Where’d it go… FOUND IT! Oh, hang on, no, lost it again!

The universe is a very complex place; there's no doubting that. It continually throws up new questions that people have to answer, or answers that we just don't know the question for. One of these questions is where is all the mass?

Playing Number Games With Our Dead

I was in my hotel room this morning and found myself doing something not in my normal, everyday routine: I was watching CNN. Not because I had some kind of epiphany, but because it was the only cable news station offered in the room. It was what I watched that kind of set my mood for the day. The following is from the CNN website...

An Alternate “Rendition”

The new political terror thriller "Rendition" has been released at a very opportune time. Now while many movies are bombing at the box office, this being one of them, the topic of torture in regards to terror suspects is one of those moral dilemmas that just won't go away.

Oprah’s ‘Soft Landing’ In the U.S. Media

When the 'Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls' was established in South Africa, America's foremost talk show host reveled in praise and adulation from the liberal media. It was almost as though this humble black girl from Tennessee had transcended the collective goodwill of the Virgin Mother and Mother Teresa, all in one fell swoop.

Tulsa, OK TV 8: Immigrants ‘Afraid’ in The USA

Apparently, TV 8 (KTUL) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, wants us to know that illegal immigrants are all cowering in fear or streaming out of the USA today because of the crackdown on illegal immigration in the Sooner state. The Tulsa TV folks are trying to make it seem as if there is a climate of fear for illegals even as our government is bending over backwards to comfort illegal immigrants not to mention the fact that many thousands of illegals brazenly paraded, without being molested by bystanders or authorities, in the streets of several large US cities in protest for their "rights" not long ago. So how much "fear" could there be in the illegal underground in the USA? And why is KTUL trying to fan those flames?

Musharraf’s Step Back

In a sharp political analysis published in India on September 5, 2007, Hamid Mir, one of the top Pakistani journalists (and also a CFP columnist) predicted the imposition of martial law in his country. His article, entitled "Pakistan and the 'minus two' formula" suggested: "Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's top advisers have seriously suggested applying Bangladesh's 'minus two formula' in Pakistani politics (...) The army-backed interim government in Bangladesh suspended general elections for one year and imposed emergency in early 2007. The Bangladeshi army also attempted to banish two former prime ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina from politics (hence 'minus two')."

Pakistani flags removed from Taliban-held areas in Swat

(Editor's Note: As his colleague and Canada Free Press columnist, the Polish-based journalist David Dastych, Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir is alive and "kicking", reporting from Swat Valley, which is a territory under Taliban control). GOOD NEWS! Hamid Mir is alive and "kicking", reporting from Swat Valley (see below), which is a territory under Taliban control.) MATTA-Swat-The imposition of emergency in Pakistan has not put any pressure on the Taliban in Swat district, who have not only announced the imposition of Shariah but also removed national flags from all the government buildings in the areas under their control.

The Three Eyed Watchma - Diplomatic tourism: what do we ‘eat’ from it

There is a saying in Bor oral tradition, "Achin ke rec e bii e kaman", implying that the coming of the visitor is a blessing. As small radical rats and cats in the house with my ever sipping, nibbling siblings, that proverb was my favourite, ever praying for any distant relative not to pass past our homestead. God, why don't you send one today? And of course, s/he must be a heavy-stomached one, an idiom meaning a dignified guest so that the next worry--but what we have to eat from him--is answered.

Annapolis—wedding or disaster of the year…

Best Man--President George Bush--and Matron of Honour--Condoleezza Rice--are becoming increasingly frustrated as the reluctant bride--Israel--and a very impatient groom--the Palestinian Authority--continue haggling over the substantial dowry the groom is demanding from the bride's family before the wedding of the year can go ahead in Annapolis this month--or maybe next month.

Hijabs, Veils, Burkas, Masks, Balaclavas, Hoodies Kirpans, Turbans, and Quebec’s Ethnic Cleansing

How's that for a headline! That's Caan-aaa-daah today. We are supposed to be a Nation, but actually we are now just one of about 600 plus nations within our borders (can't keep count) of kind, caring and sorry-assed wimps that have allowed their intellectually unfit politicians and power hungry legal beagles to con them into believing that Canada's brand of Multiculturalism is a model for the World. They actually brag about it.

Choice—it really isn’t a Canadian concept

The Toronto Sun is doing several pieces this week on the controversial issue of the right to die. In a pro-euthanasia article, Donald Babey, the executive Director of Dying with Dignity Canada wrote a column of course supporting peoples' right to die with help from a doctor. Entitled "Euthanasia debate is about choice", Babey begins his column as follows:

Genesis Mission Yields Results

The day was the 8th of September, 2004, when the Genesis capsule tumbled to Earth, failed to launch its parachute, and seemingly brought all the hopes of NASA's Genesis mission to a grinding halt. However, due to some nifty NASA pre-mission planning, not everything was lost, as the latest study results show.

Daylight Savings and the Circadian Rhythm

One of those topics that I just love writing on is that of the human body clock, or as I like to refer to it, "my wacked up circadian rhythm". The term circadian rhythm essentially refers to the 24-hour period that the human body has evolutionarily adjusted too. And scientists are saying that, due to daylight savings, there are some nasty surprises awaiting us.

Red Bull and Alcohol a Deadly Mix…

In another of those studies that pinpoint the sheer lack of work available to research scientists, results have shown that combining Red Bull and Alcohol can help you get drunker.

November Gardening

Finally fall arrives – in the gardening sense at least. November promises to be a busy month for the passionate gardener and all those truly devoted to pursuits horticultural. Warming both cheeks before the fire of life, as Lawrence Durrell once wrote.

In Year of Sanitation, U.N. should clean its own house

The United Nations has declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation. What this portends was heralded last week by a four-day conference in New Delhi, awash in bureaucrats from about 40 countries and dubbed the "World Toilet Summit."

Sinister Secrets of the U.N. Sea Treaty

The former editor of the New York Times editorial page says it is "crazy" to be opposed to the U.N.'s Law of the Sea Treaty and she can't understand why it has become a hot-button issue in the Republican presidential race. Gail Collins declared in a November 3 column in the Times that the measure simply clarifies "rules for navigation and mining in international waters" and sets up "a system for settling disputes." Those opposed to it, she says, are spinning "conspiracy theories." But Collins is doing the spinning.

Mexican Mafia Leader Arrested and Extradited to US

A man alleged to be the second-highest ranking member of the Mexican Mafia's criminal enterprise in the Coachella Valley was arrested by law enforcement authorities in Mexico at the request of the FBI, announced Eric Velez, Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles.

For Sake of Science They Abused These Girls

"Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind." --Albert Einstein

Let my pedos go!

Joy Smith, the Conservative MP from the Manitoba riding of Kildonan-St. Paul is planning to introduce a private members' bill in Parliament on human trafficking. The introduction of the bill follows two high profile cases of Canadians who are alleged to have committed serious sexual crimes against children in various Asian countries.