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“Putin on the fritz”

Russian President Putin ceremoniously lit the Olympic Flame in Red Square, but the Olympic torch went out en route to the Kremlin.  [It was re-lit with a cigarette lighter]

Russian President Putin ceremoniously lit the Olympic Flame in Red Square, but the Olympic torch went out en route to the Kremlin. [It was re-lit with a cigarette lighter]

“Jell-ala-bad”

A jellyfish invasion clogged pipes and forced the shut-down of a nuclear reactor in Sweden.  [UN wonders if this could be the solution to the Middle-East and North Korean  nuclear standoff?]

A jellyfish invasion clogged pipes and forced the shut-down of a nuclear reactor in Sweden. [UN wonders if this could be the solution to the Middle-East and North Korean nuclear standoff?]

India’s anti-corruption Guru comes to Canada

Now if he could just clean up the Harper Conservative government!  [Anna Hazare in Vancouver to receive the  "Allard Prize for International Integrity" for his fight against corruption in India.

Now if he could just clean up the Harper Conservative government! [Anna Hazare in Vancouver to receive the “Allard Prize for International Integrity” for his fight against corruption in India.

Un-worthy

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper avoids the opportunity to address the UN this week in spite of being in New York  at the opening of the 68th General Assembly

Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper avoids the opportunity to address the UN this week in spite of being in New York at the opening of the 68th General Assembly

Idol vs Idle

Pope Francis claims that big Business' worship of money "idol" is robbing people  of jobs and dignity

Pope Francis claims that big Business’ worship of money “idol” is robbing people of jobs and dignity

Dixit

NDP leader Dix exits, takes blame for his party's poor showing in the last BC election

NDP leader Dix exits, takes blame for his party’s poor showing in the last BC election

Criminal Record check?

No need fellas. Assault weapons? No problem.

No need fellas. Assault weapons? No problem.

Marois: Quebec Charter of Values

"It's not a Hijab, its a toothache" [The Parti Quebecois proposes banning all "ostentatious" religious symbols from the workplace]

“It’s not a Hijab, its a toothache”
[The Parti Quebecois proposes banning all “ostentatious” religious symbols and face coverings from the workplace]

Tchaikovsky film censorship “Pathetique”?

Russian film-makers remove gay references from  Tchaikovsky bio-pic to avoid charges under Russia's new "Gay-propaganda" laws.

Russian film-makers remove gay references from Tchaikovsky bio-pic to avoid charges under Russia’s new gay propaganda ban laws.

Chains of Office

Stubbs the cat, Mayor of Talkeetna Alaska for the past 15 years, survives vicious dog attack.

Stubbs the cat, Mayor of Talkeetna Alaska for the past 15 years, survives vicious dog attack.