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Niagara Falls Miracle

Jan

2007

Like many people, I’m fascinated with people who have plunged over Niagara Falls and lived to tell about it. One of the most unbelievable stories in Niagara Falls happened on July 9th, 1960. 7 year-old Roger Woodward and his sister, 17 year-old Deanne Woodward from Niagara Falls, New York were out in a small boat ...

Naked man arrested for concealed weapon

Nov

2006

I bet you had the same confused look on your face as I did when I saw this headline. My conclusion was that it could only mean one thing. But my curiousity still forced me to click the link to see it for myself. A man was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon ...

Montreal Dawson College shooting 1

Sep

2006

Everyone has already heard about the Montreal shooting at Dawson College in Quebec in which one person has died so far. Since everybody has already heard the details, I won’t discuss the details of the events that took place, but instead I’ll discuss other similar shootings and also how much worse it could have been. ...

Inconsiderate ignorance

Jul

2006

I have been reading through CNN anchor Anderson Cooper’s blog, and he asked his viewers to share their comments. I couldn’t believe the inconsiderate ignorance of most Americans who responded to his article. In general, most of the respondants seem to think that Israel is “doing the right thing” and all terrorists in the world ...

Bush regrets cowboy rhetoric

May

2006

From this Yahoo News article, referring to a recent White House news conference along with Tony Blair. In unusually introspective comments, Bush said he regretted his cowboy rhetoric after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks such as his “wanted dead or alive” description of Osama bin Laden and his taunting “bring ‘em on” challenge to Iraqi ...

TV ‘Guy’ and Pentagon video

May

2006

Did you hear about this guy who went in to the BBC for an interview for a “Data Support Cleanser” position and ended up doing a live TV interview about the Apple vs. Apple court case that he knew nothing about? Pretty funny stuff. Click here for the full story. Also, today the Department of ...

Mass murder and Bingo beating 1

Apr

2006

8 bodies were discovered in a field just west of St. Thomas Ontario, and the police are investigating a mass murder. From the few details released in the media, it is safe to speculate that these murders were related to organized crime, and the deceased had probably gotten themselves into some sort of bad business ...

Multi-purpose Puppies 4

Feb

2006

In a drug raid in Columbia in 2005, officials found 10 Labrador drug dogs with heroin in their stomachs; used to smuggle drugs into the United States. Look at how cute these puppies are: This reminded me of another part of the world where my friend was backpacking China and he came across a ...

Toronto of America 6

Dec

2005

This year has been a bad year for the city of Toronto as the number of gun murders keeps climbing. Most gun murders in Toronto have been gang related, but just today there was a deadly shooting spree a few blocks from my house at a shopping mall on one of the busiest shopping days ...

Pilots, passengers freeze to death

Aug

2005

This story is unbelievable. A 737 plane with nobody behind the controls has slammed into a mountain, killing all 115 passengers and 6 crew members. The pilots had reported an air conditioning problem and a passenger on the plane had sent a text message to his cousin telling him that it’s freezing on the plane. ...