Obama’s Presidency Has Not Been Apocalypse for Gun Owners
photo credit: Dan4th
When it became clear that Democratic candidate Obama stood good chances of winning the presidential election, gun sales surged in the United States. This is despite Obama’s campaign declarations of support for second amendment rights and promises not to impose new restrictions on gun owners.
This week the Chicago Tribune published Obama anti-gun? [...]
Miss England, War Hero
This is a neat news story. Because of a recent controversy with the Miss England victor, Rachel Christie, involving a fight at a night club, the crown was conceded to the runner up, Katrina Hodge received it. What’s so interesting about this? Katrina Hodge, from Tunbridge Wells, is serving member of the British Army – [...]
Man Vs. Zombies
photo credit: izik
Gus from Florida has been having a rough time; on December 14, 2009, he woke up and realized to his horror that the world has he knew it had come to an end in a frightening zombie apocalypse. How does Gus cope with his new reality? He Tweets it.
@manvszombies is one [...]
Good Riddance 2009
Last year saw a lot of ups and downs. We started off watching the car industry with some disgust, questioning the culture of mediocrity that allowed the situation to spiral out of control. We say: Too big to fall? Too big to exist. Get on top of your credit and take control of your life. [...]
Is CCTV effective or not?
photo credit: dno1967
Funny how we are so willing to give up our privacy for such paltry reasons. Seemingly harmless information like our birth date is pure gold for marketers looking to target our age groups; the same information is useful for thieves looking to forge our identities and opening credit lines in our name. [...]
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
photo credit: Jack at Wikipedia
President Obama had an interesting wake up call this Friday. Just imagine the look of groggy confusion that must have been on his face when Press Secretary Robert Gibbs woke him up just before 6am to tell him he had won the Nobel Prize. The White House had no [...]
The King of Pop Passes Away – Everything Else Stops?
photo credit: Current News Stories
The American media in particular takes a lot of flak about it’s worship of celebrities when the rest of the world is just as obsessed (I’m thinking in particular of the tabloid journalists in the UK and their constant hounding of royalty, Lily Allen, etc). When Twitter is the most [...]
The TTC Has a Sense of Humour
photo credit: Bryson Gilbert
While the ATU were out waving their fists on the streets of Ottawa for the better part of two months, the people of the city must have wished they lived in Toronto, where apparently the powers that be have a sense of humour.
A rap video called I Get On (The TTC) [...]
Cuban priorities
photo credit: Tavallai
A major government shuffle in Cuba occured today. Two long serving ministers were removed, and a number of departments were combined. In reading the BBC article that reported it, one line really struck me.
“It was announced at the end of the midday news bulletin, after the weather and sports, the Associated Press [...]
Obama’s Visit to Canada
So last week the President of the United States made his first visit to Canada. And the place went nuts.
President Obama visited Ottawa last Thursday and he kicked up quite a storm. Interestingly the most publicized part of his trip was not his visit with Prime Minister Harper (or their subsequent discussions), the safety precautions [...]
