Canadian Governor General Michaëlle Jean is garnering international headlines with her latest controversial act, eating a raw seal heart.
Attending a traditional Inuit event, Jean tasted the cultural delicacy publicizing the affair as an attempt to increase solidarity between Canada and the Aboriginal community.
“It’s delicious,” said Jean. “I tried the heart of the seal and it’s fresh.”

This publicity stunt happened only 20 days after Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed to “vigourously” defend Canada’s seal industry. His reaction was sparked by the recent overwhelming support to ban seal hunting within the European …

Here is my contribution to open source innovation, 5 iPhone applications of the future. The way I see it, if I can fathom it, then surely it can be feasibly invented. So go out there techies, prove me right.
Here are 5 iPhone Apps that we may see within our lifetimes:

Bluetooth Dog Leash: Just strap on the leash and this app will ensure your dog never goes beyond the selected distance. The wireless device resembles a traditional leash, just tug on your iPhone and watch Fluffy brace himself.
Stage Fright: This app …

Is waterboarding torture? This is what Mancow Muller, the conservative radio host of Mancow’s Morning Madhouse, decided to find out.
During the Bush years, those who condoned the use of waterboarding on terrorist suspects in Afghanistan, Iraq, and secret prisons in Eastern Europe and around the world felt it was not appropriate to call the act torture. This is because Bush continued to contend that the “US does not torture”. Therefore, waterboarding could not possibly be torture, right?
Finally this debate has a case study that will close the obnoxious traps of …

‘Trial’, ‘commission’, ‘inquiry’; call it whatever you like, cause we Canadian taxpayers are all stuck with the $16 million tab. Fellow Canadians and global citizens, I am outraged at the wishy-washy details of the proceedings being held for former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
The Toronto Sun reported May 21 that the tuition for all four of Brian Mulroney’s children were paid through his private dealings with Karlheinz Schreiber. This includes Canadian Idol host Ben Mulroney’s History and Law degrees from Duke University and Université Laval respectively. I am sure you have …

Prince Charles is escalating his campaign to build awareness for the rainforest. Now I am not the greenest of individuals in that I do believe we can sustain environment with technology, but I do also know that we cannot gain without first saving.
So I can certainly applaud his effort in a new YouTube video where celebrities give their spiel about the rainforest while lounging next to a frog.

What I do wonder then is how much Charles has spent himself to raise awareness? He has acquired over £270 million ($420 million …

For any woman concerned with their biological clock expiring, meet Elizabeth Adeney, age 66. This sexagenarian nutter is convinced that the world cannot function without a little bundle of her optimism. Adeney will be England’s oldest child bearer.
Let us weigh the PROs and CONs of Adeney’s decision:
PROs

The child will instantly win media sympathy for being born to that “selfish senile senior citizen”.

I don’t believe In Vitro Fertilization was created to set Guinness records, nevertheless, she would still not be the oldest woman to ever give birth, so her intentions may …

This guy just couldn’t help himself. Rev. Alberto Cutie is considering leaving the Church after he admitted to having an affair on God with a woman he’s been fornicating with for two years. This guy is classic. He crucified his reputation and unnecessarily lied. Makes me wonder if every Priest is kicking themselves a couple times a year for agreeing to celibacy. At least the ones who aren’t pulling a ‘Cutie’ on God.

How did he get caught? He was seen in a photograph with his mistress who was wearing a …

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For most of this decade Muslims have been under the spotlight.
The beliefs, customs and rituals of Islam have been put on display since 9/11. From hijabs in soccer matches to depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in mainstream news outlets, the effort to compromise and live day-to-day in many multicultural countries has been difficult; or has it?
According to a survey conducted by Gallup and the Coexist Foundation, “European Muslims have much more loyalty to the countries they live in than is generally believed.”

BBC reported the findings of the survey conducted in …

The 1997 film Face/Off saw rival characters played by Nicholas Cage and John Travolta exchange faces through a futuristic surgical procedure. In 2005, France completed the first face transplant, and now, only four years later, the technology is evolving.
Yesterday, the Associated Press released footage from the Cleveland Clinic showing the truly amazing evolution of plastic surgery. Recipient of the first US performed face transplant, Connie Culp, was ecstatic at a news conference revealing her new visage.
“I would like to thank the family for this Christmas present,” said Culp, whose identity …

BBC is reporting the development of a new technology in London designed to compile private communication contact between citizens “including e-mails, telephone and internet use including visits to social network sites, but not their content”.
The aim for Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), according to the report, is not to create a centralized location for all information as had previously been presented but to trace “acts when it is necessary” and “not spy at will”. The main focus in this article presents the bold step taken by GCHQ to deny it will …

Once again public attention has been taken off of real news by the media’s excessive coverage of “Swine Flu”.
This new strain of influenza is only being heavily publicized as Western nations have had confirmed cases. Influenza related death is more normal than the public is led to believe and quite higher than this most recent outbreak.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO),“annual epidemics result in about three to five million cases of severe illness, and about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths.” These numbers are starkly different from the 935 confirmed cases …