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Friday, January 14, 2011

Stephen Harper's True Calling

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2011 NUMBER 16 EXCLUSIVE Deep in the bowels of a Conservative Party back room, Stephen Harper confers with his recen...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

James Joyce and genius

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2011 A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. - James Joyce ...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD QUIZ

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011 This day should be a special day for all Canadians. In few other countries would a national hero be so neglecte...
Monday, January 10, 2011

The Gabrielle Giffords shooting proves United States needs stricter gun control

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MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2010 On Saturday, another horrific shooting spree occurred in the United States. An American Congresswoman, Gabrielle ...
Saturday, January 8, 2011

PHOTOS FOR NUMBER 16

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2011 Hey Sixteeners, do you have some interesting or funny photos you would like to share with other readers? Please ...
Friday, January 7, 2011

Stephen Leacock and Humour

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2011 Humour in a world of waning beliefs remains like Hope still left at the bottom of Pandora’s box when all the evils ...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Random thoughts on a January 6th

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011 QUOTE OF THE DAY Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by f...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Tribute to T.S. Eliot

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2011 I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. - T.S. Eliot From The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock [1917]...
Monday, January 3, 2011

J.R.R. Tolkien and The Hobbit

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MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 2011 In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an o...
Friday, December 31, 2010

Mark Twain and New Year's Resolutions

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2010   Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with...
Monday, December 27, 2010

Marlene Dietrich, passionate foe of Nazism

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2010 Ameica took me into her bosom when I no longer had a native country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am Ger...
Saturday, December 25, 2010

CHRISTMAS BIRTHS AND DEATHS

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY For unto to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. ...
Friday, December 24, 2010

Clement C. Moore : The Reluctant Author

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FRIDAY,  DECEMBER 24, 2010 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a ...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Alastair Sim and Scrooge

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2010 Every year at Christmas, I watch Scrooge , the 1951 classic starring Alastair Sim.  It has become a Yuletide t...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

A Dance in the Snow

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2010 A DANCE IN THE SNOW   Well we danced in the snow, my love and I On a windswept night when we were still youn...
Saturday, December 18, 2010

NUMBER 16 EXCLUSIVE : Don Cherry, Mike Harris and Rob Ford meet at a pub

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2010 Number 16 has another exclusive for you.  On December 9, 2010, Joanne Madden published transcripts of a phone ...
Friday, December 17, 2010

The Wright Brothers

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 17, 2010 The chilly December day two shivering bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio first felt their homemade contraptio...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Farewell to the Canadian penny?

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010 See a penny, pick it up And all the day, you’ll have good luck I was taught that little ditty as a child. ...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

George VI, The Accidental King

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY A fool must now and then be right, by chance. - William Cowper From Conversation {1782},...