This May Be the BIGGEST News Story in a long time
Soviets behind 1981 attack on the Pope New documents found in the files of the former East German intelligence services confirm the 1981 assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II was ordered by the Soviet KGB and assigned to Bulgarian agents, an Italian daily said on Wednesday.The Corriere…
I Support Warren Kinsella on this one!
Today on his blog (http://www.warrenkinsella.com/musings.htm) is taking on Big Tobacco as big Tobacco fights against clear air for Ontarians. Warren is going to fight back! Go Warren!Warren wrote the following on his blog: March 29, 2005 – I detect the unmistakable stench of Big Tobacco money. And there’s…
First Victoria Cross Awarded since 1982
bound by gravity has a great post about this event.This is an amazing story, this man has earned his V.C.Read it here: http://www.boundbygravity.com/2005_03_01_bbgarchive.aspx#111116966768235795…
What Kind of Person Are You?
You scored as **Intrapersonal**. You prefer your own inner world, you like to be alone, and you are aware of your own strengths, weaknesses, and feelings. You learn best by engaging in independent study projects rather than working on group projects. People like you include entrepreneurs, philosophers and…
Get Me A Big Mac You Stupid Jack
Okay, I am will not a good rapper but at least I was able to rhyme Big Mac with something!(Yes I know I am giving McDonald’s free publicity and I have always said: “All Publicity is Good Publicity”)Reading in the Telegraph today the following article (excerpt): McDonald’s is…
I am Confused
Reading the National Post Online today and there is this article that confused me: A University of Toronto professor says consumers want to be more interactive with their news and have greater command over it. “Newspapers have been obsolesced for a long time. With the concentration of ownership,…
You know it is Spring in Hamilton when…..
Must like the “Merry Christmas sign debate” marks the beginning of the Christmas season, local arts groups screaming that if the city does not increase their budgets by 50-200% they will close up shop marks the beginning of Spring.Basically, the city gives arts groups millions of dollars every…
This makes me what to scream!
If you may remember on November 11th of 2004 I posted on my blog: **Lack of Past Achievements? He only flew WWII, Korean, The Berlin Airlift and Vietnam**This is probably the best read of the day:http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Toronto/Peter_Worthington/2004/11/11/709113.html While he is still fighting and all this because somebody in the…
ArtWalk 2005 – Check It Out!
ArtWalk 2005 is an event organized by UMSU and will be happening this week right across campus. Artwork will be displayed in various areas of the campus for the enjoyment of the UofM Community. It looks like it will be great. I thank Mike Roy and Joe Kalturnyk…
Other Blogs that are giving me ideas ….
Actually, more like “Why didn’t I think of that?”First of all The Paulinian with “Rollovers” for the various acronym that are used on the site. Such as UMSU which is University of Manitoba Students’ Union. I will have to get “rollovers” built into my blog. The Paulinian is…