Aka: Why Starbucks is Evil and Tim Hortons Rocks!

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I took some pics of the changing colors of Autumn in Toronto this week. . My favorite season of the year. All the leaves are falling.

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Students can be suspended for a lot of odd reasons these days â?? wearing “objectionable” T-shirts, cross-dressing for prom, planning elaborate senior pranks â?? but a principal at a Catholic high school in Sparta, New Jersey, has added another offense to the list: having a blog.
The Reverend Kieran McHugh stunned the 900 students of the […]

But the remarks were unlikely to satisfy Israel, which called today for an emergency session of the UN security council.
“We have decided to open a broad diplomatic offensive,” the Israeli foreign minister, Silvan Shalom, said.
The country’s prime minister, Ariel Sharon, called yesterday for Iran to be expelled from the UN.
“A country that calls for the […]

LONDON (Reuters) - The “flying” Ford Anglia used in the
Harry Potter films has been stolen from a film studio lot, police said on Friday.
“For those who have not seen the Harry Potter films, this is the car that flies in the movies and is very well known,” a police spokesman said.
The blue Anglia went missing […]

“Ctrl + Alt + Del”
roughly translated:
“Write this down. We hereby announce the cessation of illegal copies for one whole hour
out of respect for Jordan’s great guest: Bill Gates“

I laughed so hard at this cartoon! I especially liked the “We only Mikrosoft dealer” painted on the wall and carboard “F1 Jordan Pleeeez”, that is so […]

Iraqis have ratified their new constitution, the results of a referendum showed on Tuesday, October 25, amidst cries of vote rigging.
Electoral Commission officials told a news conference 78 percent of voters backed the charter and 21 percent opposed it, Reuters reported.
Of 18 provinces, only two recorded “No” votes greater than two thirds, one province short […]

Playing the hand you’ve been dealt.
I don’t know why everyone is so hard on Qaddafi these days. He officially represents “the road travelled” while Saddam is now a symol of “the road less travelled”. The choices are you either stand up to America or become the court jester.
I think dictatorships in the Arab world are […]

One Week Ago…
Abdul Hussein al-Hindawi, a senior member of Iraq’s Independent Election Commission, said he was unhappy with early reports of a “yes” victory.
“We are trying to remain cool. Our credibility depends on it,” he told AFP.
Hindawi said he had been “surprised” by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s brief forecast Sunday of voters’ approval, […]

An interesting article by Pepe Escobar in the Asian Times, dives into the details behind Saddam’s trial.
The court, the training and the whole proceedings cost US$75 million - courtesy of US taxpayers (the budget was allocated in May 2004). About 300 people - paid by the Americans - work on the trial machinery. The five […]

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society.
The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.
Gil Stern

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LONDON (Reuters) - Forty-five percent of Iraqis believe attacks on U.S. and British troops are justified, according to a secret poll said to have been commissioned by British defense leaders and cited by The Sunday Telegraph.
Less than 1 percent of those polled believed that the forces were responsible for any improvement in security, according to […]

An article that caught my eye over at the Electronic Intifada is a few weeks old, from September 2nd in fact. Nigel Perry discusses The Wall that is currently being built to encage Palestinians, from a truly artsy point of view. Two artists, Nathan Edelson and Banksy, representing really the two ways you can look […]

A while ago the Jordanian government approved an agreement with Sonoran Energy to study the exploration potential of an oil field east of Jordan’s capital city of Amman.
In latest reports:
“Based on our technical study of the Block we are now confident that there is a sizeable untapped oil resource in this region of Jordan,” […]

My favorite cartoon penguin gets it right when it comes to the Internet vs. Books. Though I kinda feel like Way Wired Willy these days even though my apartment is drowning in books. Ironically most of them are balancing the computer desk.

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Tragedies all over the world. Is it the End of Days? CNN’s Wolf Blitzer has the guts to ask what the crazy guy on the back of the 7 bus only dares to babble.
Madonna, who is Jewish as much as she is British, defends her latest song which Rabbis’ have found offensive.
The Shakers, followers […]