MOSQUITOES ADD TO OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH!

(August 20 is being celebrated as the 'World Mosquito Day.'  On this unique occasion, here is a humourous take on the world of mosquitoes!)   Sting operations are nothing new to mosquitoes! They have been doing that for ages. Unlike television journalists, they...

Prince William & RAF Crew Make Heroic Helicopter Rescue

He’s a knight in shining armor as the future King of England, and Prince William led an effort that saved two teenage girls from drowning yesterday (August 16). The Duke of Cambridge and his fellow RAF crew were on their way back from a mission when their...

Good Things and Moderation

The proponents of doing everything in moderation frequently like to assert that there is too much of a good thing. Is this a rightful analysis, and is it universally applicable? Clearly there are some good things of which there can be too much. Food is an obvious example....

Doing Good and Ego Motives

One criticism frequently mentioned of people who are into doing good is that they are coming from other motives than altruism. It is claimed that some do it to boast or to boost their ego, that others do it out of a sense of guilt and obligation, and that there are also...

Loughner's Killings: Tragedy, not Atrocity

There are killers - such as Jeffrey Dahmer or Eric Harris - who are creeps or monsters and evoke loathing and shock. And then there are killers who are as much victims as are the people they murder. In the first case, we see atrocity; in the second case we see tragedy. The...

Nature: Liberty, Diversity and Co-Existence

Studies of nature and Darwin's evolution theory has been taken to any number of places, some better than others. The worst applications of the theory have been social Darwinism and racism. In fact, nature teaches none of these things but quite the opposite.Anyone who's...

STI Testing in Vancouver- it should NOT be this difficult!

I recently decided it was time for me to get tested for an STD. I'm symptom free, but starting a new relationship, and while I try to be safe that is not always enough. I went online to find a clinic near either my home or work, and found several. The only problem? I'm a...

Kindness-Supporting Beliefs and Meanness-Supporting Beliefs

Kindness and meanness is a matter of both choice and genetics, but with choice playing a larger part over the long run. Some people are naturally more mean and others are naturally more kind. At the same time, any given person can be kind and mean at different points in their...

Katherine Jackson Calls into ABC, Says She's "Good and Fine"

After days of speculation on the whereabouts of Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, the matriarch of the Hollywood family finally spoke out.On Wednesday evening (July 25), the 82 year-old called into ABC News to give her side of the story that has been making...

San Francisco: BART Escalators Clogged with Poop

Civic Center Station Escalator Filled with Feces You can say that BART is full of shit in terms of how it lied about disrupting mobile phone access during a protest, but the accusation is literally true when discussing the escalators at Market and 8th. The Civic Center...

James Holmes: Sociopath or Psychosis?

James Holmes, the shooter of the Colorado movie theater, is being described as either a sociopath seeking a thrill or as a fame-seeker. The people who claim such things have not seen his appearance in court. He looked and acted like someone who was not even there. If this had...

STAND UP COMEDIAN STANDS UP AT LAST

(Advance story--this story will be shared with the media by Jay Chhaniyara at the north Indian city of Allahabad later in the day)   Jay Chhaniyara is probably the only ‘stand-up’ comedian who used to arrive on stage in a wheelchair.  Not that Jay...

Emily Maynard Chooses Jef Over Arie on "Bachelorette" Finale

Going into the "Bachelorette" finale, Emily Maynard had a tough choice between 28-year-old Jef Holm, a bottled water CEO, and 30-year-old Arie Luyendyk, a race car driver.And as soon as the gorgeous blonde saw the way Holm and her 7-year-old daughter Ricki hit it...