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Good enough for a game with no rewrds or consequences the alpha conspiracy - city of ruin
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What are you listening to?
Sparq replied to Matt's topic in Music In General: David Bowie Appreciation Station
Rammstein - Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen -
Infected Mushroom - Cities Of The Future
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X-Dream - Radio
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It's a joke band. Yes, MG is involved. No they are not new. You'll have to decide that last one for yourself.
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Vibrasphere - Out Of My System
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No question. They've destroyed too many good shows.
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You are a Social Liberal (68% permissive) and an Economic Moderate (55% permissive) You are best described as a: Centrist You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.
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I may be the world's only militaristic libertarian :\
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What are you listening to?
Sparq replied to Matt's topic in Music In General: David Bowie Appreciation Station
Sonic Mayhem - Rage -
What are you listening to?
Sparq replied to Matt's topic in Music In General: David Bowie Appreciation Station
Daft Punk - Da Funk -
Carl's right.
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What are you listening to?
Sparq replied to Matt's topic in Music In General: David Bowie Appreciation Station
Frank Klepacki - Destroy -
"THIS time it was just toast..." "Oh...it really was gum." "Is that you, Osama?" Classic.
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Had its moments, but it really feels like a Family Guy rehash. Which I guess it is.
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What are you listening to?
Sparq replied to Matt's topic in Music In General: David Bowie Appreciation Station
Luke Chable - After The Storm -
Near Fantastica...can't beat the breaks in that intro. Sprectacular album all around, though...
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...Haven't you asked this before? It's up right now, and I'm not sure if it was down recently. Maybe you've got a browser issue...
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The Crystal Method / Cease Fire - Trick Shot
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-6, -1.18 ....barely there, but still.
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We still kicked ass in that little Spanish fishing trawler invasion. : \
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Problem is, the Army alone needs about that much, right now, just to get back to full strength. That's to say nothing of the Navy and Air Force. Then another few billion per year to keep things up to spec. The military has been mismanaged for a long time now. If it keeps going this way much longer, it will be the first time in history that a 'first world' nation has allowed its own military to go completely bankrupt. That's pretty much the way it's going already, unfortunately. The current government has been talking about turning the military into a 'rapid reaction force' ...and in doing so, has made idiotic decisions on equipment purchasing from a practical standpoint. Example: They are buying the MGS variant of the LAV3 armored, wheeled combat vehicle as a replacement for our aging, but functional Leopard C2 tanks. These MGSs pack the same gun as the Leopard, but have less armour, less mobility, less ammunition capacity, and cannot fire the discarding sabot anti-tank ammunition required for engagement of heavily armored targets (ie T-72s commonly encountered in the middle east). Its armour can be penetrated by the common RPG-7, unlike the armour of the Leopard. The MGS has failed all US military trials. It costs MORE than buying used M1 Abrams tanks from the states, as Australia has done. Their reasoning for all this? Wheels scare the locals less than tracks. It's good to know they're willing to sacrifice crew suvivability to keep foreign civilians happy. There's also the issue of Canada having no aircraft capable of transporting a Leopard. The MGS can be carried by one of our few Hercules - but only one at a time, and even that is pushing it as far as weight goes. As it stands now, the only waty we can rapidly deploy ANY force capable of dealing with an armoured opponent, is through the assistance of American aircraft. We are incapable of rapid, mass deployment. A show of force is not within our power. Peacekeeping is all we CAN do. So what...Red Cross with guns? It doesn't work that way. I could rant about the various issues afflicting the military for a long, long time...but I'll stop there.
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Realplayer Presentation...is that .ram? I believe DBpoweramp will do it...I use it all the time for my CD ripping and MP3 conversaion. Great program. http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
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If the States wants us to help with this, they should at least be helping to pay for it. Our armed forces are nearly bankrupt as it is, and are already one of the most overused military forces in the world...we've got people getting back from a long tour only to be deployed again two months later. I'm not against it in principal, it just seems like a very bad decision as far as the health of the CF goes.
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I got the Avalanche tour poster from MapleMusic (eventually) but had to hit Ebay for my Put Out Your Lights tour poster...seems to be the best bet.
