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Recent discoveries reveal more evidence that the release of ancient Lake Aggasiz into the Atlantic raised ocean levels and may have drowned early civilizations located in what is now the Persian Gulf. Prior to the event the gulf was probably a river valley and any early human settlements there...

A relative sent me this little gem. Innocuously entitled Demographic Problem it outlines a Muslim takeover of the West by the middle of the century. I wonder if anyone else will have the same reaction to this scaremongering that I had. YouTube - Very Sobering Video, Demographic Problem...

At the risk of sparking another acrimonious gun debate I just thought I would ask this question. What does a nation like Mexico do when the drug cartels it is fighting at the behest of the United States are being supplied with most of their weaponry from the US? It is now a fact that many...

At a recent meeting of the Parkland institute Margaret Atwood strongly criticized the policies of the Harper government, calling for a "dictat-o-meter" to measure Canada's movement away from accountability in government. However, it was James Laxer's comment that seemed most critical of the...

So much for Papal infallibility. Years after the truth was more than obvious to the rest of the world Pope Benedict finally admitted that condoms might be of some use in preventing disease. However, don't expect real enlightenment from the hidebound establishment that is the Roman Catholic...

Just a little glimpse at what passes for scientific knowledge in the US Congress. Apparently the star of the show is a Republican called Joe Barton who, among other things, believes that: windpower might cause global warming by slowing the wind...

I found this article interesting in that Judaism is often seen as the religion of the persecuted. It turns out that Judaism has its own form of internal persecution in which women are excluded from practicing their religion in its holiest sites. I suppose given the patriarchical...

I never thought I would praise Walmart for anything other than an incredible talent for making money and destroying competition, but it seems the US giant is showing the way by introducing green technology in its Balzac, Alberta distribution centre. Not only does this show that businesses can...

Reuters) - Talk show host Jon Stewart was crowned the most influential man of 2010 on Tuesday, heading a list of 49 men who all swayed public opinion and were described as rule-breakers to some degree in a time of recession. Interesting that a 20 minute satirical comedy host is now...

Today is the anniversary of a rather sad day in US sports, but one that probably marked one more step in the attempt to achieve equality for racial minorities in the USA. It is known as the "Johnny Bright Incident" and concerns the deliberate injuring of Canadian Football Hall of Famer Johnny...

In an interesting paradox a survey in the USA revealed that on a 32 question quiz about religion atheists and agnostics scored the highest. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/us/28religion.html?_r=2&src=tptw From my personal experience I don't find this particularly surprising. I have often...

US politics just keeps on getting stranger and stranger. The most recent development is the involvement of Lady Gaga in support of gays in the US military. At a rally in Maine the pop star came out against the "Don't ask, don't tell," policy of the US military. Read here for the details...

Interesting story. An Alberta firm has developed solar street lights for use in developing nations, however the lights are so cost effective that they might be useful in nations with highly developed power grids such as Canada. According to the story a single solar light can be installed for...

Venezuela, the supposedly oil-rich South American nation, has a higher murder rate that Iraq with over 16,000 murders last year compared to Iraq's 4,644. It is interesting that Iraq gets all of the news when it comes to violence when Venezuela is actually a far more dangerous place to live. A...

Here is one for you. A gamer addicted to the online game Lineage II is suing the game developer because he has become addicted to the game. Doesn't anyone ever take any responsibility for their actions anymore? Addicted Gamer Sues Game-Maker, Says He is ‘Unable to Function’ | Threat Level |...

This week's Newsweek Magazine ranked the world's top 100 nations. Surprisingly for an American magazine the USA was ranked only number 11. Given the low relatively low ranking of the USA I guess there is only one way for patriotic Americans to respond - boycott Newsweek. BTW Canada was...

I've been watching the ads for Roger's Sportsnet 1, for the last few weeks without realizing its implications. It turns out that the new network is one designed to pull programs that already exist on other channels into a new subscription channel. Thus the Blue Jays have pretty much...

Here is an imaginative twist on the US immigration conundrum. A US Congressman theorizes that Al Qaida terrorists or similar gorups will send pregnant women into the US to have children, thus making them US citizens. These children would then be raised in terrorist camps outside the US and...

Construction is nearing completion on an immense Saudi Arabian version of Big Ben. The enormous clock will be situated in a tower 607 metres tall and it is hoped by the builders that it will convince the rest of the world to switch from using Greenwich, England as the Prime Meridian to using...

A massive berg some 250 square kilometers in area has broken off Greenland and is headed for Canadian shipping lanes. What makes it really dangerous is that it is expected to break up into many smaller bergs, each one still large enough to sink a ship or damage an oil platform Canada-bound icy...