Poverty statistics: confusing illusion with reality

For some reason there’s no such thing as good news in Canada. Even as taxes are being lowered, unemployment is at a 30-year low, the dollar trading at a historic high and all economic indicators pointing upward, the poverty industry tells us that things are worse than ever.

The Precipice of a New Technological Age

Technological advancement is one of those things that people only notice long after. There are dozens of little things that have to come prior to mass distribution. A new phone is reliant on so much, but people only see flashy phones that they think are the ‘next thing.’

He’s Gonna Find Out Who’s Naughty or Nice . . . or Stupid

Sometimes I could believe I was living in the Matrix. Only, I can’t imagine sentient programs creating a world as irrational as ours.

Americans Pay for Emerging World Government

In its new Human Development Report calling for another $86 billion in aid to the rest of the world, supposedly to fight the effects of climate change, the United Nations acts distressed that people in “rich” countries like the U.S. don’t take the theory of man-made global warming more seriously. Its answer—and this is actually spelled out in the report—is that too much “editorial balance” in the media has prevented “informed debate” about the need for “urgent action” in the form of higher taxes on energy.

Coup d’Etat in Belgium? King Bestows Extended Powers on Outgoing PM

Belgian television reports that today, on the 176th day of Belgium’s political crisis, the Belgian king, Albert II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, has bestowed “urgent” powers, including dealing with “international matters,” on Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, whose Liberal-Socialist coalition was battered in the general elections on 10 June. This is in violation of the Belgian Constitution which does not provide for extended powers to governments without a parliamentary majority. Probably the European Union authorities in Brussels back this unconstitutional move by the Belgian King. The King, however, has been careful not to make any official announcement after meeting Mr Verhofstadt this morning.

The Post-Annapolis Dynamic – The Hamas Factor

Although it was not represented at Annapolis, Hamas had a significant role in paving the way to the meeting. Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip was clear evidence of the growing strength of the militant Islamist stream in the Palestinian camp, and it was therefore perceived as a threat.

Freedom fired, and forgotten

There was a mechanic who was so successful he had to hire someone to answer the phone and schedule appointments. His business prospered and his accountant recommended that he incorporate his business, which he did. Then came hard times. The board of directors, eager to cut costs, fired the mechanic who built the business. The business died.

December Gardeing

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all faithful readers – unfaithful ones also. And since plants rarely thrive for the politically correct, a nice salad of holly, ivy, azalea and mistletoe for those poor lost souls.

America’s Standing in the World

I am already quite sick of hearing Democrat candidates say that we have to “improve America’s standing in the world” as if the whole world holds our nation in contempt or disagrees with our actions.

Sunken Antarctic ship now 5-kilometer oil slick

Al Gore’s self-touted, mouse size carbon footprint has just developed elephantitis. MS Explorer, the “legendary polar expedition ship” owned by his pal G.A.P. Adventures CEO Bruce Poon Tip, which sank last week in the Antarctic has left a garguntan carbon foot on the ocean floor. And it’s a carbon footprint that’s harmful to penguins and other wildlife. Little would have been known about the damage to the Antarctic’s fragile eco system from the sunken 75-metre vessel were it not for a team of Chilean scientists who sussed out the damage in its aftermath and reported their findings. The Chilean scientists told the daily La Tercera that fuel from the eco cruise ship is now a five-kilometer long slick. The MS Explorer, star of the eco warrior, was powered by diesel. And while diesel is less polluting than crude oil, it still left a highly toxic environmental mess that could directly affect seals, sea lions, and other animals that inhabit the area.

The teddy teacher: why the surprise?

The BBC is reporting today that Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, will pardon 54-year-old British teacher, Gillian Gibbons. As everyone now knows by now, Gibbons was teaching in Sudan when she brought a teddy bear to class and allowed one of her 7-year-old students to name the bear.

Democrats Owe General Petraeus a Formal Public Apology

To the utter and complete dismay of the Democrat party and its metaphorical bed mates at MoveOn.Org and in the mainstream media, it now appears as though the surge is working.

Of Rape Victims, Teddy Bears and the Virgin Birth

--Satire-- Say what you like about Islamofascists, one thing is quite clear: These seventh century tyrants are consistently outrageous, and dangerously so.

Reduce Global Warming:  NO Licenses for Illegal Aliens! 

California state Senator Gilbert Cedillo, Democrat, has worked tirelessly to achieve one really stupid objective: He wants the state to grant drivers' licenses to invading criminals, most of whom share Cedillo's Hispanic ethnicity.

In Defense of Freedom

According to "Devilstower", a blogger on the DailyKos website, human rights are more important than national security. She explains, “Even if it was sure to be lost in a terrorist attack today, my life is not worth the Constitution. The life of my child is not worth the Constitution.” This same blogger believes that presidents Bush, Roosevelt, and Lincoln set aside their duty to uphold the constitution in exchange for the illusion of security.

From a Water Fight to a Fire Fight

For many of us, when the days got hot, and we were still sent to school, it meant only one thing; a water fight! Magically, water balloons would be pulled from pockets at lunch time, and mayhem would ensue. Given a hot enough day, the teachers would also wondrously fail to notice the soaking children coming in after lunch was over. Who ever thought that such mad fun could possibly lead to a way to fight fires?

A 2007 Technology Review: The Bad!

The latest year on the calendar is coming to a close, and we at Daily Galaxy thought it was time to take a bit of a look back at the year. Being the resident nerd, I’ve decided to begin by tackling the bad in the tech world we’ve had to endure this year.

The Great Nothing may be something…

Earlier this year astronomers from the University of Minnesota discovered a massive void of space that measured nearly a billion light years across. It was a real discovery, in a universe that is filled with numerous objects, cramming up the space.

The World… 2.0

Once in a while, you come across something so completely bizarre and fantastic, that it just blows your mind. And though I’m sitting here listening to Tay Zonday’s deep voice, that isn’t what’s blowing my mind. What is though is the fact that someone is building a miniature version of our planet off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

What My Web Site Tells Me About Readers.

“You should have a web site, doctor”, I’ve been told a thousand times. My reply has always been “But that means I’ll have to add something every week, and I’m busy enough!” Curiosity, however, eventually got the better of me and a site was created several months ago. So apart from triggering my depression, what has it told me about you?