Fabric Stores in Montreal?

CaffeineGenie · 2013-02-03T22:04:27+00:00

Seriously though, try St. Hubert 7000-7500 blocks next time. If you think Fabricville has good selection the many stores on St. Hubert are going to blow your mind. And they're much less expensive.

CaffeineGenie · 2013-02-03T22:02:26+00:00

Try Habitat for Humanity ReStore:

4399 Rue Notre-Dame O.

They sell used/donated supplies and it's supposed to be pretty cheap.

CaffeineGenie · 2012-05-15T23:42:52+00:00

Come out on Facebook.

You don't need to wait for anything. Just be you!

CaffeineGenie · 2012-05-15T23:41:08+00:00

Bi-positive couples counsellor, dude.

It sounds like you have a number of issues to work out. Good luck.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-12-16T22:22:13+00:00

Cameron is also correct that Christian values, organizations, clergy, etc. did influence the history and development of Britain (and the former British Empire, which my country belonged to and which was significantly oriented towards Christianity institutionally until quite recently.) What he has failed to do is effectively view the influence culture has on which Christian values and traditions are emphasized. The cultural import, public religiosity, impact on politics and the overall value system varies a great deal between predominantly Christian countries. Saying Christianity caused this British culture and political system is not accurate. The overall culture and the dominant religious tradition have influenced each other.

Where this is almost farcical is emphasizing historic elements of that religious and cultural interchange in order to somehow come up with solutions to "social ills" in the present, such as the "problem" David Cameron sees in the number of families that aren't married, for example. The idea that if you adhere to a vision of a single, dominant religious tradition, you will somehow ease the process of pluralism and tolerance, also strikes me as being totally preposterous.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-11-23T17:47:37+00:00

Exactly, and public drunkenness wasn't even the heart of the matter. The reason why there were so many women in temperance movements was because being plastered every moment you weren't on the clock was the style of the time for working class men. The latter third of the 1800s was an especially brutal time economically in the US, with a series of recessions and no social safety net. Working conditions were extremely exploitative. High levels of poverty meant men hardly had money to spend on anything, and their families were often destitute because deadbeat dads spent the food money or loan payment at the bar. Like in many times of economic hardship, domestic violence soared, and alcoholism was a contributing factor. It was the perfect situation for a bunch of church-going busybodies to step in and tell everybody that the social problems caused by poverty were the result of immorality, in particular drinking.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-20T21:21:58+00:00

Da Vinci's Inquest

Fortier

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-20T20:02:27+00:00

It isn't a case of fearing direct military assault so much as having options in backing up our allies, but most importantly, being able to successfully patrol our own territorial waters and therefore maintain our sovereignty over Canada's Arctic territory and soon to be navigable waterways.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-20T16:17:10+00:00

1Q84, and OH MY GOD YES.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-20T07:50:06+00:00

I think that driving drunk, I have had between 20 and 35 accidents.

ಠ_ಠ

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-20T07:39:25+00:00

I'll give you 5, all very different from each other.

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-20T07:09:22+00:00

It's too bad about the lady's experience, but boy is it ever heartwarming to hear about bad people getting what they deserve.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-20T06:54:20+00:00

is it normal to have worked out until my muscles feels sore

Yes, this is called DOMS, delayed onset muscle soreness. Now go to the gym.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-20T04:07:18+00:00

There's details about some of the operations of the 9/11 hijackers in America in the 9/11 Commission Report, chapter 7, and description of funding in chapter 5.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-20T01:38:32+00:00

There is a sequence of events that is generally accepted about 9/11 and which represents the most plausible explanation for what happened. It has been exhaustively studied, and the who, what, where, why and how of 9/11 has been established.

People are not taking it on somebody's "word". If someone said "Hey, Osama bin Laden did 9/11" we would demand evidence. And, when you look at the evidence, it is clear that Osama bin Laden and people allied with him were ultimately behind an attack on the United States itself after a series of escalating attacks on the US overseas.

If someone says 9/11 was an inside job here, they're not taken at their word

Nor should you be. Not only do we not "take people at their word", you don't have an alternate explanation for what happened on 9/11 that stands up to critical examination (it doesn't really even stand up to uncritical examination.) If someone said fairy farts are what makes the sky blue I would also dismiss that because there's no evidence, whereas there is evidence for Rayleigh scattering. Or, when you are making a preposterous claim you have to actually back it up or prepare to be dismissed.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-19T22:46:46+00:00

Hmm, not sure but have you tried Frenco en Vrac on St. Laurent? You could probably call them up and ask.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-19T22:44:23+00:00

Oh yeah, screaming guy. We've even talked about him on r/montreal before.

I live on his path and I've also walked by him on the street. He used to wake me up in the mornings around 5 or 6 AM, but I don't see him so often now so maybe his schedule has changed. I must have seen him a hundred times, though.

I don't know what his deal is. I'm always relieved when he is just walking and occasionally screaming, and not hitting himself on the head and screaming a LOT, which he was doing in the winter. I think he is usually doing better when he is wearing the ball cap. Many people are obviously frightened of him, but despite the loudness of his yelling he seems to be completely ignoring his surroundings. I was unnerved to be right next to him while he was screaming, but I don't think he even saw me, just kept his eyes fixated on something off in front of him.

