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Month: January, 2007

Maher Arar

30 January, 2007 (18:13) | Political | No comments

Here’s the short story by the CBC
Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen born in Syria in 1970, came to Canada in 1987. After earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer engineering, Arar worked in Ottawa as a telecommunications engineer.
On a stopover in New York as he was returning to Canada from a vacation in Tunisia in [...]

Rewards

30 January, 2007 (17:47) | Medical, Sociology, Technology | No comments

Frequently I have to deal with crooks, and other undesirable characters in my daily working life as they attempt to defraud our company and use our services to launch criminal enterprises such as SPAM, DDoS and Phishing attacks.
Then some days you get to help some one do good. Real good. Something that will [...]

The Bill and John Show

30 January, 2007 (17:02) | Business, Computer | No comments

John Stewart interviews Bill Gates on the release of Vista. Bill was a good sport
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Rye Bread

30 January, 2007 (16:05) | Humor | No comments

Two old guys, one 80 and one 87, were sitting on their usual park bench one morning. The 87 year old had just finished his morning jog and wasn’t even short of breath. The 80 year old was amazed at his friend’s stamina and asked him what he did to have so much energy.
The 87 [...]

Flirt

29 January, 2007 (16:22) | Humor, Multimedia | 1 comment

Watch this garbage man flirt (4.3 .mpeg)
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Colbert on Healthcare

28 January, 2007 (21:43) | Business, Economics, Medical, Political | No comments

“Most people who can’t afford health insurance also are too poor to owe taxes, but if you give them a deduction from the taxes they don’t owe they can use the money they are not getting back from what they haven’t given to buy the health care they can’t afford.”
Stephen Colbert nails the perfect explanation [...]

Democracy and you

28 January, 2007 (11:30) | Political, Sociology | No comments

If you are not yet reading Joe Bageant you really should. His site serves to give voice to the many who have no forum to voice their dissatisfaction and despair over the plight of the common person, particularly in the US. See today’s column - A Swan Dive off the High Board of Democracy- as [...]

Age before Beauty?

28 January, 2007 (00:02) | Humor | No comments

Jennifer’s wedding day was fast approaching. Nothing could dampen her excitement — not even her parent’s nasty divorce.
Her mother had found the PERFECT dress to wear and would be the best dressed mother- of-the-bride ever!
A week later, Jennifer was horrified to learn that her father’s new young wife had bought the exact same dress!
Jennifer asked [...]

Spiders on Drugs

27 January, 2007 (15:02) | Humor, Multimedia | No comments

The National Film Board of Canada along with the Canadian Wildlife Service have produced a valuable video (3.44 MB .wmv) on the dangers of spiders on drugs. Be careful, vigilance is needed! Where are tese spiders in our communities and how do we get rid of them
signed
Arachnophobe

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419er strikes gold

26 January, 2007 (16:25) | Political, Sociology | No comments

From SANS NewsBites Vol. 9 Num. 8 mailing list.
TOP OF THE NEWS
–Former Michigan County Treasurer Allegedly Embezzled State Funds to
Pay Nigerian 419 Scammers
(25, 24 & 17 January 2007)
Former Alcona County (Michigan) Treasurer Thomas Katona has been arraigned on nine felony counts of embezzlement and one felony count of forgery for [...]

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