In the news...

Time for me to catch up on my commentary of the news.

Amusing:

SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A ... CARBURETOR?
A man who compared a woman's chest to a carburetor has won an annual contest celebrating the worst writing in the English language.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/07/28/Arts/BadWriting_050728.html

The ocean is not an infinite resource:

WORLD'S HOT SPOTS FOR LARGE FISH SHRINKING
The diversity of tuna, marlin, swordfish and other ocean predators has dropped 50 per cent in the past 50 years, according to a new study.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/07/28/fish-diversity050728.html

I'm glad I don't have to deal with this at the border:

RADIATION PATIENTS SET OFF BORDER SCANNERS
Canadians who have undergone certain diagnostic tests or treatment involving radiation are setting off detectors at crossings along the border with the United States.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/07/28/radiation-border050728.html

Please remember to spay/neuter your pets:

FREE TO GOOD HOMES: 500 CATS
The Toronto Humane Society faces the "most desperate crisis" it has seen after being inundated with abandoned cats, a spokesman says.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/29/humane-cats-050729.html

Interesting:

WORMS INVADE CITY LANDFILL
A city businesswoman is moving more than 9,000 kilograms of worms to the Brady Road landfill to conduct an experiment in vermiculture.
FULL STORY:
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_worms-20050729

Sad:

INDIA MONSOON CLEANUP BEGINS, DEATH TOLL MOUNTS
The number of dead from the monsoon that hit western India earlier this week reached 850 on Saturday and could total 1,000, officials fear.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/07/30/mumbai-monsoon050730.html

GUANTANAMO A 'DISGRACE,' SAYS CARTER
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter has called the holding of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba a shameful act that extremists use to justify their attacks on the West.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/07/31/carter050731.html

Everything is connected:

BANFF FOOD WEB SHOWS SHARP DIFFERENCES WITHOUT WOLVES
When wolves left an area near Banff, Alberta, elk became more common, a meadow replaced willow trees, and songbirds were replaced by sparrows, biologists say.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/07/31/wolves050731.html

...yes, everything:

YUKON FOREST FIRES CHANGED AIR QUALITY WORLDWIDE: STUDY
Last summer's forest fires in Yukon and Alaska sent carbon monoxide pollution around the world, scientists say.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/08/02/forestfire-co050802.html

This is not what I call leading by example:

LEAD-FOOTED NEW ZEALAND COPS CHARGED
Five New Zealand police officers have gone on trial for dangerous and careless driving after allegedly reaching speeds of more than 150 km/h while escorting a prime ministerial motorcade.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/01/new-zealand-convoy050801.html

The atkins diet is stupid:

ATKINS DIET FIRM IN BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION
The company that helped make cutting carbohydrates into a diet craze filed for bankruptcy protection in New York Sunday.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/08/01/atkins-bankrupt050801.html

I'm glad no one was killed... and I hope my flights on Saturday are considerably less "exciting":

NO FATALITIES IN TORONTO AIRPLANE FIRE
All 309 people aboard a jet that overshot a runway and burst into flames at Pearson International Airport Tuesday survived the ordeal, according to fire officials on the scene.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/02/pearson-plane050802.html

Good... racial profiling will only alienate a portion of your population, and will cause terrorists to change their profiles:

U.K. POLICE TOLD NOT TO USE RACIAL PROFILING
British police trying to prevent more suicide bombings must refrain from racial profiling when stopping and searching commuters, the country's Home Office said Tuesday.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/02/blears050802.html

I wonder who our next Governor General will be?:

PM EXPECTED TO REVEAL NEW GG THIS WEEK
Speculation is mounting that Prime Minister Paul Martin will announce Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson's replacement this week, possibly as early as Thursday.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/02/gg050802.html

Dang... now my German grammer won't be the only thing that sucks:

OLD GERMAN SPELLINGS NOW VERBOTEN
Most German traditionalists are reluctantly switching over to new German spelling rules that came into effect this week, designed to modernize and simplify the language.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/02/german-spelling050802.html

And here I thought the old way was completely logical. If they want to fix something, get rid of der/die/das. I was never able to figure that out. ;)

Disturbing:

GERMAN MOTHER ACCUSED OF KILLING HER 9 BABIES
A 39-year-old German woman accused of killing her nine newborn babies has only been able to give hazy details surrounding the circumstances of their births and deaths, prosecutors say.
FULL STORY:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/02/babies050802.html