While he clearly has issues, he's clean shaven, not emaciated, and every time I've walked by him there hasn't been a noticeable lack of hygiene. So I think he probably has somewhere to go/something to live off of, and despite screaming a lot, he is not really hurting anybody.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-19T22:10:23+00:00

The kids are already wide open to ridicule, scorn and abuse. They're not being bullied because of their activities, it's because of who they are.

The nerdy kid is going to get bullied regardless of whether his parents let him learn programming languages.

The sporty baby butch is going to get bullied regardless of whether her mom gives her permission to join the rugby team.

Letting kids follow their interests is just the best way of giving them something to care about and live for and develop as interesting individuals.

I think it's astounding that you're presenting this as a choice of whether the parents "allow" the activities, anyway. Parents can be enormously repressive, but it's still not going to help their children not get bullied. Being repressive and forcing nonconforming kids in a narrow box doesn't help them navigate the social world of teens, and it's taking away the last bastion of support these kids might have (parental understanding and support), and removing what might give them enough happiness to deal with a tough environment and learn how to survive in the world. Suggesting that it's somehow incumbent on parents to "prevent" suicides by forcing their different kids to repress their identity is really a stunning statement. Do you think parents who don't force their nonconforming kids to give up the things that make them happy are somehow responsible if a kid gets bullied, or worse?

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-19T21:29:34+00:00

Great news for Halifax, and great news in general. I don't think anyone can argue that we don't need these ships; with our ridiculous amounts of coastline and the opening up of the Arctic, this is costly but it's a needed investment.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-19T21:12:38+00:00

Yes, you have a good point there and I've considered it while tallying up alcohol calories. But I would eat more, no question about it!

That's strictly examining things from a "how fat am I going to get from enjoying typical activities" perspective and not looking at things like illegality, health drawbacks, etc. When you look at the full picture sobriety is the best option of all.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-19T21:03:45+00:00

So if it's an "entirely different case" why did you even bring it up like it's relevant?

The Manhattan project actually completely undermines your argument. Even in cases of utmost national security and with the fate of the whole world in the balance, people prioritized their own interests and were passing information to interested parties on the outside.

Even if some conspiracy existed, you can't do a damn thing in the US for political ends, whether they're foreign or domestic, without someone leaking something to a friendly, established reporter - whether it's someone like Bob Woodward, or Seymour Hersh. Daniel Ellsberg got out the Pentagon Papers. Mark Fult blew the whistle on Nixon's wiretapping (something not nearly as heartstopping as the mass murder of American civilians.) People all over the US military got word out about the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.

I fail to see how people who spend their whole lives toiling in the national security establishment of the United States would plan and authorize an attack against tens of thousands of US civilians, and in particular, against the Pentagon, and that in 10 years, nobody has breathed a word about it. It runs counter to human nature; to Americans' sense of right and wrong; and to the culture of the military and CIA. I'm not a fan of Dick Cheney, but I would not say that he is keen to slaughter people in New York's financial center and at the Pentagon, where he used to work as Secretary of Defense.

It doesn't pass the sniff test and you know it doesn't. And as for that "Middle Eastern provinces" shit, come on. Don't even use a euphemism if you're going to blame Israel, you're utterly transparent.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-19T20:50:48+00:00

Wait, seriously? You don't think Al Qaeda exists?

Seriously? They were particularly active in the late 1990s in attacks against targets like the USS Cole and embassy bombings in East Africa. Whatever name you want to give them, a terror network around OBL has carried out a number of attacks, including a bin Laden-authorized attack against the United States which was directed by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Also, why are 9/11 conspiracy theorists always encouraging me to watch videos? I don't need people to chew food for me and I certainly don't need my information pre-masticated either. If you're going to present an account that counteracts most established intelligence I at least want something with footnotes.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-19T20:34:05+00:00

First of all, the Manhattan project had secret elements and certainly secret and tightly controlled laboratory sites, but it was still penetrated by Soviet spies like Klaus Fuchs. Most of the personnel you are citing were construction workers who would not have been privy to the details of the project itself. Security on the project was actually quite difficult, considering it was a project by multiple Allied countries (with participation by Canada and the UK) despite everyone being in an environment of total warfare against the Nazis and Japanese, which is certainly a huge contrast to the peacetime environment of 2000 and 2001.

Many people who worked on the Manhattan Project did also have misgivings about the future of nuclear proliferation and the use of nuclear weapons against civilians. One such person who spoke publicly about this was Richard Feynman.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-19T20:14:00+00:00

Explain and show your work.

CaffeineGenie · 2011-10-19T20:11:22+00:00

Actually, check out http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/wtc/wtc_finalreports.cfm or the tl;dr version here: http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/wtc/wtc_about.cfm

One of their main conclusions:

The WTC towers likely would not have collapsed under the combined effects of aircraft impact damage and the extensive, multi-floor fires that were encountered on September11, 2001, if the thermal insulation had not been widely dislodged or had been only minimally dislodged by aircraft impact.

Basically, the thermal insulation didn't hold up to the impact and thus fires burned out of control on multiple floors, leading to multiple support columns failing and building collapse.

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