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The Arrest of Morgan Tsvangirai

We note with great worry the incessant insistency of Robert Mugabe to undermine the democratic processes in Zimbabwe, and condemn unreservedly the myopic and diabolical acts which Mugabe has sought and resorted to in order to make people boycott the forth coming runoff Presidential elections.
- Thursday, June 5, 2008



Brave Men and Women - Facing Deportation

By Ros Prynn, Newsblaze.comA vote was taken in the Canadian parliament this afternoon. It was a motion to allow US self-styled "war resisters" permanent resident status in Canada. Although there is a mere handful of these 'brave' resisters willing to publicy identify themselves, estimates range from 100 - 300 as the number of US citizens who have gone into hiding within Canada's borders, because they don't want to go to war. These people seem to have forgotten that today's US military is all VOLUNTEER.
- Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Our man Buffery hopes to be put away in a ritzy old-age home

By STEVE BUFFERY, TORONTO SUN I ran into a couple of friends on Saturday, Tim Wharnsby of the Globe and Mail and hockey analyst Craig Button, and we ended up watching Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final -- the same Stanley Cup final that The Fan 590 personality Chuck (The Temporary Canuck) Swirsky deemed "a bust."
- Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Go with the Flow, Compromise, or Do We just say No?

Generation Y, those born between the late 1970s and during the 1980s, is now entering the work force and, in the process they are transforming it, requiring Baby Boomers now facing retirement and Generation X’ers, born in the mid-1960s to late 70s, to face up to our short comings in our ability to negotiate.
- Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Learning Made Easy… in the Future!

When you’re anywhere under the age of 18, you can pretty much guarantee that you aren’t going to be a big fan of the whole “learning” thing. Yes, there are anomalies; kids under 18 that do like learning, and people over 18 who don’t like learning.
- Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Computers that can Read your Mind

Needless to say, the title of this story is a little misleading, in that we aren’t dealing with artificial-intelligence, and thus, the possibility of robots reading our thoughts and acting accordingly to kill us all is remote. However, for the study of our brain and the possible resolution to disorders such as autism and paranoid schizophrenia, new research from a pair at Carnegie Mellon University has taken a great step forward.
- Tuesday, June 3, 2008

York University S. C.  Anti-“Free Speech” Decision Against Pro-Life Groups

By Tim Waggoner, Lifesitenews Yesterday, the student council at York University, one of Canada's largest with 50,000 students and 7,000 staff, ramped up its war against campus pro-life groups with an 8-0 vote to enact of a new policy against the groups. The new policy reads, "No YFS resources, space, recognition or funding will be allocated to enhance groups or individuals whose primary or sole purpose is anti-choice activities."
- Tuesday, June 3, 2008


Gartner’s Top 10 Technologies of the Next Four Years

The lifespan of technology is such that it’s hard enough to buy a computer that will last you more than three years, let alone be state of the art after 6 months. So when Gartner Group – an information and technology research and advisory firm – releases their “Top 10 Technologies” list, it isn’t for “the next decade,” but rather “for the next four years.”
- Monday, June 2, 2008

Inflatable Robots to visit Mars

Earth’s conquest exploration of Mars has been in the news a lot lately, with a veritable mass of ideas being floated for consideration. US soldiers want to go and stay, George Bush doesn’t want us going at all, and a lot just seem to want to see if there is any water.
- Monday, June 2, 2008

Countdown to iPhone, v2

Only a year ago the Apple fandom was going berserk about rumors concerning what they hoped would be the smart phone to beat all smart phones; the iPhone. Apple fanboys and girls got their wishes granted, mostly, on June 29. On June 9 of this year, at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, will see a similar revelation, if technology analysts are correct.
- Monday, June 2, 2008

Escape from Britain

Almost 700 Britons moved abroad every day last year, it was claimed last week. A record 250,000 emigrated in 2007 many because they wanted to escape the high level of crime and taxes.
- Sunday, June 1, 2008

To Stop Cancer, Eat Rosemary with your Steak

There will come a time when I will be in a position to afford to build the house of my dreams. The costs will be split into quarters; one quarter will go to my garden, one quarter will go to my library, one quarter will go to my kitchen, leaving the last quarter to build the rest of my house. My priorities are straight – books first then food (my garden will feed me, in addition to having a top notch BBQ area).
- Sunday, June 1, 2008


Glendale Veterinary gets national press

As one of the first veterinarians in Canada to offer the benefits of low-laser therapy for pain relief for cats and dogs, Dr. Cathy Hooper at Glendale Veterinary Hospital in Caledon was recently visited by Macleans magazine, which wanted a first-hand perspective on this drug-free approach to pain relief.
- Saturday, May 31, 2008

Qur’an critic to be executed in Iran within days

Another free thinker is to be executed in Iran in the coming days It is with great regret that I inform all freedom loving people of the world that the Mullahs' terrorist regime is about to execute one of Iran's finest thinkers, a true patriot, scholar and historian.
- Saturday, May 31, 2008


Carbon Chastity

By Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post I'm not a global warming believer. I'm not a global warming denier. I'm a global warming agnostic who believes instinctively that it can't be very good to pump lots of CO2into the atmosphere but is equally convinced that those who presume to know exactly where that leads are talking through their hats.
- Saturday, May 31, 2008

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