
Until next time,
Careful! Hot meat!
Michael (mailto:nutsinfo$yahoo.ca)
And now, the rest of the story...
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* Ongoing Events *
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[See the Event Calendar on the web site for full descriptions.
--Ed.]
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Pool League
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Mondays
NEW LOCATION!
http://www.solutionsatsource.com/pool
Contact: Larisa and Michael (mailto:pool$solutionsatsource.com)
View the current players' statistics at:
http://nutsevents.topcities.com/events/pool/index.html
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Indoor Rock Climbing
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Thursday evenings
Contact: Claire (mailto:Claire.Mettier$alcatel.com)
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* Photographia *
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Another classic punch to counter-act the rainy weather blahs.
http://nutsevents.topcities.com/pictures/Punch/index.html
http://torpedo.ca.newbridge.com/mirror/pictures/Punch/index.html
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* Greg's Deep Thought Korner *
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Terrorism is in the news again. Or maybe I should say "terrorism".
Carl Sagan once wrote that there are three ways to describe poor people
fighting against large armies. a) if we like them, they are freedom
fighters b) if we don't like them, they are terrorists c) if we find
ourselves unable to decide, we call them "paramilitaries" or
"insurgents".
With that in mind, I caught a report on the news that the American
government has warned the Canadian government that it must do something
to stem the tide of Canadians going over to Iraq to become "terrorists"
and fight against the U.S. occupying force (or democratizing force, if
it please you). I can't imagine that this is a very large number of
people. I also imagine this is more of a distraction from the softwood
lumber problem and the fact that half of the Bush Administration is
waiting to be indicted, but anyway ...
We must make a distinction between people fighting for the freedom of
their own country and people who are committing terrorist acts. But how
shall me make this distinction? Being of the belief that one should
always attempt to hang a man with his own noose, I thought that the
United States Code would have the most appropriate definition:
"2) the term "terrorism" means premeditated, politically motivated
violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups
or clandestine agents."
So, if Canadians are going to Iraq, and they are joining this thing
called the "insurgency", it's not necessarily the case that they are
committing "terrorism". Acts of war, indeed. But if they are busy with
the gruesome fare of fighting against the *military* of the occupying
Coalition, we can hardly call them terrorists.
We hit grey areas, no doubt. If an insurgent drives a bomb in to a line
up outside the recruitment centre for the Coalition-supported Iraqi
army, does this constitute terrorism? Are these people noncombatants
because they haven't enrolled in the army yet? Could you call it a
pre-emptive strike, giving what those in line were obviously trying to
do?
No, it's not a very pretty mess that's been made of Iraq. Neither is it
clear that the United States, the United Kingdom and their various and
scant allies had any business invading and occupying Iraq in the first
place.
I suppose the answer from the Canadian government was the best they
could give: if any Canadians commit acts of terrorism, they will be
arrested and tried upon their return to Canada. Past that, there's
nothing we can do about it.
Greg.
[Send responses to DTKs or new Editorials to mailto:nutsinfo$yahoo.ca]
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* Humour *
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[Forward any good jokes or interesting web sites you see to
mailto:nutsinfo$yahoo.ca]
[Disclaimer: The Humour Section may contain content that includes dirty
words, adult situations and jokes that make fun of American
politicians. Viewer discretion is advised. --Ed.]
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Old Folks Dining Out
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Thanks to Linda G.'s Funk Party Palace
He ordered one hamburger, one order of french fries and one drink. The
old man unwrapped the plain hamburger and Carefully cut it in half. He
placed one half in front of his wife.
He then carefully counted out the french fries, dividing them into two
piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife.
He took a sip of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup
down between them. As he began to eat his few bites of hamburger, the
people around them kept looking over and whispering.
You could tell they were thinking, "That poor old couple -- all they can
afford is one meal for the two of them."
As the man began to eat his fries a young man came to the table. He
politely offered to buy another meal for the old couple. The old man
said they were just fine -- They were used to sharing everything.
The surrounding people noticed the little old lady hadn't eaten a bite.
She sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns
sipping the drink.
Again the young man came over and begged them to let him buy another
meal for them. This time the old woman said, "No, thank you, we are
used to sharing everything."
As the old man finished and was wiping his face neatly with the napkin,
the young man again came over to the little old lady who had yet to eat
a single bite of food and asked "What is it you are waiting for?"
She answered, "The teeth."
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* General Info *
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Contact the NUTS Committee:
mailto:nutsinfo$yahoo.ca
The NUTS Website is:
http://nutsevents.topcities.com
http://torpedo.ca.newbridge.com/mirror (for people within Alcatel)
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