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School is out for another year and the report card on Policy Memorandum 150 has just trickled in. What's that you ask?

DIGITAL MATTRESS

Europeans sock away money

via virtual currencies. Fearful of the future, Europeans are moving their money out of their banks and dumping it into safe havens such as U.S. Treasuries, government of Canada bonds — and apparently the virtual currency Bitcoin.

Cuts? Not so deep really, they should have been different cuts, but the Liberals just don't get it yet.

No, that's not a spelling error in the title; this posting is about Ornge, the Ontario government's pet air ambulance service, and government spending in general.

Northland Power Inc has proposed reshaping an existing "waste rock pile" into a huge water reservoir, above and adjacent to the homes of many people in the village of Marmora. A similar one built in Missouri during the 60's was the upper reservoir for the Taum Sauk pumped storage plant. It failed in December 2005 and released four million cubic meters (about 1 billion gallons) of water in 12 minutes.

There’s an ongoing debate about rights, whether we have “natural rights,” or if rights pre-exist, or if they are independent of morality.

"Rights" have no meaning for a person living alone on a deserted island. As soon as two (or more) people attempt to live together, it seems to me they need to agree how they will deal with one another. If they don't agree that one person may not take another's life, or his means of maintaining his life, then life will indeed be short and brutish for all but the strongest and/or smartest.

Does a legally operating business within a community, have the right to choose what language is preferred on exterior signage? Not in Canada!