We suppose it was only a matter of time before it happened. Sci-fi extravaganza, Planet of the Apes, portended a world where apes had evolved to become the dominant species on the planet with humans relegated into slavery and/or sport. Of course, it took a wayward spaceship and a conveniently located time-altering wormhole to arrive in that apocalyptic world. Now it appears that apes (chimpanzees in particular) aren’t that far behind us in the evolutionary rat-race.

It’s fairly well known that apes make use of tools in their lives. Gorillas have been known to use sticks to gauge the depth of muddy rivers before crossing, use logs as bridges to cross smallish streams and even use tree stumps as postural support while dredging for food in swamps. Chimpanzees use stone tools to crush nuts and fruits, Read On! »

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With the US firmly entrenched in the political process ahead of their general elections, it’s easy to get swept up in all the hyperbole and propaganda. The Clinton-Obama Race Wars, the McCain-Romney Bore Wars and so on. What we have noticed, however, is that a lot of people are simply fed up with the Bush administration and current state of everything (economy on the verge of recession, never-ending war on terror, paranoia everywhere, etc.). Indeed, several people we got in touch with mentioned that regardless of the candidates, they were going to vote Democrat so as to remove from office a power-hungry, elitist, misguided administration. Well, we think it pays to be discerning and that both major parties should be considered regardless of the current Republican track record. A little parable to illustrate, yes? Read On! »

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Editor’s note: Original title – Jumping Through Hoops: A Criticism of Modern Woman.

I will begin at the place where the idea started, shivering to keep itself alive; wrapped in a newspaper like a thrift-shop gift. I was reading an article one day, not too long ago, the kind of sensible, instructional, “for-your-own-good” piece of printed charm. The content? Nothing other than the slightly insistent, slightly nagging, slightly droning voice of feminism, a voice that is so misunderstood (and, more tragically, so misnamed) by so many smirking, self-righteous women and men, that it is beginning to breed confusion rather than liberation. Just as the author, Wallace Immen, was stumbling through the tirelessly saturated topic of women in management, a punch-line quote cooked up by a certain consultant named Elaine Allison was suddenly presented on a fool’s gold platter of wisdom: “If women Read On! »

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Stupidity events are by no means a rare occurrence. It is, however, not often that the judicial system supports and rubber-stamps a stupidity event. Consider the case of 23 year old Canadian, Sandra Bergen, who successfully sued her drug dealer for selling product that put her in a coma. The product in question: crystal methamphetamine (angel dust*, shabu, blade, quartz, super ice or what have you).

Sandra Bergen of Saskatchewan successfully sued her drug dealer, Clinton Davey, for knowingly selling her a drug that was highly addictive and dangerous and with intent to injure. After dosing on her new purchase, Bergen promptly had a heart attack and spent 11 days in a coma (time that was clearly spent dreaming of ways to cash in on her misfortune). Apparently, addicts aren’t already familiar with the side-effects of drugs such as Read On! »

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