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Slow News Day Part II: Let's laugh at their pain

By Colin Ellis Aug 21, 2010 12:42 am

Laurence Fishburne disowns porn star daughter Chris blogged earlier this month about actor Laurence Fishburne’s daughter Montana's decision to enter the porn industry. Well, looks like papa ...

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Fun with Dumb Arguments

By Justin Gayle Aug 15, 2010 11:51 am

  There is a long and storied history of people offering the proverbial rope so that others may hang themselves.  From antiquity, Socrates, the world’s first professional asshole, ...

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The Case Against LeBron's Detractors

By Kai James Jul 22, 2010 12:41 am

If you fill out the online application to study at Harvard University, you’ll eventually arrive at a page that contains a lengthy list of conspicuously Anglo-Saxon names belonging to ...

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Semi-Random Thoughts on Thrill-Seeking and Other Imprudent Enterprises

By Kai James Jul 15, 2010 12:00 am

“I gotta feel alive even if it kills me.”             ~ Drake “Light Up”, 2010 Today hundreds of men and women will ...

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Queers Against Israeli Apartheid Tell It Like It Is

By Colin Ellis Jul 03, 2010 12:34 am

The organizers of Pride did an about face this week when they reversed their decision censoring Queers Against Israeli Apartheid from using the term “Israeli Apartheid” in this year& ...

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Journalism at Its Best!

By Kai James Jul 01, 2010 1:00 am

What would you do if you had information that, if divulged, could potentially make you rich and advance your career tremendously.  But the only catch is that your country is at war and ...

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The Gaza Doctor Speaks

By Colin Ellis Jun 12, 2010 6:00 am

One of the saddest stories to come out of Israel’s incursion into the Gaza Strip 18-months ago was of Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, also known as the “Gaza Doctor,” whose home in the Gaza ...

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Pwn'd by Technology!

By Kai James May 27, 2010 12:00 am

Seventy-six years before Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, Americans elected a man who also happened to be a member of a historically marginalized group.  ...

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Heather Reisman To Interview Palestinian Doctor

By Colin Ellis May 26, 2010 10:01 pm

Ok, so this is weird. Heather Reisman, the CEO of Indigo Books and Music, and a very well known supporter of Israel, is doing an interview with Izzeldin Abuelaish, the Palestinian doctor who lost ...

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God Don't Save the Queen

By Anthony Van Pham May 04, 2010 12:01 am

  A few weeks ago Prime Minister Stephen Harper casually mentioned that he was unlikely to renew the term of current Governor General Michelle Jean. Leader of the opposition, Michael Ignatieff, ...

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