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News you can use

February 7th, 2009 | Comments Off

Drippy faucets offer lesson in physics — Science Daily, 6 Feb. Police to drivers: No snow-covered windshields — CBC Nova Scotia, 4 Feb. To live longer, kidney patients should move to Denver — Booster Shots (L.A. Times Health Blog), 3 Feb. Buying experiences, not possessions, leads [sic] to greater happiness — EurekAlert, 7 Feb

And not a moment too soon

January 30th, 2009 | Comments Off

Cartoon by Steve Nease, Oakville Beaver

“You have two cows” updated

January 30th, 2009 | Comments Off

It’s a very old joke, I know, but a British-born blogger who lives in Poland has added some hilarious updates. This has been around for years in one form or another but I always enjoy it. Here’s a version that was in the Spectator recently: Socialism – You have two cows. The State nationalises one [...]

That’s all the more for the rest of us

January 27th, 2009 | Comments Off

Two million fewer pints of beer sold every day as pubs suffer in recession — London Telegraph, 27 Jan.

“Maybe Obama really deserves this worship”

January 23rd, 2009 | 3 Comments

It’s creepy enough when Americans talk of the Obamessiah, but this came from a Canadian journalist.  (Note the unAmerican spelling of “fervour”.) Rapt eyes shone as Obama spoke with stunning eloquence of re-building America. When the president delivered perhaps his most impressive rhetorical offering, telling the world’s tyrants, “We will extend a hand if you [...]

The new captain takes charge

January 21st, 2009 | Comments Off

Cartoon: Gary Brookins, Richmond Times-Dispatch

News you can use

January 20th, 2009 | Comments Off

Early childhood diet may influence future health — Science Daily, 15 Jan.

News you can use

January 16th, 2009 | Comments Off

A good night’s sleep protects against parasites — Science Daily, 15 Jan. Don’t do your makeup by candlelight — CBC News, 16 Jan.

Change we can believe in?

January 13th, 2009 | Comments Off

Jim Flaherty fits right in. h/t: Political Conservatives

Canada’s No. 1 with people-smugglers

January 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Check out this headline at The Australian online newspaper: Australia’s No2 with people-smugglers So, who’s No. 1? PAKISTANI people-smugglers recommend Australia as the second-best destination for seeking asylum after Canada, according to one of the 134 Asian and Middle Eastern asylum-seekers intercepted off the Australian coast since October. Sadiq Bahram, an ethnic Hazara from Afghanistan [...]

Quote of the year from Nova Scotia premier

January 4th, 2009 | Comments Off

Last April, when gasoline prices were sky high, Premier Rodney MacDonald said this to reporters outside the provincial legislature. “I think the most important thing we as a government can do, and all Nova Scotians can do, is to purchase more fuel-efficient vehicles, to take up the opportunity for transit.” The premier later objected to [...]

Every manger scene needs one

December 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Cartoon by the award-winning Steve Breen, San Diego Union-Tribune

Crazy Stephen, Bad Boy of Giveaways

December 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments

I, for one, would like to hear more about the LaytonAway Program! Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, Hamilton Spectator

How to win friends and influence people

December 9th, 2008 | Comments Off

This is said to be the “the second feat of hanky-panky”. I don’t know what the first is, and I don’ t think I want to know. ‘The second feat of hanky-panky consists of knocking your head against the edge of a door with such apparent force as to break your skull, provided it be [...]

Coalition cracks are showing

December 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Cartoon: Bruce MacKinnon, Halifax Chronicle-Herald