Oil powers TSX to 128-point gain
Gasoline demand isn’t expected to peak until the summer driving season begins in May, but refineries are already running flat out. Analysts say that’s a recipe for future price rises.
3/31/2005
Don’t forget that the Terri Schiavo media feeding frenzy was brought to you by the same folks who sold us a war based on lies.
We’re fortunate, I guess, that the only life at stake in this particular kangaroo court was that of poor Terri Schiavo. For better or worse, good or evil, her time on this earth is over. But when I think of the thousands, or even millions, of lives that could ride on the next big trial-by-media — when the topic could be something as potentially apocalyptic as war with North Korea or rapid climate change or the copyright laws governing the music industry (I’m kidding! I’m kidding!) — I do get worried. Because right now, the corporate media (and the dumbed-down culture they’ve helped create) are looking more and more like the intellectual equivalent of Dr. Kevorkian. And any of us — or all of us – could be their next patient.
About the Solar Death Ray
The Solar Death Ray works by reflecting the light of the sun from 112 mirrors onto a single spot.
A Message From The United States Department Of Education
Because of the suspected use of performance enhancing substances by the overwhelming majority of people in the artistic community, a number of great works have now been called into question.
Early to Bed, Early to Rise – It’s All in the Genes
A mutant gene rather than anti social tendencies may be the cause of people going to sleep and waking up unsociably early, scientists said on Wednesday.
One Bright Spot
If there is one bright spot in the whole Terri Shiavo storm cloud that is blanketing our nation, it is this: folks are seriously considering their own living wills.
Now, whatever you may think of Michael Smerconish’s politics — and he is admittedly biased toward the conservative side of things — he does try to be fair. And this time around, he has been more than fair regarding this issue: