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- Even if all the icebergs melt, we'll always have iceberg lettuce, just like we have romaine lettuce to remember Romania. 45 mins ago
- Matthew loves CDs http://twitpic.com/17uj1z 12 hrs ago
- My favourite headline of the week: "The majestic petulance of John Roberts" http://daro.me/j 18 hrs ago
- On hold for 1 hour to speak to sleepy tech support guy, at which point the problem had fixed itself simply through the passing of time. 19 hrs ago
- The term 'senator' ought to be reserved for lawmakers who are willing to work in togas and sandals. 23 hrs ago
- Shocking Fact: One in five South Africans lives with HIV. In other news, Nothing good ever happens in, for, around or because of Africa. 23 hrs ago
- I once saved a burning building full of children. The children all died, but I saved the building. 1 day ago
- Seeing a 'student driver' sticker on the back of a semi truck Is unnerving. Just hope I don't get stuck behind him trying to parallel park. 1 day ago
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The wording of ‘O Canada’ needs an update
The Harper government opened Parliament today with a Speech from the Throne that was mostly about the economy, as expected, but there was one rather unexpected development.
In a section about honouring Canadian history and identity, there was this bombshell: “Our Government will also ask Parliament to examine the original gender-neutral English wording of the [...]
Bloom Boxes for all
This is a pretty incredible. On CBS’s 60 Minutes this week, Leslie Stahl spoke with K.R. Sridhar, founder of Bloom Energy. Sridhar is a rocket scientist whose work for NASA led him to develop a module that could potentially produce oxygen on Mars. However, when the Mars mission was cancelled, he reworked his technology from [...]
Another great headline
Xinhua, the semi-official Chinese news agency, is proving to be a gold mine for great headlines.
What’s wrong with Discovery Channel?
What ever happened to the Discovery Channel? It used to be an ocean of sanity among the madness of cable television. But after years of cultivating an image as a science and education based channel, Discovery is abusing the trust people have invested in the brand by promoting the most vile, unscientific, ridiculous programming imaginable: [...]
David Letterman is a “hore”
The recent David Letterman "scandal" has been interesting to watch. For some reason, people are really upset that a comedian doesn't practice Victorian sexual morality.
Our ever-sinking moral standards