The Galloping Beaver

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Sunday, July 18, 2010

F-35 Lightning II goodies to chew on

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Search and search and search and still I could find nothing public about which of the three variants of F-35 Canada is intending to purchase...

Scenario 2028

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IT'S STILL NOT SAFE TO DRINK THE MILK, but that's about the only caution these days. Of course, it all started with the collapse of ...

A new world flight record

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It's not a hot new stealth fighter but it is one impressive aircraft in its own right. The UK-built Zephyr solar-powered plane has smas...

So, why don't they want a comprehensive cesus?

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Let's face it. The census is a pain in the ass. It's not like filling in the boxes on a tedious income tax T1 because at the end of ...
Saturday, July 17, 2010

I am now watching for three wise men approaching from the east

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Jeffery Simpson wrote this ? Last fall, Prime Minister Stephen Harper decided his government would oppose the mandatory long-form census. ...
Friday, July 16, 2010

BP buying up Gulf scientists

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"For the last few weeks, BP has been offering signing bonuses and lucrative pay to prominent scientists from public universities around...

The Narrow Moose of Moose Narrows

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Once upon a time, I was not only a newspaper reporter, but a columnist. This cautionary tale for campers  is one of my favorite columns from...

The history of nuclear weapons testing. 1945 - 1998

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Done in a way which might give you a whole new perspective. Of course, these are the verified tests. There is at least one country missing. ...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

Hmmm. If I were cleaning up the worst oil spill in history...

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In the Gulf of Mexico, I would be keeping a real close eye on this rather large tropical wave off the Cape Verde Islands. They wanted a week...

Rev.Paperboy and Dr.Dawg discuss...

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G20 Ten Most Wanted and their control group

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At yesterday's presser, the Toronto Police media guy announced their "G20 Most Wanted Individuals" list : "They are indi...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Sometimes, you get lucky . . .

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JALOPNIK   Sure lowers the resale value, though.

Preying on the fearful and naive

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A local Tea Party billboard in Mason City, Iowa comparing Obama to Hitler and Lenin boasts the amusing slogan : "Radical leaders prey ...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

If you use ATM's and such . . .

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COMPUTER WORLD reports that " Bluetooth at heart of gas station credit-card scam in Southeast ": Thieves are stealing credit-card...
Monday, July 12, 2010

Christie Blatchford vs "real" journalism

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First, go read this piece by the Globe and Mail's Christie Blatchford from last week. Then read this excellent dissection of Blatchf...
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Harper sends in the lightweights

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If you haven't listened to CBC's The Current today it's well worth the time if only to realize that Barry Cooper, one of the Ca...
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