Staggering Losses In Welfare Incomes By: Roy White In Alberta, the income in real dollars of a single person on welfare has decreased by almost 50 percent since 1986. Since 1992 in Ontario, the welfare income of a lone parent with one child has decreased by almost $6,600 and a couple with two children has lost just over $8,700.
The National Council of Welfare's report, Welfare Incomes 2005, paints a dismal picture, and one that is getting worse. When adjusted for inflation, many 2005 welfare incomes were lower than they we... Tags: Democracy, Energy, Politics, Trade, Environment, Military, Money, Stephen Harper, canada p
Abusive Techniques Were Authorized, Soldiers' Complaints Ignored By: Roy White Torture and other abuses against detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq were authorized and routine, even after the 2004 Abu Ghraib scandal, according to new accounts from soldiers in a Human Rights Watch report released today.
The new report, containing first-hand accounts by U.S. military personnel interviewed by Human Rights Watch, details detainee abuses at an off-limits facility at Baghdad airport and at other detention centers throughout Iraq.
Harper’s UN Gibberish By: Robert Billyard PM Harper’s first speech at the UN was not lacking in either audacity or hyperbole. He quite baldly claimed that the future of the world body depends on the success of the Afghan mission. Not only is Harper wrong he is dead-wrong.
The real crisis for the UN is whether or not it will survive the use and abuse of the USA with some semblance of integrity and credibility. Over the UN’s history the US has sought to use the world body to its own ends with varying degrees of succ... Tags: Democracy, Energy, Politics, Trade, Environment, Military, Money, Stephen Harper, canada p
Stand by Me, a Stephen King movie By: Darren Lambert Stand by Me is a 1986 movie, adapted from Stephen King's story The Body. The Body appeared as a novella in King's collection Different Seasons. Different Seasons also contains the stories The Shawshank Redemption, and the Apt Pupil, both of which were made into movies. Tags: stand by me, stephen king, movie, different seasons
The Green Mile, a Stephen King movie By: Darren Lambert The Green Mile is a movie about a series of events on Louisiana death row in the 1930s. The original story was written by Stephen King. The movie was directed by Frank Darabont, who wrote the screenplay. Tom Hanks stars as the main character Paul Edgecomb, Michael Clarke Duncan co-stars as John Coffey. Tags: green, mile, prison, movie, stephen, king
Million Dollar Homepage, now Half a Million Dollar Homepage? By: Alex Downik Many of you remember Alex Tew's Million Dollar Homepage which was a major success with the general internet population. So successful, in fact, he actually did become a millionaire by selling 1,000,000 pixels for $1 Dollar each as advertising space for 5 yrs. That was in 2005. Here in 2008 a new young entrepreneur is taking Alex's idea and modifying it to make it his own.
NBA - Stephon Marbury will remain inactive with the Knicks By: A. Nolan The New York Knicks All-Star player, Stephen Marbury will remain as an inactive player while he will still get paid the $21.9 salary left from his contract with the team. The Knicks announced this decision on Tuesday after a meeting Marbury had with the Knicks’ head Coach Mike D’Antoni, and president Donnie Walsh. They took this decision based on what is best for the team and the expectations they have for this season. Tags: Stephen Marbury, NBA, sportsbook, Knicks, New York, basket
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