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Should Canada bail out Nortel?

February 5, 2009

Om has a piece today written by Venture Capitalist Allan Leinwand asking whether Canada should bail out Nortel.  He asks:  “But is preserving the country’s technological heritage reason enough to spend millions in taxpayers dollars?”
I think that the answer to the question is contained within the question.  There is no such thing as technological heritage [...]

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2008-2009 NHL Season to Start in Sweden?

January 5, 2008

There are rumours circulating that the NHL season will start with games in Sweden and possibly other European capitals for 2008. This might vindicate my post from a few days ago which stated that the league needs to start a dialogue with fans in Europe. Looks like the NHL would start the season with a [...]

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How to Properly Export Hockey

January 1, 2008

It ended this afternoon (early evening, Buffalo time) with a shoot-out goal by phenom Sidney Crosby on Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller before 70,000 freezing, mostly-drunk fans mixed from Canadians and the occasional actual Buffalo Sabres fan amid a blinding snow storm.
If you squint a little, that’s kind of how professional hockey began, more than 125 [...]

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Warning Labels on Fat Kids

July 14, 2005

Some folks wanna put warning labels on Soft Drinks.
I think that, just to be sure, the US should install warning labels
on all fingers indicating that putting them in proximity to one’s
mouth while holding food could result in dire obesity, particularly in North America. But does
anyone really think that Warning Labels are meaningful anymore, after
decades [...]

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Male birth control that actually works (and no, this isn’t a spam ad)

September 4, 2003

Begin forwarded message:
> From: bitbitch
> Date: Wed Sep 3, 2003 4:50:45 PM US/Pacific
> To: FoRK
> Subject: Male birth control that actually works (and no, this isn’t a
> spam ad)
>
> Fanfucking -tastic. As for the argument that men don’t like having
> their junk touched, to this I say, [...]

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Canada Issues Warning Against U.S. Travel

October 30, 2002

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncidW8&e=7&cidW8&u=/nm/ 20021031/ts_nm/canada_usa_dc Upset Canada Issues Rare Caution on Travel to U.S. 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada, in a highly unusual travel warning, on Wednesday urged Canadian citizens born in countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia to think carefully before entering the United States, saying they could fall afoul [...]

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Life Inside The Axis of So-And-So…

October 28, 2002

US Foreign Policy is solidifying the position of conservative regimes in the Middle East by giving the people of these worlds a common enemy. Theocracies and dictatorships form the fulcrum of resistance against perceived (and real) Western Imperialism, and pseudo-democratic reforms are quashed in the process. Societies become more conservative to reflect [...]

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The Great Power-Shortage Myth

September 25, 2002

Begin forwarded message:
> From: “Mises Daily Article”
> To:
> Subject: The Great Power-Shortage Myth
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 08:41:51 -0500
>
> < http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/4139667.htm>ruled in
> favor of
> this position.
>
> These companies, we are told, had sufficient unused generating capacity
> available to more than meet the excess of quantity of power demanded
> over
> the amount actually [...]

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Inside the Rolling Stones, Inc.

September 18, 2002

——— http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id 9509
Inside the Rolling Stones Inc. The Rolling Stones are an astounding moneymaking machine. Here’s how Mick Jagger & Co. have perfected the business model behind the most successful act in rock & roll today. FORTUNE Monday, September 30, 2002 By Andy Serwer
Mick Jagger is wearing a cool pink shirt, slim black [...]

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Telecom in British Columbia

April 30, 2002

http://www.biv.com/article1.html
2001 a roller coaster for telecoms Sector remains a big driver in B.C. high tech even after a rough year
by Glen Korstrom
A turbulent telecommunications sector has changed the face of this year’s list of B.C.’s 100 biggest high-tech employers.
While former market darlings have fallen on tough times and off the list, [...]

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