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  • Christina Blizzard – Taking from the middle

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    The Ontario Liberals may have come to power on a slogan of helping “working families,” but it’s becoming increasingly apparent that the new Liberal credo is “make the middle class pay” — for everything. You only have to look at this week’s announcement from Universities Minister Mary Anne Chambers that in future, refugee claimants will…

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  • iPods for Dukes

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    Duke University freshmen will be getting a brand new 20Gb iPod loaded with all kinds of useful information like orientation schedules, calendars, campus tours and the Duke fight song.

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  • Toronto Sun: Health smoke & mirrors

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    How nice that Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government wants to buy out seven private MRI and CT clinics across Ontario. Now for the big questions. How much is it going to cost us and how will it improve public access to MRI and CT scans? As a health ministry spokesman noted yesterday, these clinics…

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  • I don’t kick puppies!

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    I am a computer nerd with interests in art, philosophy, music, and world domination. I am good at the things I do, and always try to make myself better. … Also, I don’t kick puppies. I am attracted to all sorts of girls, and prefer intelligence and sense of humor over bust size. I want…

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  • Stupid Dirty Girl

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    California State Education Secretary Richard Riordan found himself the subject of a planned protest and calls for his resignation after he jokingly told a child her name, Isis, meant “stupid dirty girl.” Democratic state Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally was quoted thursday as saying the child was “a little African-American girl. Would he have done that to…

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  • Poutine: the dish of Gods

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    Maciej has a great description of his first experience with Poutine on Canada Day. For those who don’t know, poutine is a combination of cheese curds, brown gravy, and french fries, invented forty years ago. The hot gravy melts the cheese curds, which consolidate with the fries to form a gooey mass that it is…

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