Archive for February, 2011

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Unconfirmed Reports of Unrest in Libyan Capital

By Detroit Street Press, Monday, February 21, 2011.

There have been unconfirmed reports of various degree to what is occurring in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. Yesterday, the Presidents son gave a bit of a plea, a bit of a warning to the people of the country. This occurred after the government had lost control in an...

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Last night, I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

By Jeff Nijsse, Thursday, February 17, 2011.

Ken Jennings won a record 74 consecutive Jeopardy! games in 2004. This is just over three months of Monday to Friday Jeopardy! dominance. His name has become synonymous with the show. And Ken has the second most winnings ever. In front of him is Brad Rutter who has over...

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Burke Ready for Battle

By Andrew Chan, Wednesday, February 16, 2011.

With the NHL Trade Deadline less than two weeks away, Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke did not waste any time in restructuring his team not only for this season but for the next few seasons. In a span of 10 days, Brian Burke has unloaded two players...

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Egypt – A Faux Revolution. Here is what actually happened.

By B Cole, Monday, February 14, 2011.

The 18 days or so of protesting in Egypt was not a revolution.  It wasn’t even close to a revolution.  If you think things have changed in Egypt, well… hey I’m going to suggest that you don’t know what is going on. Here is a quote from what I...

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Canadians Win Album of the Year, Beat Out Eminem, Lady Gaga, Katie Perry

By B Cole, Sunday, February 13, 2011.

Canada on top, but it’s not King Bieber! Montreal based band the Arcade Fire win Best Album of the year on the Grammy’s.  Katie Perry, Eminem, Lady Gaga and Lady Antebellum.  I couldn’t be happier to hear the news, especially because of the shaft rock music normally gets from...

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Who’s to blame for Nodar’s death in Vancouver?

By Jeff Nijsse, Wednesday, February 9, 2011.

You may remember the name Nodar Kumaritashvili. He’s the Georgian luger that died on the opening day of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics during a training run on the sliding course. This week has brought about a news resurgence of last years Olympic accident since the CBC obtained emails that...

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The Hottest Fire Makes the Hardest Steel

By B Cole, Tuesday, February 8, 2011.

Great ad, definitely related to this site. For some reason I can’t post it… only a link. Eminem for Chrysler, on Detroit

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Facebook Ownership

By Jeff Nijsse, Thursday, February 3, 2011.

I found this site today called reface.me, which is basically a facebook tips page for the hardcore facebook-ers. Their mission statement is to get noticed and have people ‘read your status update, not books.’ Fairly self-explanatory. They do, however, have this nifty chart outlining the stakes that various people...

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Mubark to step down at next Egyptian election

By Detroit Street Press, Tuesday, February 1, 2011.

Al-Arabaia news has reported that Mubarek, the president of Egypt for the last 30 years will not run in the next election. He said he will remain as President to meet the demands of Egyptians. Mubarek is expected to make a statement soon – this is unconfirmed.

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Jordan’s King Dissolves Parliament, Facing Protests

By B Cole, Tuesday, February 1, 2011.

Jordan started facing protests.  The king, an absolute Monarch King Abdullah the Second has dissolved parliament and kicked out the Prime Minister. Whoa. What makes this interesting is that Jordan is again, much different than Egypt, which is much different than Tunisia.  This isn’t like the Central Asian countries...

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