By: George Pickering For the past several weeks, a dark and uneasy atmosphere has been hanging heavily over the British political landscape. In addition to the four major terrorist attacks on British soil since March, the 2017 general election highlighted growing public anger with the complacent, non-ideological, and seemingly uncontested reign of Prime Minister Theresa May. […]
Archives for June 2017
Poll: Most Canadians worried about rising interest rates
It is being reported that the Bank of Canada (BOC) is getting ready to raise interest rates. Years after artificially slashing rates to historic lows, the Canadian central bank may finally pull the trigger on a rate hike at July’s policy meeting. With Canadians suffering from record levels of debt – credit cards, auto loans, […]
6 random things for Friday (fake news edition)
Editor’s note: since CNN has been dominating the headlines over the past week, we thought we should make this week’s “6 random things for Friday” a fake news edition. News Story of the Day: over the last several months, we have been inundated with this: 17 intelligence agencies say Russia hacked the election. Whenever somebody […]
Happy 10th birthday iPhone – a remarkable product of capitalism
The iPhone turns 10 years old today. It has become one of the greatest devices that has ever been made and it has made everyone wealthier. The iPhone, and all of its successors, has changed the world for the better, and the technology is only getting better. What is truly remarkable about the iPhone is that […]
LOL: CNN triggered by Trump saying a reporter has a ‘nice smile’
While anchors get upset over a compliment, the rest of CNN burns… CNN ran a segment this week that shows President Donald Trump complimenting an Irish journalist on her “nice smile.” A simple compliment like that ostensibly triggered three CNN personalities, calling it “creepy” and an example of “sexual harassment.” Oy vey… If you ever […]