Monthly Archives: July 2009

Canada July 26th, 2009 (6)

#1 – CBC | Plane fighting wildfire crashes into Okanagan Lake A waterbomber battling the Terrace Mountain fire north of Kelowna, B.C., has crashed into Okanagan Lake. [...] #2 — CNews | Via Rail service to resume late Sunday MONTREAL … Continue reading

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Microwave weapon will rain pain from the sky (1)

THE Pentagon’s enthusiasm for non-lethal crowd-control weapons appears to have stepped up a gear with its decision to develop a microwave pain-infliction system that can be fired from an aircraft. The device is an extension of its controversial Active Denial … Continue reading

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Cleavage power: A scientific inquiry (1)

EXPERIMENT: “God was very generous with you,” a Parisian friend once told me. Sadly, he wasn’t referring to my IQ or ability to find a parking space. No, he was talking about my breasts, big and especially disproportionate to my … Continue reading

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Canada, beacon of enterprise

Canada and the U.S. are experimenting with two radically different responses to the great recession of 2008-09. The Obama administration has opted for a massive increase in government spending and government debt. It enacted a colossal stimulus package, followed by … Continue reading

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US conspiracists question Obama's birth certificate (2)

On the fringes of the American right, a growing conspiracy claims that Barack Obama is hiding a Kenyan birth certifcate, making him ineligible to serve as president. Congress is wrestling with historic health care reforms, soldiers are dying in far … Continue reading

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Report: 30,000 China Steelworkers in Deadly Clash

BEIJING — Some 30,000 Chinese steelworkers clashed with police in a protest over plans to merge their mill with another company and beat the company’s general manager to death, a human rights monitor said Saturday. Several hundred people were injured … Continue reading

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Bear-Proof Can Is Pop-Top Picnic for a Crafty Thief

NORTH ELBA, N.Y. — It was built to be impenetrable, from its “super rugged transparent polycarbonate housing” to its intricate double-tabbed lid that would keep campers’ food in and bears’ paws out. The BearVault 500 withstood the ravages of the … Continue reading

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Twillingate in Toronto

Toronto is having a Newfoundland summer. Now I don’t mean, even though it would be a wonderful idea, that there are bake-apple festivals at Bloor and Yonge. Or that the Bay Street stockbrokers are out jigging codfish on “food fish” … Continue reading

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World July 25th, 2009 (8)

#1 — NP | Arizona girl, 8, shunned after alleged rape PHOENIX — Charges have been filed against four boys, ages nine to 14, suspected of raping an eight-year-old girl in Phoenix, Arizona, last week, the Maricopa County Attorney’s office … Continue reading

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