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The International Astronomical Union just hit Pluto with a semantic Death Star ray. Pluto, is no longer officially considered a planet. Burn your old high school textbooks. We have just 8 planets in our solar system now. The only benefit I see from this reclassification is that it is now 11% more likely that any randomly chosen planet in our... more
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Canada made theatre history Saturday evening with the opening of previews of The Lord of the Rings in Toronto. … The stage version of the J.R.R. Tolkien epic is a huge project, with a budget of $27 million, a cast of 55 and a complex stage operation. … A lot of Tolkien fans were pretty skeptical when the production was... more
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Jim Harris, leader of the Green Party, has finally taken advantage of recent Liberal and Conservative candidate dumpings to launch his first humdinger of the campaign: In this campaign only the Green Party and NDP are running full slates. Both the Liberals and Conservatives have now disavowed one candidate each. Jeepers. Remind me again why Jim Harris’ absence from the... more
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I always new Dick Cheney was retentive, now I have proof: Mr Cheney was given heart tests and was treated for water retention, during his four-and-a-half hour stay.—BBC I suddenly feel like the It’s a Fact! girl from Kids in the Hall.... more
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According to the CBC, somebody has the balls/arrogance to stage a reunion convention for US Draft Dodgers in Canada: The Nelson man who campaigned unsuccessfully for a statue honouring Vietnam war resisters is still going ahead with plans for a celebration of U.S. draft dodgers next summer. Isaac Romanow says he has long wanted to commemorate the tens of thousands... more
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It would be very easy to make a spiteful pun in light of the recent gay rights debacle within the Anglican Church: The U.S. and Canadian churches were asked Thursday to withdraw from a key council of the global communion for three years because of the election of a gay bishop in the United States and the blessing of same-sex... more
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That was a relatively long absence, eh? Anyway, ‘normal service’ has resumed and I’m sure the whole world is emitting a collective sigh of relief as you read this.... more
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Around the globe, the sphincters of men over thirty everywhere have begun to tremble. Yes, the much loved PSA test, which detects prostate cancer via a blood test rather an inserted pinkie, is considered “all but useless.” The only certain outcome from this revelation is an astronomical growth in the number of male patients seeking family doctors with thin and... more
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If you are ever caught red-handed for plagiarizing, your best option may just be to dispute the transgression in spite of the evidence arrayed against you. It's better to deny everything outright like Bill Clinton than the tact choosen by Angele Yanor. According to the CBC, Yanor, now a former columnist for the Vancouver Sun, indirectly addressed her cribbing of... more