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I suspect the sort of "scientific" proof Captain Morgan wants is of the sort supplied by the tobacco companies many of whom still maintain that smoking is harmless. In other words he ignores any evidence that does not agree with his point of view and jumps on any evidence, no matter how weak...

"The lights are going out all over America." So states opinion columnist Paul Krugman commenting on the numerous cutbacks to basic infrastructure and social programs in the USA. It appears that is spite of the so-called "stimulus package" passed by the US congress the US economy continues to...

What is with the references to South America cooling? I thought global warming meant global warming. And this article on the decline of glaciers in the Andes and elsewhere seems to indicate that South America is warming up just like everywhere else. Ice Caps In Africa, Tropical South America...

I have posted this before in other threads, but here are several reasons for reducing carbon emissions and turning to greener technology that have nothing to do with global warming: 1. Reduction of air pollution produced by carbon based fuels - almost certainly thousands of Canadians die each...

Icke is simply another Erich von Daniken - Chariots of the God scam artist. Simply make up something unbelievably stupid and then pedal it as the truth making sure you make a buck out of the idea along the way. After all, it worked for Von Daniken and L. Ron Hubbard, why shouldn't it work for him?

Oh right - I forgot the scientific studies of the tobacco industry showing that smoking is a harmless pastime. And then there are all the scientific studies released by the pharmaceutical industry showing how effective and safe all of their drugs are. Yep - studies by money-grabbing private...

Why is anyone still denying global warming. Isn't thirty years of rising temperatures enough? Oh, I forgot, Big Oil and the coal industry object to anything scientific study that might affect their profits. Global warming 'undeniable'

An interesting article indicating what happens when the ratio of women to men is upset due to the practice of polygamy or gender preference. It turns out that in societies where polygamy is part of the culture or where male children are selected over female children it leads to serious social...

Interesting article dealing with rising health care costs. The author maintains that much of the increase in the cost of health care is due to doctors and patients using medical techniques that are not only unnecessary, but also expensive. To quote the author medicine in Canada and the US...

Not sure if this thread belongs here, but video games are part of entertainment so here it is. It seems that games designers in Britain are upset over the advantages Canada offers to game designers. Apparently government subsidies and tax advantages have lured many British game designers to...

At an art exhibition in Vienna photos intended to compliment the famous gun sculpture have been removed apparently because of objections by the government of China. It seems that the economic influence of China now extends to being able to determine what people in Western democracies are...

Perhaps it has something to do with all of those sheep, but New Zealand placed number one again in the peace index rankings. How did Canada do? 14th. Not too badly and much better than our American neighbour (85th) Rankings & Results Vision of Humanity 2010 Global Peace Index Ranks New...

Utter crap. If someone really wants to cause mass sterilizations it would be far more effective to simply place the drug in bottled drinking water or soft drinks. Why bother with a spray at airports? Would you walk through an aerosol spray voluntarily? And how "covert" would it be when it is...

No doubt due to the debacle of the oil leak in the Gulf Of Mexico the government of Newfoundland has halted Chevron's plans to begin drilling until the company shows that it has a workable plan for dealing with a situation similar to that in the gulf. Newfoundland halts Chevron drilling

US scientists have created the first synthetic cells. The cells are self-replicating and it is believed will eventually make it possible to create designer organisms to fulfill certain tasks. For example it is thought organisms could be created to clean up oil spills. Of course, those opposed...

The recent plans of Imperial Oil to begin the construction of its $8 billion oil upgrader should have been good news for the Alberta metal fabrication industry. Unfortunately, Imperial Oil has so far chosen to award contracts dealing with this development to firms in South Korea. Indeed, it...

The parties in the House of Commons turned down a request from the Auditor General to allow her to audit their personal spending. That means that $500 million of taxpayers' money can be spent any way the Members of Parliament choose. This seems to be a serious breach of the right of voters to...

Apparently those of Europeans ancestry have about one to four percent Neanderthal DNA. Now if someone says "Stop acting like a Neanderthal," those with Neanderthal ancestry can claim that they are only acting in character. That certainly explains the way I act. Neanderthal DNA survives in...

Our national animal has been at it again. This time it has engaged in the construction of a massive dam that is estimated to have taken 35 years to construct. Take that oil sands tailing ponds. Beaver dam visible from space

Canada's latest party, the Pirate Party, apparently intends to run candidates in the next election. The main plank its candidates intend to walk? - Reform of Canada's outdated copyright laws, especially those connected with music and video sharing. They might just get my vote, provided they...