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By Andrew Potter, The Ottawa CitizenJune 22, 2009 Parliament broke for summer last Friday, which means Canadians will have to wait till fall for their annual federal election. Our MPs are due back in Ottawa at the end of September -- three months, then, for everyone to do some constituency...

Cool. These rolls are between 18 and 24 inches tall, and are formed naturally by the wind.

FBI arrest four in alleged plot to bomb Bronx synagogues, shoot down plane BY Michael Daly, Alison Gendar and Helen Kennedy DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Updated Thursday, May 21st 2009, 11:59 AM The FBI and NYPD busted a four-man homegrown terror cell Wednesday night that was plotting to blow...

Anyone read this yet? It's been #1 on the NYT best sellers (non-fiction) for 7 weeks; must be something to it.

Exclusive: Carrie Prejean Says 'God Was Testing My Faith' With Gay Marriage Question Monday, April 20, 2009 Miss California Carrie Prejean made her controversial comments on Sunday night's show. Carrie Prejean is the most famous runner-up in Miss USA history. In an exclusive interview...

Fire destroys historic theatre on Lake Simcoe Updated: Sun Apr. 19 2009 3:30:18 PM ctvtoronto.ca The Ontario Fire Marshal's office has been called in to investigate a fire that has demolished the historic Red Barn Theatre in Jackson's Point, Ont. The fire broke out around 9 p.m. Saturday...

Is he on the sauce again? McCallum corrects himself — his car from offshore Initially says its North American-built By Don McArthurApril 15, 2009 Federal Liberal finance critic John McCallum admits he “said the wrong thing without thinking” when he inaccurately told a Windsor Star...

Did President Obama bow down to the Saudi King? Video And some of you think my avatar is out of place.

Helen Ward on the biggest investment scam out there: All-day kindergarten Posted: April 01, 2009, 5:52 PM by Marni Soupcoff Helen Ward Charles Pascal, Ontario’s Special Adviser for all-day kindergarten, is soon to release his report on implementing this social mega-project. In B.C., Clyde...

Number of the month 1,815,778 and rising This is the number (as of 15.00 GMT) of internet viewings of the speech by Daniel Hannan MEP in response to Gordon Brown’s address to the European Parliament. It marks the beginning of the end of The Censorship, a loose but all powerful process by which...

Jim Hansen supports civil disobedience 22 02 2009 Some have said in the past that Jim Hansen of NASA GISS is no longer a scientist, but an advocate. Today, by his own hand, I believe that description rings true. Here is what Greenpeace is using Dr. Hansen for: It’s time to take a stand on...

Will the Obama Administration's plan to save the U.S. economy actually help the markets? CNBC's Rick Santelli on Thursday sparked a revolution of sorts on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. Santelli's televised rebuke has been heard around the world. From The Chicago Tribune to TV Newser...

Reagan got rid of it, will Barry bring it back? Radio is last bastion for conservatives By Adrian Vance -- Letters to the Editor Posted: 02/05/2009 11:30:45 PM PST High with having won the Presidential election top Democrats are now plotting ways to eliminate the last bastion of...

The Reform Party was a response to the PC's turning into another Liberal party. Looks like the Conservatives are repeating history. Time for a real conservative party.

Solar Geomagnetic Ap Index now at lowest point in its record 4 01 2009 As many regular readers know, I’ve pointed out several times the incident of the abrupt and sustained lowering of the Ap Index which occurred in October 2005. The abrupt step change seemed (to me) to be out of place with the...

Arctic will have first ice-free summer in 2015: Researcher By Kevin RollasonDecember 5, 2008 The ice that has covered the Arctic basin for a million years will be gone in little more than six years because of global warming, a University of Manitoba geoscientist said. WINNIPEG - The ice that...

Barbara Kay: Fed on myths, preying on men Posted: December 06, 2008, 7:31 AM by Kelly McParland "A whole industry has grown up around domestic abuse. Don’t believe its propaganda" November was Domestic Violence Awareness month. Truth in advertising suggests it should be Y-Chromosome Apartheid...

Big drop in global measles cases Measles can cause death and disability The number of deaths across the world caused by measles has fallen by 74% in the past seven years. In 2007 the World Health Organization (WHO) registered 197,000 measles deaths, compared to 750,000 in 2000. The WHO...

Good on the GG.

Thursday, Dec 4 Bedrock Lib weighs in: Realist Liberals should cross the floor As a lifelong Liberal, may I suggest that two can play this lethal Coalition game. If Dion can rule in a sleazy new order driven by the separatists (rest in peace, PET!), logic dictates that some centre-right...