As in every Canadian election, one of the main topics of discussion for this election has been the state of the health care system in Canada. So many soundbites have been directed towards our “ailing”, “ineffecient”, “overburdened”, “overtaxed”, “underfunded” health care system for me to care to count. But is it really the system itself …
Category Archives: Politics
Osama Bin Laden… died 3 weeks ago?
Wow… if it’s true. according to Iranians I trust, Osama bin Laden finally departed this world in mid-December. The al Qaeda leader died of kidney failure and was buried in Iran, where he had spent most of his time since the destruction of al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The Iranians who reported this note that this …
Bloggers Block… items of 2006
Call it fatigue.. call it New Years blaahhhgs.. call it laziness. The meat of the matter is that I just haven’t felt compelled to blog recently. Th news lately has been particularly uninspiring. The Ukraine and Russia… in a tiff over gas delivery at market prices… threatened to destabilize gas supplies for a large part …