On the same day the Coroner investigates Toronto police for... more
Modern North Korea is a special blend of paranoid isolationism... more
Mitt Romney won the first Republican race in the Iowa... more
The US presidential elections are one of the traditionally ludicrous... more
Wednesday 1.2012
I spent a whirlwind 48 hours in London recently, rubbing shoulders with economic big wigs (Bridget Rosewell is one very smart woman,) and many an Olympic site planner/chair/manager. London's 2012 Olympic Games are just around the corner, and this past week's jaunt across the pond can be credited to ...
Friday 20.2012
On the same day the Coroner investigates Toronto police for the death of a teen and the ‘biggest corruption case’ in its history, Mayor Ford makes the most undeliverable promise of his administration. Are Toronto’s cops becoming a state-within-the-state? “Fact finding and not fault finding" repeated the Coroner’s counsel, Frank Giordano, ...
Friday 13.2012
Modern North Korea is a special blend of paranoid isolationism and intense ethno-racism, and each quality reinforces the other. This is according to an expert on the country, B. R. Myers, who wrote the endlessly consultable, The Cleanest Race, a book about ideology and racialism in North Korea. Myers is a ...
Thursday 5.2012
Mitt Romney won the first Republican race in the Iowa caucuses by just 8 votes over Rick Santorum. The results were as follows. But why does Iowa matter? 1. Mitt Romney, 24.6% 2. Rick Santorum, 24.5% 3. Ron Paul, 21.4% 4. Newt Gingrich, 13.3% 5. Rick Perry, 10.3% 6. Michele Bachmann, 5% US cable news asks so ...
Friday 16.2011
The US presidential elections are one of the traditionally ludicrous aspects of everyday life. At this point, who will be the United States’ chief magistrate come November 2012 is unknowable, but presented here is a short biopic of each contender and my opinion as to their veracity as president or ...
Monday 5.2011
I have heard political comments from otherwise intelligent people saying that it would be a good thing if Iran develops the capacity to produce nuclear weapons, as the International Atomic Energy Agency claims it is doing. It would, they argue, distribute power among nations with more parity and therefore more ...
Thursday 17.2011
Two bills that are making their way through the United States Congress have been raising alarms among netizens and forward-thinking tech giants alike. In a nutshell, the Stop Online Piracy Act (aka H.R.326, introduced on October 26, 2011 by Texas Republican Representative Lamar Smith) and the PROTECT IP Act (aka ...
Tuesday 15.2011
Criminals can quit now; Canadian $100 bills are now even harder to forge. In Toronto yesterday, the Bank of Canada officially unveiled our new $100 bills and announced them as available countrywide. Made of plastic polymer, these latest banknotes have new security features including transparent windows and text, metallic details, ...
Friday 11.2011
"Our government will be tuned into families as never before. My top priority will be to put families first, in British Columbia we are blessed with families, as diverse in shapes and size as our great Province" That absurd statement is courtesy of BC Premier Christy Clark (what shape is your ...
Friday 11.2011
Check out famed designer and Obey Clothing owner Shepard Fairey's 4-part mini-documentary (of which the final part was recently released) on his exhibit this summer at Copenhagen's V1 Gallery. The mini-doc was meant as a "behind the scenes look into the preparation for the show," and Fairey's perspective as an ...
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