Archive for January, 2007


Let’s quaranatine the Muslims!

No, really. A MUSLIM doctors’ leader has provoked an outcry by urging British Muslims not to vaccinate their children against diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella because it is “un-Islamic”. Dr Abdul Majid Katme, head of the Islamic Medical Association, is telling Muslims that almost all vaccines contain products derived from animal and human [...]

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Our sickly health service

Dr. Mary Fernando has an excellent article in yesterday’s Toronto Star about the sickly state of our top-heavy healthcare system. In Canada, we are not spending our health-care dollars on hospitals, better front-line services, doctors and equipment. Instead, we spend too much money on bureaucracy and the flavour-of-the-moment programs with catchy names, all of which [...]

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"Patriotic Terrorists"

I never thought I’d see the day that I read something at the Huffington Post that didn’t make my skin crawl. Not only that – I agree with every word. After all, both entities – the left and terrorists – seem to share the same desire: to put the US, humiliatingly, in its place. But [...]

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Staying to Help

From CENTCOM, news that the United States is extending its mission in Afghanistan by 3200 troops for 120 extra days. Every little bit helps, and I’m sure the Canadian military, currently leading the NATO mission over there, appreciates it. Some 3,200 soldiers of the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, will have their tour in Afghanistan [...]

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The return of Discount Mats

As an update to this story, the website for Discount Mats is still pretty much down, but they have the following message. Due to the recent actions of a member within our company, we have been experiencing many difficulties. We have been bombarded by emails and phone calls literally within 12 hours of the event [...]

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