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Inspections of private homes to commence
Seeded on Sat Dec 8, 2007 12:27 AM EST (stevejanke.com)
The Ontario government will begin entering homes looking for evidence of laws being broken. In order to ease the people of this province into this new reality, the process will be done in phases. First, only elderly gun owners will be expected to submit to a search.
Irene Mathyssen and the objectification of men
Seeded on Thu Dec 6, 2007 8:55 AM EST (stevejanke.com)
NDP MP Irene Mathyssen has deeply wounded and humiliated Conservative MP James Moore, publicly accusing him of leering at soft porn while he was seated in the House of Commons. Turns out she was wrong.
Terrible news as weather deaths continue to drop
Seeded on Sun Dec 2, 2007 4:15 PM EST (stevejanke.com)
How will environmentalists succeed at terrifying people into following them by threatening death at the hands of planetary weather when the evidence shows a steady and dramatic decline in weather-related deaths?
Women candidates might become a serious problem for Stephane Dion
Seeded on Sat Dec 1, 2007 3:48 PM EST (stevejanke.com)
Do an analysis of the spread of Liberal Party nominations, and you realize that Stephane Dion has a problem.
The fraud that is sharia law
Seeded on Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:37 PM EST (stevejanke.com)
Some Islamic scholars hold to the idea that there is no need for democracy. In an Islamic state, the law is the sharia, handed down by Allah through the Prophet Mohammed. A democratic government is a means to developing laws by gathering input from the citizenry.
Is all conceptual art rooted in cowardice?
Seeded on Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:55 PM EST (stevejanke.com)
The story of the fake bomb at the Royal Ontario Museum has got me to thinking about modern or conceptual art. Not surprisingly, my conclusion is that it is without redeeming value, but I'm going to try and go a bit deeper than that.
More contaminants in the pet food detected even as China stonewalls
Seeded on Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:34 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
Cornell scientists have found a second contaminant in pet food sample. But they don't know what it is, or how it got there. Meanwhile the Chinese refuse to help, even as we learn about the high rate of rejection of Chinese food at US ports.
Are militant Latino groups possible suspects in the pet food poisoning crisis?
Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:30 AM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
Could illegal immigrants, or their advocates, be the ones behind the pet food poison crisis? Assuming this turns out to be a deliberate act, it is interesting to note that these groups have a particular rage aimed at America's population of companion animals.
Does Joost mean watching TV alone?
Seeded on Fri Apr 6, 2007 12:52 AM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
I'm a Joost beta tester. Though the people behind Joost are interested in my technical evaluation of this convergence of television and the internet, I'd like to share some early thoughts about the Joost experience.
Aminopterin? Melamine? Cyromazine? The pet food situation grows murkier
Seeded on Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:25 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
Some people think there has been progress with regards to the pet food contamination that has caused Menu Foods to recall huge amounts of product from store shelves. Now a new compound, melamine, has been named. But after some research, I'm confused.
Chinese rodenticides -- Not the first time in the news
Seeded on Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:43 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
The pet food poisonings that have struck across North America has been tentatively linked to imported Chinese wheat gluten that was contaminated with aminopterin, a rat poison that is not used in Canada or the United States.
Pet Food and Aminopterin: The irrational application of pesticides by Chinese farmers
Seeded on Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:29 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
Aminopterin is still the prime suspect in the food poisoning story that has claimed the lives of over a dozen pets, and quite possibly hundreds. Suspicion keeps coming back to the wheat gluten used as a base for the preparation of these foods by Menu Foods.
Ward Churchill's Legacy: A new process to fire academic cheats and liars quickly
Seeded on Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:58 AM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
Ward Churchill's legacy to the world will not come from any of his academic writings, plagiarized or not.
Aminopterin, PETA, Anna Nicole Smith and conspiracy theories
Seeded on Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:32 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
Pet owners across Canada and the United States are worried that they've been feeding their dogs and cats poisoned food. Today, that poison, aminopterin, has been blamed for over a dozen animal deaths, and more are likely to be blamed on the contamination.
David Suzuki's air travel restrictions -- only one-and-a-quarter times around the globe this year
Seeded on Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:51 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
The David Suzuki Foundation responded to a survey to an NGO researching just how environmental groups were reducing air travel. But the travel itinerary of David Suzuki shows little sign of being throttled back. Indeed, he's been traveling farther in recent years.
Sensitivity for the confused, but not the faithful
Seeded on Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:47 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
In Canada, it is not so important to be sensitive to the needs of those who live on the edges of what the majority of people call normal or average. It is more important to be sensitive to the needs of specific groups of these people.
Deadly pills from overseas being sold through phoney online Canadian pharmacies
Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:43 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
The death of Marcia Bergeron has cast a spotlight on online pharmacies. They've been around for a while, but there's a new twist.
The ant-like world of David Suzuki
Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:56 AM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
What would the world be like if David Suzuki had his way? We are to think that we would be living in harmony with nature, surrounded by butterflies and squirrels and such.
You want the bear dead? Fine, you kill it
Seeded on Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:55 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
Knut is a baby polar bear who is being raised by hand at the Berlin Zoo after the it was abandoned by its mother.
Melanie McGuire: Search Engine Forensics
Seeded on Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:52 AM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
Melanie McGuire of New Jersey is on trial, charged with the murder and dismemberment of her husband, William. What is remarkable is how the Web has played a role in the investigation and arrest, and now in the trial itself.
Gregory Nye: Fringe psychotherapist charged with sexual assault
Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:04 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
A simple alert from Toronto Police about the investigation of an alleged sexual assault by psychotherapist Gregory Nye might lead to something very interesting. In any case, a look at the background of Gregory Nye reveals a whole new world of fringe psychotherapy.
Jason Belfiglio: Innocent bystander or white supremacist?
Seeded on Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:31 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
A Jewish community centre in Toronto was the target of what appears to have been a hate crime. Jason Belfiglio has been arrested, charged with smashing the windows at the Chabad Midtown Jewish Community Centre.
Deb Frisch is being chased out of the blogosphere
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:09 AM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
Like a virtual version of whack-a-mole, self-described stalker of conservatives Deb Frisch is creating blogs just to have them shut down. I've tracked down six more blogs, and two of them seem to violate the court orders that led to her three other blogs to be shut down.
YouTube Fight Video: "Happy slapping" has come to Canada
Seeded on Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:13 PM EDT (Angry in the Great White North)
A little-reported incident in Ottawa might actually have been an example of a disturbing internet phenomenon sweeping Europe. "Happy slapping" is posing a challenge to parents, school administrators, law enforcement, and civil rights advocates alike.
According to David Suzuki, Kyoto targets are always achievable
Seeded on Mon Mar 5, 2007 12:10 AM EST (Angry in the Great White North)
David Suzuki's refrain with regards to Kyoto hasn't changed in two years. In 2005, he insisted Canada had to start immediately in order to meet the 2012 deadline. In 2007, he repeats the same line, even as two years have passed and emissions have gone up, not down.
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