I’m a bit tired of hearing complaints about the flu shot campaigns on twitter, facebook, and other social sites where lies and misinformation spread quicker than real information. The problem with the truth about things in science is that they often require more than 140 characters to do justice. If it’s not complaints citing Alex [...]
Read more →I was curious about some interesting traffic hits that I saw on my sitemeter stats today, hitting my earlier post about Michelle Obama that appear to have been referred by The New York Times. Sure enough, there I was with The Huffington Post, The New York Post and others. Dude. I’m part of the liberal [...]
Read more →Early morning surprises for Torontonians as a propane depot explodes… “My whole house shook. The front door came off and I saw fire,” said Shelby Degan, who lives less than a block away from the depot. – CBC News
Read more →From the “punishment fits the crime” department, two men are facing two years in jail if convicted of “crimes against nature” in the form of sodomy. I’m waiting for the story about the guy charged with possession of marijuana being provided with a two-year supply and being forced to smoke it… “Raleigh police are charging [...]
Read more →I had a couple odd comments pop up on the last couple comments, including a phone number of someone in Vancouver and an email address for contacting them. It’s something to do with an accident that I didn’t witness, but that I did happen to snap a couple photos of with my crappy cell phone [...]
Read more →Satan has filed a lawsuit in a Federal Court, contesting the election reform law that stripped his the Rhinos of official party status in 1993. He’s running in a by-election with a promise to rename the country Nantucket if he’s elected. The Rhino party formed in 1963 with a promise to keep none of its [...]
Read more →Ignoring protests from many Canadian television broadcasters and specialty channels, the CRTC, which essentially rules the Canadian airwaves, has relaxed rules about advertising during TV broadcasts. The CRTC is apparently sick of all the whining from producers, executives, ACTRA, and the Canadian public, and is tossing in the towel Currently, broadcasters can show up to [...]
Read more →The following is mostly just cribbed from a couple stores that are carrying the DVD… After years of requests, Nardwuar the Human Serviette has finally entered the digital age with a compilation of over 60 of his favourite video interviews. Clocking in at over 5.5 hrs on 2 DVDs, “Doot Doola Doot Doo …. Doot [...]
Read more →Squirrels swarm and kill… They are said to have scampered off at the sight of humans, some carrying pieces of flesh. I’ve said that I’ve seen the Black and Grey squirrels in Vancouver plotting some sort of action, but I’ve always been dismissed as the kook. I’ve seen their blueprints, and they’re sick of eating [...]
Read more →I don’t really read the free daily or weekly papers, and haven’t for some time. Of the ones that are out there, I’d tend to pick up Terminal City or Nerve (which, admittedly is a monthly…). I can’t stomach the scavenger hunt for content between the advertisements in the Georgia Straight, so I rarely even [...]
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