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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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Earlier tonight, I was watching a talk delivered by British MP Rory Stewart about why it’s time to get out of Afghanistan. That’s not the subject of this post. It was a phrase in his closing remarks which caught my attention. Mr. Stewart said, “If we accept that we cannot do all that we pretend,…
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A woman in Dallas TX has been charged with felony child abuse. So what else is new right? Well, this one is little more depraved than usual. In terms of pure evil, she’s the kind of person that bumps Charles Manson out of last place in the human race. When her two year old daughter…
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I was just reading an article on Maclean’s app about how indifferent most Canadians are to the threat of terrorism. The implication being our need to take it more seriously. The fact is, we shouldn’t. Aside from a couple of highly publicized “threats”, Canada isn’t exactly a commonly declared terroist target. It isn’t amping up…
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I recently visited TED Conversations. It’s one of my favorite places to go when I’m looking for things to write about. They came through for me again. The thread I was following concerned the need for education reform. I have a daughter who recently graduated high school and is entering college as we speak. So…
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I think it’s only fair to say upfront that I work for Blockbuster Canada, but not for much longer. The most recent deal fell through, and with nothing promising on the horizon, the receiver is recommending the liquidation of the company to pay the creditors. The problem is, they aren’t our creditors. Before our parent…
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If the spot’s still open, here’s my candidate for the Time Magazine “Man of the Year”: Fresno County School Supervisor, Larry Powell. In case you missed it, this person decided to let go of $800000 in salary over the next three and a half years. The reason for his decision? He didn’t need it and…
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