Cornwall ON – Book burning is bad. Book reading is good, and sadly in today’s world far too few books are being read. Imagine how much better we’d all be if we’d just read more books? With the internet and our insane world of course who has time toContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The war against fossil fuel use is taking some interesting steps; sadly not enough in North America. While companies like GM are rolling out an electric car priced far out of the range of those who need or would want it most, Asia, or in thisContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Green Peace Activist and Officer Kumi Naidoo compared the Alberta Oil Sands politics to those of Apartheid recently. As stories leak about run off from the Oil sands contaminating water supplies it’s a very timely subject. LINK “During apartheid, the government did not act in theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Coffee. Millions of people drink it and millions drink it in coffee shops. Now not everyone uses a drive thru or just hits and runs. A lot of people like to read, work, or just hang out. Coffee shops in many ways haveContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – So is the US Economy bankrupt? I know that sounds nuts, but is the largest economy in the world beyond saving? With a depression going on; massive unemployment with little hope for thousands of workers, inflation in many key areas, and record deficit spending how doesContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – If Fall is coming there has to be this year’s untreatable Super Bug that should have us all trembling and sure enough there are reports of new bugs that are resistant to drugs we currently have. LINK “Because of medical tourism and international travel in general, resistance toContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Coronation Street Legend Jack Duckworth ( Bill Tarmey) is set to be killed off by producers in their big 50th Anniversary Tram Wreck! The actor has been on the show for over 30 years, but with health concerns and approaching his 70th birthday apparently wants toContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The well is capped and BP’s Chief Executive, Tony Hayward has been banished to Eastern Europe and replaced by the man responsible for capping the well, Bob Dudley. BP has now announced that it’s put over $30B away to cover damage from the Oil spill. LINKContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – If you’ve ever watched Coronation Street here in Canada you’ve seen the cat in the opening credits. His name was Frisky and sadly like all good things in life Frisky went on to that great mouse house in the sky. However a collector bid onContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – When I look down at my medium rare steak as it oozes a bit of blood I don’t think of the animal that walked the earth prior to being processed. I probably should, but I don’t. Heck, I probably should be a Vegetarian which I wasContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Everyone wants to be on Coronation Street; especially for the 50th Anniversary season. Now it turns out long time fan of Corrie, Snoop Dog wants to be on too! LINK Snoop, who has followed the soap for 11 years, believed that Granada TV producers had respondedContinue Reading
Cornwall ON- Happy 4th of July to all of our American friends and viewers. May your your festivities be festive and good health, happiness, and joy to all!Continue Reading
What is “Peak Oil”? I have referred to Peak Oil several times in earlier columns, so I think now I should go into a little more depth on the subject, and explain exactly what Peak Oil really is. Oil is created deep under the earth from dead animal life (mostlyContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Probably, one of the great games of soccer – Brazil verses Holland, 2010. This game had everything – great acting from the assembled cast; excellent officiating from the Japanese referee; moments of magic; moments of drama; an outcome undecided until the final whistle; and soccer the likeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Look Boss, da plane da plane…no no, da car da car….The Terrafugia is half car; half plane. It’s something. It drives and it flies. The test vehicle is making waves as you can see in the video below. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYKbYRFb96o Are you ready for a flying car andContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Today is June 29th, and the World Cup Final is on July 11th, that means FIFA has at least ten days to ensure that the Final will not be marred by another horrendous refereeing decision. South Korea and England can both feel aggrieved that horrendous refereeing decisionsContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Is the world about to enter a long Depression? We’ve heard about a “jobless recovery” but there’s really no such thing. I use the analogy of having a leak in your pool ( I know a very bourgeois analogy). Instead of fixing the leak you simplyContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – There were two protests at the G20 in Toronto Saturday June 26th. The first, the largest, completely peaceful. There was structure. There was a time frame. And then there were those that it looks like were not interested in a rally, but as they rarelyContinue Reading