When the film Blood Diamond came out in 2006, people were startled at the alleged origins of the precious stones from areas of bloody conflict and began asking whether the jewels on their fingers cost a human life. Will consumers soon find themselves asking similar questions about their cell phones and computers? In a report [...]
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First Blood Diamonds – Now Blood Computers
Posted in Blood computers, Blood Diamonds, Children of War, Social Commentary on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Telegraph-Journal Apologizes to Prime Minister Harper – Monkeys to the Rescue
Posted in Humor, Prime Minister, Saint John NB, Social Commentary, Stephen Harper on July 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well…my my! What a nasty little can of worms this turned out to be. You have to be very careful when you mess around with the Holy Ghost and the Catholic mass. Isn’t it just the oldest game in history – mixing politics and religion? Take a close look at this picture – just what [...]
Canadian Seal Saga – Episode 3
Posted in air canada, Canadian Seal hunt, Social Commentary on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just when I think this story is over, it crawls out of it’s hole in the ice on it’s little flipper’s and strikes again! Canada will launch a formal protest with the World Trade Organization over a ban on the import of seal products approved by the European Union, International Trade Minister Stockwell Day announced [...]
Irving Giveth and Irving Taketh Away….New Oil Refinery for Saint John Shelved
Posted in air canada, irving oil, Saint John NB, Social Commentary on July 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Rising fuel-efficiency standards, changing consumer habits and growing use of ethanol in the United States played a big role in the cancellation of an $8-billion proposed refinery in New Brunswick. Irving teamed up 18 months ago to study the feasibility of building a second 300,000 b/d refinery in Saint John to boost gasoline supplies in [...]
California’s drive to legalize Marijuana
Posted in air canada canada legal marijuana, California, Humor, legal pot, legalize marijuana, Social Commentary on July 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Yesssss……” we are one step closer to totall domination. America thinks that we Canadians just sit up here in our deep freeze, quietly watching hockey and drinking beer. Appearing serene and non-lethal, slowly our way of life is seeping into the American psyche. First we crank them up with Tim’s Horton’s coffee, now we will [...]
Murder In the Name of Family Honor
Posted in canada, honor killings, islam, Kingston Ontario Honor Killing, Montreal family arressted for family honor killing, muslim, Social Commentary, womens issues on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As many as 5,000 women and girls lose their lives — most at the hands of family members — in “honour killings” around the world each year, according to the United Nations. Up to a dozen have died for the same reason in Canada in the last decade, and it’s happening more often. There are [...]
America, beware the bogeyman of Canadian-style health care.
Posted in canada, health care, Humor, president obama, Shona Holmes tv ad, Social Commentary, tv ads against canadian health care on July 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
O.K. we – Canada – are getting way too much attention in the USA these days. I am getting nervous, you really don’t want to piss these guys off! With U.S. President Barack Obama in the midst of an intense political fight to pass comprehensive health-care legislation this year, U.S. opponents have returned to a [...]
Ah Houston?…we have a BIG PROBLEM!
Posted in canada, Humor, Saint John NB, Social Commentary, space shuttle, womens issues on July 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Is it just me or is travel on the space shuttle loosing it’s appeal. I really believe it is time to retire those cigar tubes on steroids. With all the O rings, and broken tiles, bad foam jobs etc. I wouldn’t be caught dead riding around in that old thing. Even as the shuttle Endeavour [...]
Frank McCourt, a return to "Angela’s Ashes"
Posted in Angela's Ashes, author Frank McCourt, Frank McCourt, Humor, Social Commentary on July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In no way is my blog turning into an obituary column and I may have been “commanded” not to write about you know who when he died, but I must dedicate my writings today to Frank McCourt. A school teacher and Author who still no matter how many times I read his writings, (the only [...]
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Women and Porn
Posted in Social Commentary, Women and Porn on July 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Warning: Today’s post may make some women (and men for that matter) uncomfortable and if you are my mother – log off now and come back tomorrow. Personally, I like my pizza deliveryman to do one thing: bring me my dinner. But mention this guy to a group of women, and, while most of us [...]
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