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Airplane cabin's face-to-face design draws ire of travellers It’s only a proposal, an "exploratory concept" that would force flyers to face each other in-flight. But already the patent, submitted by one of the largest airline seat makers in the world, is drawing the ire of the...

n 2003 I became very interested in a theory developed by Scottish historian Alexander Tytler, and wrote an article on it at the time, which ironically enough is now getting a lot of attention due to being linked to from Wikipedia. Tytler’s theory set forth a cycle that every democracy goes...

Annals of Seismology July 20, 2015 Issue An earthquake will destroy a sizable...

Yet again... nuclear level social fallout from the "soft bigotry of low expectations"...Twenty-five years later, I expected to find a feel-good story of progress and success in Kanesatake. Instead I found a community struggling with poverty, lawlessness and bitterness. Ottawa says it spent...

after Pointing Gun at Officer Jim Hoft Jul 13th, 2015 4:51 pm 2 Comments Another peaceful protester. 16-year-old Brandon Claxton of Saint Louis was left paralyzed after he was shot by a police officer Saturday night in St. Louis, Missouri, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Claxton has...

David Akin - July 13th, 2015 NDP HQ just released this attack ad this afternoon. It rehashes a decade’s worth of Conservative “greatest hits” when it comes the ethics file. For those who need a primer, let’s walk through the accused (and guilty) as they show up in the video...

via sda: Hashtag Of The Entitlement Generation By Kate on July 13, 2015 4:50 PM | No...

thaaaat's right. The fleur de lis, a French symbol used by royal families dating back to the 13th century, and emblazoned on the New Orleans Saints helmet, is now being called a symbol of slavery, drawing comparisons to the recent uproar against the Confederate battle flag. “As an...

Sustainable agriculture is one of Canada's greatest success stories. Thanks in part to plant biotechnology, our farmers grow more on existing land while minimizing their impact on the environment. By Kate...

Saudi Arabia has borrowed $4bn from local markets in the past year, selling its first bonds for eight years as part of efforts to sustain high levels of public spending as oil prices slump. Fahad al-Mubarak, the governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, said the government would use a...

yeah, shocking Muslim preacher who 'despised Britain' and said ISIS is 'no different' to Western armies was employed by Government watchdog which inspects COUNTER-TERROR police Abdullah al-Andalusi taught that ISIS was 'no different' to Western armies He is a regular speaker on the...

Ontario’s premier insists she’s tamed her desire to inflame conflicts. Her record suggests otherwise "Wynne now uses political fighting a a tool to try and distract people from other Liberal criminally…" TORONTO - Recently, Premier Kathleen Wynne told graduates of a conflict resolution...

:lol: Did Live 8 and G8 help cut Africa's debt burden? :lol: anyway...no, of course not but have a read if ya want: Hyde Park in central London. Sir Paul McCartney and U2 were part of a star-studded line up that took to the stage back in 2005 with a simple message to world leaders...

FOX News' Megyn Kelly opened Thursday night's broadcast of her show with a monologue asking why President Obama and the White House won't give Katie Steinle, the woman killed by an illegal immigrant in San Francisco, the same attention it gave to cases involving Freddie Brown, Michael Brown...

Jan. 6, 2015: Samaria Rice, center, speaks about the investigation into the death of her son Tamir Rice, at a news conference with attorneys Walter Madison, left, and Benjamin Crump in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) CLEVELAND – An effort by activists to have a judge issue arrest warrants...

and could cause temperatures to plummet New study claims to have cracked predicting solar cycles Says that between 2030 and 2040 solar cycles will cancel each other out Could lead to 'Maunder minimum' effect that saw River Thames freeze over The Earth could be headed for a 'mini ice...

Meanwhile, back at the ranch. The annual salary paid to Alberta provincial court judges will jump $30,000 by next year under a new four-year deal awarded by an independent judicial compensation panel. Judges currently earning $263,731 will see their salary bumped next April to $293,991, on...

attaboy Phil. :lol: Prince Philip's 60-year war with the photographers Telling a photographer at a Battle of Britain junket to "just take the f---ing picture" is only the latest clash in a long career Prince Philip is an old sea dog. Indeed, the Queen made him Lord High...

Fort St John, Integrated National Security Team 2015-07-10 16:30 PDT July 10, 2015 – Today, the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) in British Columbia arrested Othman Ayed HAMDAN, 33 years old...

July 10, 2015 – Gatineau, Quebec – Employment and Social Development Canada The Harper Government is welcoming two OECD reports this week that indicate that, despite a fragile global economy, Canada continues to improve the way it gets people back to work and the country’s employment...