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“Making A Murderer” Is More Than a Compelling Whodunit; It’s An Incisive Portrait of American Social Class

Privilege is a special right, or advantage available only to a particular person or group of people. The term is commonly used in the context of social inequality, particularly in regard to social class,[1] race, age, sexual orientation, gender, and disability. Two common examples would be having access to a higher education and housing. Probably […]

19 Crazy Facts About Bill Gates’ Mansion

He is the richest man in the world after all (and his library sounds amazing!)

¶ Posted 22 December 2015 § Internet § Library § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, science

Friday Fun Link – Happy Black Friday!

All-Time Black Friday Death & Injury Count. Also this…

¶ Posted 27 November 2015 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § PopCulture § Technology § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, holiday, xmas

Bankrupt Rdio Is Being Bought Out and Discontinued. (Fuck)

After a few days of focus on Paris and the serious issues of the world, time to get back to my First World Problems (which are defined by Google as: “a relatively trivial or minor problem or frustration, implying a contrast with serious problems such as those that may be experienced in the developing world.”) That’s true […]

¶ Posted 17 November 2015 § Internet § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: music, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – God Responds to Aurora Shootings

This was a comment posted in response to a Christian minister’s CNN article explaining where god was during the Aurora shootings…

¶ Posted 13 September 2015 § Humour § News § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, philosophy, unitedstates

“Matthew tells us that Jesus and his family fled the wrath of Herod and were refugees in Egypt…” #canpoli #cndpoli

So it’s no secret that I’m an atheist. One of the many reasons I lost whatever inherited belief I had as a child growing up was seeing the wide range of hypocritical behaviours by (so-called) believers. I never saw the proverbial “stepping over the homeless person to get to the church on time” (or much worse). But I did […]

¶ Posted 06 September 2015 § Canada § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, history, travel

How Australia and Other Developed Nations Have Put An End To Gun Violence

I wouldn’t say we’ve “put an end to” gun violence in Canada but our numbers (like those in most developed nations) are extremely low compared to the US. There are a whole host of interconnected reasons why this is the case. But I think one of the largest is the fact that gun ownership is enshrined […]

¶ Posted 26 August 2015 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, unitedstates

How Google Could Rig the Election

This is about next year’s American election but could apply equally to the upcoming Canadian election. Our new research leaves little doubt about whether Google has the ability to control voters. In laboratory and online experiments conducted in the United States, we were able to boost the proportion of people who favored any candidate by […]

¶ Posted 23 August 2015 § Canada § Censorship § Internet § News § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, unitedstates

National Geographic MegaFactories: Coca-Cola

It always boggles my mind that human beings are able to design something so intricate and precise yet massive and overwhelming at the same time…

¶ Posted 15 July 2015 § Jobs § Randomness § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, food, health, science, television

Bobby Jindal Campaign Announcement = All Kinds of Cringe

So there are about a gabzillion people running for the Republican presidential candidate nomination. What’s a latecomer to the race left to do to get people talking? How about release a slice of life attempt at a “viral video” featuring mommy and daddy telling their kids daddy’s decided to run for President? So bad… the camera […]