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Chatroulette is full of penises

ISHMAEL N. DARO News Writer For about two months, talking to strangers has been all the rage. The reason for this is the meteoric rise of Chatroulette, the Internet’s latest chat site. It matches you up with random strangers around the world. Users can communicate via webcam and microphone [...]
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Obama the great compromiser

ISHMAEL N. DARO Opinions Writer After a year in office, U.S. President Barack Obama has shown that even the greatest orators must eventually face the difficulties of governing. Swept into power by an American public hungry for inspiration and a change from the disastrous policies of the Bush administration, Obama was doomed to disappoint his followers sooner or [...]
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Moustaches should make a comeback

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the tragic genius Victor Frankenstein unleashes an abomination of nature upon the world, ultimately destroying everything he holds dear. I, too, have created a monster.
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Canada places 30th internationally in Internet quality

A new global study of Internet service shows Canada is falling behind in terms of broadband quality and may not be able to keep up with future needs.
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Michael Moore is a big fat idiot

ISHMAEL N. DARO Opinions Writer As if 2009 wasn’t already a rough year for capitalism, now Michael Moore has set his sights on our venerated economic system. In his latest film Capitalism: A Love Story, Moore uses the current financial fallout as the backdrop for his attack on the economic system that brought the world to its knees [...]
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Immaculate Machine becomes sentient

On Immaculate Machine’s 2007 album Fables, the single “Dear Confessor” declared, “Maps won’t show us where we’re going; all they are is just the boring facts.” Now, two years later, the band seems to be listening to its own advice. Founding member and frontman Brooke Gallupe says he has no grand strategy for Immaculate Machine. “I have [...]
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