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• Did Wireless Providers Just Get the One Finger Salute?

  Canadians are defiantly getting gouged when it comes to wireless service in Canada. Some would say that there just isn’t enough competition, while others feel... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• North Korea Has Defied International Pressure and Launched a Rocket

  The Pentagon has confirmed the rocket launched, but it may have failed before entering orbit.North Korea on Friday launched its controversial rocket carrying a... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Abraham Lincoln Was a Vampire Hunter! So Was Wesley Snipes!

  

  Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States.An interesting take on Abraham Lincoln. Apparently he was a Vampire Hunter? I am not sure how... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Keep It Simple Stupid Air Rail Link Options Dead on Arrival

  

  Toronto Skyline (Photo credit: Bobolink)Keep it simple stupid Air Rail Link options dead on arrivalIt was actually a novel idea and it was nice to see a unity a... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• So Who Really Runs the City of Toronto?

  

  It’s interesting times in the city of Toronto. Mayor Mel Lastman had his issues, however we did not seem to have this endless deadlock. The former flamboyant... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Canadians Continue to Heap on Debt

  We have a delicate balancing game in Canada. Our economy, when the recession started, seemed to be the darling of the world. Jim Flaherty, our finance minister... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Good Burgers in Pickering Come from the Big Boys!

  

  Tried out the burgers and poutine, the other day, at the Big Boys Burger joint in Pickering. I have to say that it was pretty good. Staff was extremely... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The F-35

  

  CF-1 Flight 32. First C-model flight for Lt Cdr Eric Buus. Local area over Chesapeake and RTB to Runway 14 at PAX on 11 Feb 2011. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Charges Laid in Trayvon Martin Case

  After over a month of waiting and wondering Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was formally charged with the murder of teenager Trayvon... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• NDMA Rules out Tsunami Threat After 8.7 Quake Strikes off Indonesia

  NDMA rules out tsunami threat to India after 8.7 quake strikes off IndonesiaThe Indonesian president said on Wednesday there was no immediate threat of a tsunam... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Do the Ontario Liberals Want an Election?

  An interesting game of poker is taking place in Ontario and it seems that the Liberals may have the best hand. Who has the most to lose? At the moment it’s the... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Heaven and Earth May Pass Away but Will We Care?

  

  No I am not trying to be overbearing on the environmental front, but more and more I see a trend towards the self in our world. Western society has enjoyed a... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• You Burb I Burb We All Scream for the Suburbs

  

  Cookie cut lives in the suburbsIt’s a cookie cut life of mediocrity, welcome to the burb. It’s all the same, we love it and it’s nothing to absurd. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Sorry State of Sports in Toronto

  So the NHL playoff’s have started and again and we were serenaded with apologies from the Toronto Maple Leafs. “We are sorry”! We are sorry that you continue... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Finally a Gaming Device That Won’t Gather Dust

  

  Xbox 360 (Photo credit: emelgeek)It’s amazing to see how we consume media. No longer to we care about cable and satellites dishes. Alright, I am exaggerating a... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Flashback Trojan in the Wild – Protect Older Macs

  Most modern Macs have Java installed, so they could be vulnerable to the Flashback. While Apple posted a security fix for Mac OS X Lion and Mac OS X Snow... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• 3 Major Publishers Sue Open-Education Textbook Start-Up

  

  Textbook (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Open-education resources have been hailed as a trove of freely available information that can be used to build textbooks at... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• 5 Shot in Tulsa Area – Are the FBI Looking for a Hate Crime Killer?

  Three black men were killed and two others seriously wounded early on Friday, all within a 5km. The police are searching for a white man driving a white... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Little Airline That Could!

  

  Porter Airlines Q400 (Photo credit: ZaNiaC)Amazing as it seems but Porter has become the little darling airline of the skies. Who would have thought that The... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Website Posts an Open Letter to Walt Disney Studios Regarding John Carter

  I have placed a link to an open letter to Disney Studios. They have definitely done a poor marketing job with the John Carter film.http://thejohncarterfiles. Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY