Society
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If the end justifies the means, what if there is no end? Does anything ever truly end? If not, then where is the justification for “by any means necessary”? If the means are justified by a non-existent end, it seems safe to say they were in fact unjustified. If there were no ends to justify…
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The nice people at Electronic Arts (commonly know as EA) are rolling out a new service called “Legend”. Sounds impressive right? Well here’s the thing, it’s not. At least not for gamers. Or is it? Confused? Sorry. I’ve got some mixed feelings about this one myself. First, let me tell you what “Legend” is. It’s…
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For a long time now, people have been saying that psychology isn’t an actual science. This is based on the standard “scientific method”. This method requires repeatable results from repeatable processes. Seems like a good way to do things, and it is. When it works. Psychology is one of the places it doesn’t work. Does…
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Bob Dechert exchanged amorous emails and messages with Shi Rong. So how is that anybody’s business but theirs? He’s married, she’s married. She’s a correspondent for China’s Xhinhua News Agency, he’s parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. Dare I mention that Mr. Baird, and his parliamentary secretary are both members of the Conservative…
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For those who don’t know, don’t care, or aren’t from around here, we’re heading into a Provincial election here in Ontario. For those in the US, that’s the State level. For the rest of the world, it’s important to us, but likely most of the world won’t be greatly impacted by it. Locally though, it’s…
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Here’s how the scenario unfolds. The police follow a suspect in an active investigation. They observe him go into the woods. Fifty minutes later, he emerges, and drives away. The officers enter the woods and observe an area where the pine needles and soil appear disturbed. The following day, a forensic team returns and unearths…
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Christina Blizzard, writing in the Ottawa Sun is slamming David Suzuki and Dalton McGuinty. One for being a “pompous ass”, and the other being praised by a pompous ass for wanting to build wind turbines where the wind blows. Before I go any farther, I want to make it clear that this is not to…
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“No Fat Chicks Or I’m Gonna Scrape” That’s what it said on some wannabe cool guy\s lowered Acura. If it’s illegal to put blatantly racist comments on public display, what makes this okay? Is anyone going to try and tell me that this type of filth is less hurtful than a racial epithet? Can I…
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A report from a former Lieutenant General in the Canadian Armed Forces seems destined to be ignored…. again. Apparently, there are as many military personnel in Ottawa’s National Defense HQ as there are on active duty in the navy or regular force army. During the last six years, Command and Support has grown at four…
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