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Watching the current winter games in Vancouver I was struck by the number of events that featured not a single Canadian or those where Canadians had very little chance. It seems to me that if you really want to win you have to target and finance events that allow multiple entries and have...

I have posted material similar to this elsewhere, but I thought this a useful addition. The article claims that climate change deniers are using techniques similar to those used by the tobacco industry to obfuscate the climate issue. What the article does not mention is that some of the same...

I've been hearing a lot of nonsense, especially from the Brits about how bad the Vancouver games are. The following article puts things into proper perspective, pointing out that the death of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 games may have given Munich that dubious honour. Honourable mentions...

Interesting article outlining the cost of winning for one of the most celebrated athletes at the 2010 games. The Lindsay Vonn experience resembles that suffered by many of the East German and other athletes from communist countries during the Cold War. Golden promise, base-metal reality It...

Actually one of the predictions concerning global warming was that weather would become more erratic and extreme. For example it was predicted that the Prairies of Canada might have snowier winters and drier summers, and that there might be hurricanes in places that don't usually get...

Actually that is the whole point. Snow in Washington does not invalidate the theory of global warming.

Human bones thought to be connected the Japan's infamous Unit 731 may force Japanese to come to grips with the wartime atrocities committed by Japan in World War II. Human bones could reveal truth of Japan's 'Unit 731' experiments - Telegraph I have always thought it interesting in that so...

An article by Thomas L. Friedman advocates funding for Western style schools in places like Yemen as a deterrent to Islamic extremism. He claims that Western educated Muslims are much less likely to join the fanatical Muslim hate groups that seek to destroy everything connected to the West, and...

Interesting that I just heard on the CBC that this year's winter weather is the warmest for over a hundred years. I suspect the Olympic organizers would be interested in hearing "theories" opposing global warming.

CSIS, the semi-secret agency that watches over all of us for our own good, has refused to release its files on Tommy Douglas in spite of the fact that the man who was voted "The Greatest Canadian" in a CBC program has been dead for 24 years. No doubt his subversive influence lives on in spite...

Mr. Singer appears to be a scientist for rent. He will support any point of view given enough cash; even areas he is not qualified to comment on. You see "experts" like him on TV all of the time lending their support to everything from some mystical herbal remedy to some completely crackpot...

If the US system of government is not yet broken it seems perilously close. In a recent example of how a single Senator can bring the basic functions of the US government to a halt, Senator Richard Shelby has put a blanket hold on all presidential nominations for various government posts...

It appears Barack Obama's wildest dream may come true. Sarah Palin may run for the GOP nomination in 2012. Even if she does not win she will almost certainly divide the Republican Party, just as she did in 2008. If she actually wins the nomination it will almost certainly be another easy...

Miscegenation, the practice of people of different "races" intermarrying is becoming more and more common world wide. In Canada, of course, this phenomenon is well known and brings possible benefits by widening the gene pool. Contrary to racist doctrine the concept of breeding "pure" races...

According to a recent study the cost of a meltdown in the arctic could cost 2.4 trillion dollars. According to the study the arctic is currently warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world and its impact on the rest of the world could be catastrophic. Cost of Arctic meltdown could hit...

When studying the history of environmental disasters over the last half century or so a pattern of denial and obfuscation emerges. This can be clearly seen in the following examples. In the late 1940s scientific studies indicated that DDT indiscriminately killed wildlife and poisoned the...

In a recent article columnist Paul Klugman advocated that the USA follow the Canadian model and regulate its banking industry, noting that Canadian banks survived the 2008 financial meltdown almost without a hitch while large banks in the US and elsewhere had to be bailed out with billions of...

Everyone knows that poutine is deadly. This is just another way for it to kill. For Spaminator - poutine is a murderous concoction consisting of French fries covered with lumps of cheese and then covered with gravy. If you want a heart attack this is a quick way to get one. It was reportedly...

I am placing this in sports, but it may belong in World Affairs. I will let the moderators judge. Basketball league for white Americans targets Augusta 011910 - The Augusta Chronicle A new league for white basketball players only is set to kick off in August. Founders claim that the league...

I think this article might add some substance to this debate. According to NASA the last decade was the warmest in recorded history. Last decade warmest ever: NASA - Yahoo! News