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  1. Walter

    Good for her

    Jordin Sparks Makes a Virginity Vow BE interactive Young singer Jordin Sparks says that she plans on being a virgin until she gets married. The 18-year-old American Idol winner has made a vow of chastity and even wears a purity ring to show her dedication to her Christian beliefs, reports...
  2. Walter

    Beer: Health food

    Civilization depended on the development of beer By GEORGE WILL Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON | Perhaps like many sensible citizens, you read Investor’s Business Daily for its sturdy common sense in defending free markets and other rational arrangements. If so, you too may have...
  3. Walter

    Gotta love W

    Holy Cows: George W Bush - buffoon or great leader? By Sameh El-Shahat Last updated: 8:02 AM BST 10/07/2008 Sameh El-Shahat argues that George W Bush has been the most under-rated president... ever. So, the hot news now is Barack Obama. Obama this, Obama that... Naturally, it is very...
  4. Walter

    The truth about AIDS

    Be faithful. Stay alive Barbara Kay, National Post Published: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 More money continues to be spent on HIV/AIDS -- a terrible but preventable scourge -- than any other disease in history. Billions. Much of it is wasted though, because control of the HIV/ AIDS industry is...
  5. Walter

    Getting UP for the game

    Source: Roger Clemens, host of athletes pop Viagra to help onfield performance BY TERI THOMPSON, CHRISTIAN RED, MICHAEL O'KEEFFE AND NATHANIEL VINTON DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS Updated Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 2:21 AM DelMundo for News Play on, playa! According to a source, Roger Clemens...
  6. Walter

    What will the Lefties do?

    The Iraqi Upturn Don't look now, but the U.S.-backed government and army may be winning the war. Sunday, June 1, 2008; B06 THERE'S BEEN a relative lull in news coverage and debate about Iraq in recent weeks -- which is odd, because May could turn out to have been one of the most important...
  7. Walter

    Black on Black violence; who cares?

    Two more shootings on the weekend. Does anyone give a rodent's behind? Thank-you Turdoh.
  8. Walter

    Death knell for AGW

    GLOBAL WARMING - WHY THE PENDULUM IS SWINGING As the world approaches the close of a decade of stable temperatures, with recent hints of cooling, in New Zealand and elsewhere, ordinary citizens are starting to realise that there is no substance to the hysteria about human-induced "global...
  9. Walter

    What a surprise

    UN teacher by day … Islamists' chief bomb-maker at night The body of Awad al-Qiq, wrapped in the flag of Islamic Jihad, is carried by Palestinians during his funeral procession in the Gaza Strip Picture: Getty Images Published Date: 06 May 2008 By Adam Entous in Rafah, Gaza Strip BY DAY...
  10. Walter

    Boobs make you smarter

    Show us your tits. Breastfeeding makes kids smarter, study says Updated Mon. May. 5 2008 5:23 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Children who are breastfed score higher on IQ tests, as well as on teacher ratings of their academic performance, according to the findings of a new study. By age six and a...
  11. Walter

    Public vs. private schooling

    Had to drop something off at my son's school last week. The office folks said I could take it directly to his class as long as I signed in and out at the office. When I got to the classroom it was total chaos; kids yelling, stuff being thrown and the teacher trying to maintain her sanity. That...
  12. Walter

    Vegetable Garden

    Turned the veggie garden today for the first time this year. Wiped out two mouse nests and sliced a few red wigglers. I'll have to build another fenced in area in the garden this year since the wabbits have developed a taste for my wife's peppers. They ate almost all the pepper plant last...
  13. Walter

    Honouring our fallen

    Very interesting. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=559303&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
  14. Walter

    Enviro Nazis will cause WWIII

    Why costs are climbing As food prices surge, starvation looms for millions. Experts call for emergency action but admit there's no quick fix ERIC REGULY From Saturday's Globe and Mail April 12, 2008 at 12:13 AM EDT ROME — Fatal food riots in Haiti. Violent food-price protests in Egypt and...
  15. Walter

    Discrimination in Canada

    Anti-Semitic incidents hit record high, report finds Meagan Fitzpatrick, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Thursday, April 10, 2008 Last year marked another record high for the number of anti-Semitic incidents in Canada, according to an audit by B'nai Brith that attributes a jump in cases in...
  16. Walter

    The future of AGW

    What they'll be saying about Anthropogenic global warming (AGW)in a few years: Not a drop of evidence eight glasses of water is good for you, say experts By DAVID DERBYSHIRE The belief that we need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy is a myth, researchers say. There is no solid...
  17. Walter

    Earth Hour

    Earth Hour's soft fascism Peter Foster, Financial Post Published: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Light, both natural and artificial, has traditionally been associated with The Good. A critical element of civilization has been the development of ever brighter, more flexible, and more reliable forms...
  18. Walter

    Income tax return

    Just fired off my return. I used Ufile the last couple of years but found that the software wasn't up to snuff this year. Found another online software package at Cute Tax and it worked beautifully. Cost $17 for both me and the wife.
  19. Walter

    China Olympics

    From Times Online March 10, 2008 Haile Gebrselassie pulls out of Beijing marathon because of pollution Ashling O’Connor, Olympics Correspondent The marathon world record-holder said yesterday that he was unlikely to compete at the Beijing Olympics because China’s air pollution would...
  20. Walter

    Reisman Dead

    Canadian free-trade negotiator Simon Reisman dies at 88 Last Updated: Monday, March 10, 2008 | 1:46 PM ET CBC News Simon Reisman, Canada's chief free-trade negotiator with the United States in the 1980s, died over the weekend. He was 88. Architect of Canada'a booming economy. RIP