The researchers from Seoul National University and Harvard University, studied how water striders jumped on water, to create a robot that could successfully launch itself from the surface of water.
Friday, July 31, 2015
NOT LIKING THE ON HYDRO SELL-OFF PLAN
The most objections to the privatization are in urban areas where Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals are strong –– “a damning piece of information.”
SHAKING THINGS UP AT THE SUPREME COURT
New Supreme Court appointee blogged on Khadr, called Trudeau 'unspeakably awful,' hoped for Harper majority
iPOLITICS ELECTION POLLING
Summer is half over, the election could be launched officially as early as Sunday and our polling shows a political landscape on ‘pause’. There are, however, some interesting developments that set the stage for the campaign proper
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
WHINING MILITANTS
It’s the curse of our times: militant group self-pity. But however vexing it may be to watch powerful figures use the blame game to justify their bad actions, the strategy is proving wildly successful.
THAT 3RD HAND YOU'VE ALWAYS NEEDED
Engineers in Germany have built a biologically inspired artificial hand with muscles made from bundles of 'smart' wires.
POWER OF THE PIPELINE
Gazprom operates more as an instrument of Putin’s political ambitions and Russian state power than as a rational profit-maximizing corporation
DIVINE RIGHT TO GOVERN
“It is not merely for the well-being of Canadians, but for the good of mankind in general, that the present Liberal government should remain in office,” Pickersgill told me
Monday, July 27, 2015
CLIMATE DEPRESSION VICTIMS
Steyn: ..the old post-traumatic stress disorder is what you get if you're just some nancy wuss pantywaist who goes to Iraq and gets blown up by an IED. But the far more serious pre-traumatic stress disorder is what you get if you sit around on government grants all day worrying about sea levels in the Maldives in the early 22nd century.
MEDIA WHORES HAVE HDF
With a federal election looming Canada's media party has developed Harper Derangement Frenzy - which is an upgrade to hurricane status from Harper Derangement Syndrome
DON'T BLAME TRUMP
Rex Murphy: "I agree Trump is ridiculous — but he is an illustration of a problem and not its cause. Trump is not the swamp: he is the creature emerging from it."
CRIME IN CRIMEA
President Vladimir Putin likened Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea to a family welcoming home a long-lost relative.
HER JUST DESSERTS
Conservative defector Eve Adams failed on Sunday in her bid to run as a Liberal candidate in the looming federal election.
SHE'S BAAAAAACK......MAYBE
Adam Vaughan, reacted to the news by calling Chow a serial quitter who wasted $1 million of taxpayers’ cash by triggering a federal bye-election.
Friday, July 24, 2015
CANADA USA FEUD OVER ISLANDS
“Somebody is going to get killed. We’ve had bad years in the past and got lucky, but this is the worst year I’ve ever seen,”
REPOPULATING SMALL TOWNS
Shrinking small towns across Canada are turning to that tried-and-true growth technique: cheap land
CANADA'S REFUGEE SYSTEM
The charter rights of refugee applicants are being violated by a process that marginalizes, prejudices and stereotypes them based on where they are from.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
POLITICS AND WHORING...IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?
Around 1 in 5 of the population of Ottawa, is registered on Ashley Madison, the cheaters website that was recently hacked for the "client" list. The top postal code for new members matched that of Parliament Hill.
Monday, July 20, 2015
SENATE RECCOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CBC
A Senate committee is calling on the CBC to publicly disclose how much employees make, and to find new ways to fund its operations
DIMINISHING INFLUENCE OF RURAL VOTES
“It still has an impact but it has been diminishing every election,”
INSIGHT FROM THE IDIOT
Prime Minister Stephen Harper doesn’t know what he’s doing when it comes to the economy, charged Liberal leader Justin Trudeau.
WYNNE: BREAKING ALL KINDS OF RECORDS
With twice the debt of California, Ontario is now the world’s most indebted sub-sovereign borrower
Sunday, July 19, 2015
AUTHORS OF THEIR OWN DEMISE
La Belle Province comes close to dead last in almost every measure of private sector investment
CANADA'S CHAMPION OF THE TAXPAYER
The Canadian Taxpayers' Federation often acts as a solitary voice in the public-finance forest calling on federal, provincial and municipal governments to spend less.
CAP & TRADE DISASTER
Ontario Liberals are poised to commit every mistake the Europeans did when setting up their disaster-prone cap-and-trade system
Saturday, July 18, 2015
MULCAIR SUCKING AND BLOWING SIMULTANEOUSLY
When Thomas Mulcair spoke recently to a Quebec-based magazine, he tried to walk a fine line in positioning his party as against – but not completely against – the Energy East pipeline
AGAINST THE WALL
Premier Wall said the West shouldn't have to apologize for its resources and needs to stop being so diplomatic with its message.
