Canuck Amuck
A perspective from the Northern Kingdom on the Southern Republic
DonOntario
- Location
- Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Bio
- A Canadian who spent four of the Bush years living and working in the United States, and who follows politics here and there.
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “The law governing the
rules of succession is pretty
old, but
not quite so old
as…”
1:44PM - “And it's interesting
that you didn't realize that a
lot of
the War of 1812 was
in…”
November 24, 2009 01:25AM - “I don't think it
was dark. I think the idea in
the
story is that neither
group b…”
November 24, 2009 01:21AM - “This is a great story.
After reading another recent
article
about the War of
181…”
November 24, 2009 12:27AM - “Great article about the
Battle of York! Of course,
this
battle wasn't the only
p…”
November 24, 2009 12:21AM
DonOntario's Links
NOVEMBER 24, 2009 12:14AM
Wartime Deception at Backus
A recent article on OS about the Battle of York during the War of 1812 got me thinking about another War-of-1812 story that happened in the area where I was raised, involving a nifty deception. This is the story as it was relayed to me by my father, so I can't… Read full post »
APRIL 17, 2009 2:01PM
Wonders of "socialized medicine": Lungs alive outside body
MIT's Technology Review has an article entitled "Fixing Lungs Outside the Body".
This video is amazing:
From the article:
A new out-of-body lung-repair technique developed at the Toronto General Hospital may dramatically increase the number of lungs that can be used in transplants… Read full post »
I've just read a story about the US stimulus bill from a Canadian point of view. The facts are:
- The stimulus bill, as passed by the US House of Representatives, includes a provision that any projects funded by the stimulus money need to buy only US-produced steel and iron
- The … Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 11:30PM
Canada does not have a "nationalized" health care system
In US political discussions, health care in Canada, when it is mentioned, is usually referred to as a "nationalized system" or "national system". This is wrong on two main counts.
- There is not really one Canadian national health care system: there are at least ten or thirteen. Like the republi … Read full post »
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