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We face problems today because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living

August 15, 2021 Guest Contributor

There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab, the professor noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting Communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country’s government and install a new communist regime.

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It’s reasonable and legitimate to say ‘no’ to insufficiently tested vaccines for which there is no reliable science

August 8, 2021 Guest Contributor

Photo credit: Dan Bowins Ontario Civil Liberties Association researcher Dr. Denis Rancourt and several fellow Canadian academics penned an open letter to support those who have decided not to accept the COVID-19 vaccine. The group emphasizes the voluntary nature of

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Duffy’s Domain: hello, and…good-bye?

July 21, 2021 Guest Contributor

It is time to pass the torch. I have sold Taxi News and all rights to use the name to Rita Smith. Many of you in the taxi business already know of and her: for seven years in the 1990s, Rita was the Editor of Taxi News before she was recruited to other projects to which she could devote her considerable talents, including multiple positions in our provincial and federal governments.

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Subjective math, subjective chemistry….why not? Well, actually, there could be some valid reasons why not

July 17, 2021 Guest Contributor

Ontario’s proposed new “subjective math curriculum:” just wait until they start to apply this in the chemistry labs.

It reminds me of my lab partner at Mohawk College. This guy struggled every step of the way due to the white supremacist chemistry course we were being brainwashed with.

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Concrete questions need to be asked after Florida building collapse

June 27, 2021 Guest Contributor

The thing that was unique about this building was that sometimes when I pulled the trigger, the piston would blow right through the box and into the ceiling, and a cloud of concrete dust would fall back in my face. I had hit a hollow spot in the concrete. This happened often.

In order to get the boxes to attach to the ceiling, in this case, I would have to move the box to a different location and try again, hopefully finding a spot where…

there was actually some solid concrete.

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Vaccine passports

June 14, 2021 Guest Contributor

So, first, they license, and then, once they have their hands around your balls, mission creep sets in and they start to behave as if they own you.
Their insatiable hunger never satisfied in their pursuit of dominance and control, politicians are now widening their scope in an effort to put EVERYONE under their thumbs.
Now the issue is immunization passports, which is really just a different word for the same thing – universal licensing.

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Uber: one man’s opinion

May 28, 2021 Guest Contributor

The Gravel Institute

The ride-hailing company Uber is everywhere: it has rapidly become one of the most ubiquitous corporate entities in the United States. But beneath all of its bluster, Uber has a big secret: there’s no profit, no gains in efficiency or effectiveness, and, above all, no innovation. Simply put, Uber is one of the biggest scams in American economic history. And it’s not just scamming its investors (although it definitely is): it’s scamming you – its users – and, most of all, it’s scamming its drivers. While they get rich, you get ripped off. Edward Ongweso, Jr., technology reporter at VICE News, explains.

The Honourable Steven Fletcher has served as a member of Parliament as part of Canada's federal government and Manitoba's provincial government.

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“Zoom” funerals: how to make them slightly less hard

May 21, 2021 Guest Contributor

I wish to share some lessons that may be helpful to you when using Zoom or equivalent.

It happened so quickly and my family is all over the world, so we could only participate using Zoom. Unfortunately, it was done badly.

I will share with you some suggestions so you will not have to experience what my family did this week.

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Lithium batteries are classified as “dangerous goods”

May 18, 2021 Guest Contributor

Despite their common usage, lithium batteries are classified as Class 9 dangerous goods under Canada’s Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, SOR/2001-286 (“TDG Regulations”) enacted pursuant to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, SC 1992, c 34 (the “Act”).