PREMIERS' ENERGY STRATEGY
Wynne: "A strong economy and environmental protection are not mutually exclusive, she said. "In fact, they must be complementary." She wins the "Missing the Blindlingly Obvious Award"....
Friday, July 17, 2015
USING VIRUSES TO FIGHT CANCER
The idea of using viruses to fight cancer started when scientists first noticed some patients improved after they got sick from an infection.
PROVINCES' WHINEFEST
No surprise that Stephen Harper keeps snubbing a standing invitation to sit down with Canada’s premiers.
HYPOCRISY ON DISPLAY
Environmental groups to premiers: no oilsands growth in Canadian energy strategy
CRYBABY AT ALBERTA HRC
The Law Society of Alberta has issued citations against Ezra Levant relating to remarks he made about the province's human rights commission.
NDP SAYS NO TO PIPELINE
After months of indecision, Tom Mulcair’s New Democrats have finally taken a position on the Energy East Pipeline
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
CANADA AND UKRAINE FREE TRADE
Canada has reached a trade agreement with Ukraine to help build its economy and establish greater ties with the West.
THE POOR WEE SNOWFLAKES
Almost one-third of Canada’s federal executives, are actively disengaged or have “mentally checked out,”
PM HARPER NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL
Canada is the "most admired" country with the "best reputation" in the world
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Sunday, July 12, 2015
INCENTIVIZING COMPANIES TO LEAVE ONT.
Professor Ian Lee, Professor of Economics at the Sprott School of Business discusses alarming reports that are predicting massive business failures in Ontario over the next few years.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
GLOBAL DOWNTURN AFFECTS CANADIAN ECONOMY
Harper added that the federal government will not "spiral ourselves into deficit"
FINANCE MINISTER SAYS IT'S NO BIG DEAL
Ontario’s risk level has deteriorated substantially “due to consistently very weak budgetary performance and very high debt levels.”
DINOSAUR NEWS
Paleontologists are getting a closer look at a newly-discovered horned dinosaur believed to have lived 79 million years ago.
Friday, July 10, 2015
ONT. LIBERALS NOT PLEASED
The Ontario government is fuming because Ottawa had asked the province for a list of priority projects and is now ignoring that list.
CANADA'S HOLEY BORDERS
International flights are landing at Canada’s smaller airports each day without border agents on the ground
ENDING WITH A SILENT WHIMPER
Wynne lawsuit against Hudak, MacLeod over but they refuse to discuss it.
SITTING ON THE FENCE
Neither the Liberals nor the NDP will offer a clear answer to the question of whether their government would approve the Energy East pipeline project.
NOTHING TO HIDE, RIGHT?
Canadians overwhelmingly support a new union transparency bill, legislation that requires unions to disclose expenses over $5,000 and salaries over $100,000
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
BIG AL'S TRAVELLING BULLSHIT SHOW
90 Trillion dollars needed to get rid of cars in cities. Is this what the carbon tax will be used for?
Monday, July 6, 2015
WYNNE'S KNOWLEDGE OF AGRICULTURE
Thirteen years is not sufficient time for the USA to create legislation regarding the latest ruling against Country of Origin Labelling. Wynne says they need a bit of time....
CALLING BULLSH!T
Grain Farmers of Ontario has filed an application in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice to interpret the province's neonicotinoid regulations as a "legal absurdity"
BUG-ZAPPERS, BATS & DRAGONFLIES
Who knew that living beside a wetland would mean you have mosquito invasions? Complaining Kanata residents are the same folks who petitioned to save the wetlands some years ago.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
PAN AM GAMES EXPENSIVE FLOP
With a week to go, there are signs that these games, triple the price of the last Pan Am Games, will be an expensive flop
Friday, July 3, 2015
RAPIST/MURDERER APPLIES FOR DAY PAROLE
Paul Bernardo has applied for day parole in the Toronto area; his chance is virtually nil.
ONT FEDERATION OF LABOUR PO'D
Bill C-377, the Conservatives' controversial private member's bill forces labour unions to publicly disclose how they spend their money.
CANADA HEADED TO RECESSION
The sharp drop in oil prices over a short period is causing a domino effect beyond the energy sector.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
SMUGGLING AT VANCOUVER DOCKS SERIES CONT'D
MAINTAINING FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE
Greece's left-wing government has cast itself as the victim of an elitist financial and political order
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