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From the Canadian Cancer Statistics for 2008: This pattern is common with any new testing that can discover a condition earlier or the introduction of wider use of existing tests. Detected rates will go up, the press will hype it and people will worry and buy papers and magazines. Media needs...

There already is too much information to sift through communications for starting evidence from nothing. More likely it's used for research purposes once leads are generated from other sources. To connect a group of people together for example once one is caught or exhibits suspicious activity. ...

This week's episode of Marketplace on CBC is a repeat on this topic. Gives examples etc. http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/

Only every once in a while does the image in question come up with a HTTPS: link here, also when it does there is no link on the image itself so clicking on it does nothing. It doesn't come up like this often but when it does I get an annoying dialog about the certificate and asked to...

One of the banner ads in the rotation of ads in the top right (in the box beside where it shows stuff like total time logged in) in the forums tries to install/use a bad site certficate. The image shows as : https://milnet.ca/ads/Openx/www/images/ad-milnet.ca120x90.png but doesn't have a...

Picking the date of 2001 to backdate to shows one of the problems. If you give a benefit to one group in a given situation there will be other groups arguing how they have similar circumstances and should also be given similar benefits. They will also probably be right. This means considering...

Only lawyers and bureaucrats could care so much about which pile of money was spent for what based on some arbitrary rules. Ads will allways have both national/local benefits and if they want to shuffle money or ad spends around to their benefit who cares.

Most consider Magna Carta originally issued in 1215 as the start of the path to constitutional government for the western world. It wasn't a smooth road as just like with the US constitution it wasn't allways lived up to. For example some subjects were taxed but not given representation which...

Various atheist movements have done just as bad. Mao's cultural revolution in China, Stalin's gulags/purges in Russia, Pol Pot's killing fields in Cambodia and on and on and on. The cancer is totalitarian and undemocratic states. The answer is embodied in the US Constitution. Things like limited...

People disagree on what the will, good and interest of the nation are. Democracy allows a change of government when it heads off into the deep swamp but has never stopped it from getting tangled in the weeds at the side of the road.

Verses from the Koran, graphic images and warnings followed by a call to action. That pattern should be familiar - it's in a lot of the jihad videos being passed around even amongst some Canadian Muslims. The only difference is the lack of a call for violence. I have a feeling the style and...

Minuteman entered service in the 1970, has received various upgrades and is currently the only land based ICBM in use by the United States. It's planned to be in service until 2020 and may with even more upgrades and parts replacement programs still be around in 2040. Why is such an old missile...

Back on topic: the PM has filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against the Liberals. Seems to me the Liberals are so desperate to find dirt on the Conservatives and attack Harper in particular they have lost all ability to discern a real scandal from a fabricated one. It's going to bite them in the ass...

From my knowledge it's historical and works as a counter balance to the 5th amendment (the right against self incrimination) which when combined with the right to counsel provides a means of defence where the defendant can remain silent. As well the defence can withhold information while the...

People lie all the time without a real reason to even when it's to their own and others detriment. Even the innocent often lie to save face, cover-up embarrassing facts or out of fear they will be accused of wrongdoing. I find the "no reason to lie" arguement a very thin and inadequate attempt...

Heresay statements (not evidence yet as no statements have been made under oath) from third parties one way are not convincing given the principle in question made statements that were recorded and are still available the other way. Absent more evidence there is nothing here, and calling for the...

The tax structure of the new savings account is reversed from that of a RRSP. You don't get deductions putting money into it but also don't pay tax on money you take out of it. This means any investment gains will be tax free.  With a RRSP you save tax today and pay tax when you withdraw money...

Also the Chinese did it without any warning and were not very forthcoming about details afterwords. The US informed the world well ahead of time and even released footage of the intercept. While using some of the same Technology as NMD (National Missile Defence) the weapon used in the intercept...

That makes no sense to me from my limited accounting knowledge. I buy a $2000 computer for business purposes and get to expense say $400/year against my business's income while keeping the rest on the books until it drops to $0. My $2000 is still gone from day one and carrying an accounting...

A web comic that also matches my thoughts: xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.