What’s happening April 27, 2010:
Anyone in Toronto shocked at the disgusting indifference shown in a NYC video of a man stabbed saving a woman from an attacker (after an hour and twenty minutes and two dozen people ignored him, he died), should take a hard look at their own city. Yesterday, a 79-year-old man was mugged on the TTC, and while he tried to hit the emergency strip, his calls for help were ignored and nobody bothered pressing that yellow alarm.
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Stephen Harper’s Cons finally came clean with their ignorant plan to NOT include abortion in their maternal health-care funding initiatives. Pandering to his religious fanatic voters, he’s knocking this country backward a few decades and basically reopening the abortion debate.
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Sometimes I wish the Liberals and NDP would get a little more creative during question period. Like, say, Ukraine – where the debate of renewing Russia’s Black Sea fleet lease involved brawling, egg tossing and smoke bombs.
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If you’re following the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, NASA (via Treehugger) has a couple of telling shots of the slick as it gets closer to the Delta National Wildlife Refuge.
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Finally, who needs electric trains when regular ones can run on beef. Amtrak in the US is testing new diesel that uses cattle power. Yes, vegetarians and vegans, the fuel mix – which cuts all kind of emissions – also runs on refined beef byproducts.[rssbreak]
