The car that is famous (or infamous) for the insult phrase “nice car, does it come in his?” has been around for almost a quarter century. The Mazda Miata has changed very little since its introduction in 1989. for 2013, the new Miata will sit in showrooms, women’s driveways and clueless men’s driveways looking very [...]
Floyd Mayweather is considered by many to be the best boxer right now. People say that either he or Manny Pacquiao is currently the best. Mayweather is undefeated and is the current welterweight champion of the world. He is not known for his power punches. He is known for his speed and skill. He often [...]
Tomorrow President Obama will make a speech about his plan to get the U.S. debt under control for the long term. Reports have surfaced that he will announce tax reforms that are now known as the “Buffett Tax”. A few weeks ago, billionaire Warren Buffett (3rd richest person in the world, 2nd richest in the [...]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner had an interview on CNBC earlier this week that helped inject a little bit of certainty in the market. He spoke about many issues, but it was when he spoke about the European debt problems that stood out in most people’s minds. He said with complete confidence that Europe would [...]
When the recession of 2008 began and politicians around the world were trying to figure out a way to dig them out of the hole, they all entertained various protectionist ideas. We all remember the ‘Buy America’ provision in the U.S. Canada was able to get an exemption from it, but the idea was already [...]
NASA unveiled a new deep space rocket yesterday that is expected to be ready by 2017. This rocket will replace the shuttle as NASA’s main rocket and carrier of people to space. The difference between the shuttle and this new rocket is that NASA will not use it to take people and cargo to the [...]
Greece is getting closer every day to defaulting on their debt. The entire world is watching and waiting for this inevitability to happen. Some investors and experts are actually saying that it would be good for the global economy if/when Greece defaults. Their reasoning is simple. If Europe allows Greece to default then it will be a [...]
Although some people do not like to admit it, the scientific community is not in unanimous agreement over global warming being caused by humans. Most scientists do believe that this is the case, but there certainly are some that are not so sure. Recently however, an experiment was conducted by CERN (multinational organization with some of the [...]
The health care system in Ontario, at least for the Greater Toronto Area is a failure. Although everyone has access to it in theory, many people do not have access to good doctors and proper treatment. There is a serious lack of good doctors in the GTA. This is not because Toronto does not produce [...]
I recently read an interesting article from Reuters (click here to read it) about Saudi Arabia’s water problems. You would think that a country as rich as Saudi Arabia that is essentially all desert would be out in front of this problem and would have invested a lot of money into solving it a long [...]
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