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<\/a>Golfers at a British Columbia resort \u2018were surprised to find their putting green turned into a playground by this baby bear.\u2019 \u2013 who danced with a pole and made off with a golf ball.-<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n =======================<\/p>\n Lead Articles:<\/span><\/p>\n -Live- Oscar Pistorius cleared of murder charges, lesser finding possible<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { “Premeditated murder ruled out-”\u00a0 But the judge adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:30 am, their time, when she might ‘let the other shoe drop’ —jim }<\/p>\n Dominatrix booted from Senate hearing on prostitution bill<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { -She was feisty- and said that if they passed the bill the way it is, she would make sure they forgot all about the Mike Duffy matter by releasing names and details she has on politicians.\u00a0 }<\/p>\n B.C teachers vote 99.4% in favour\u00a0 of binding arbitration<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { }<\/p>\n Obama outlines U.S. strategy to ‘ultimately destroy’ ISIS<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n Rob Ford undergoes tests after abdominal tumour found<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n CRTC hearings: How the outcome could affect your cable and internet bill<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { ‘experts’ say whatever proposals Canada’s broadcast regulator adopts, it will still hit Canadians in the pocketbook. —jim }<\/p>\n -Analysis- Travelling to the U.S.? Beware the police cash-grab: Neil Macdonald<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { “Across America, law enforcement officers – from federal agents to state troopers right down to sheriffs in one-street backwaters – are operating a vast, co-ordinated scheme to grab as much of the public\u2019s cash as they can, writes Neil Macdonald.”\u00a0 – & I found that out the hard way on my way to my sister’s funeral in March of 2007 —jim }<\/p>\n <\/p>\n =====<\/p>\n “Offbeat”<\/span><\/p>\n “This statue was not commissioned by the city of Vancouver and was removed, but not before a lot of commuters and other Vancouver citizens got a good look at it. When they described it as ‘horny’ they weren’t referring to the horns on his head.”<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n Baby bear dances with flag, makes off with ball on B.C. golf course<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 See the photo at the top of today’s stuff?\u00a0 —jim }<\/p>\n Hilarious homemade ‘Apple Watch’ designs flood Twitter<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { There’s a photo of this below.\u00a0 —jim\u00a0 }<\/p>\n Devilishly naked statue erected near Vancouver SkyTrain line\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 { See ‘tastefully’ blocked photo above —jim }<\/p>\n Flinging elastic bands could land students in academic journal\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n <\/p>\n =====<\/p>\n “Most Viewed”<\/span><\/p>\n Oscar Pistorius cleared of murder charges, finding of culpable homicide possible<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { I saw a tweet about this earlier –\u00a0 “If found guilty of culpable homicide [manslaughter] he could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison – But there is so much going on this morning in “Tweetland” — I can’t find that tweet again.\u00a0 —jim }<\/p>\n American shake down: Police won’t charge you, but they’ll grab your money<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { *** They did charge me- I was probably going one mile an hour over the speed limit – downhill on Route 91 south through Vermont on my way to my sister’s funeral – when they pulled me over – I thought I was getting out of their way while they chased after somebody else- nope- the Canadian plates must have tweaked their radar- then they lied about the speed on the ticket. Cathi had me drive 20 miles out of our way to pay the ticket before we returned. & on a Saturday morning, with no “No Parking” signs visible- we parked with several other cars outside an open building, went in and paid the ticket and came back outside to find a parking ticket on our windshield. —Sigh, no reason to get frustrated or angry — They will implode and not enjoy the rest of their lives — I don’t even want to think about it.\u00a0 —jim }<\/p>\n Rob Ford’s tumour diagnosis and the future of Toronto’s race for mayor<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { I’d still vote for Michael Moore, or maybe, more likely, Olivia Chow- but I’m nowhere near Toronto, thank goodness.\u00a0 —jim }<\/p>\n Joe Oliver set to announce EI premium cut to boost hiring<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { Joe Oliver is the current federal government’s Finance Minister – Sounds like somebody’s trying to buy votes for the Conservative side in local elections and in next year’s federal election.\u00a0 –\u00a0 —jim }<\/p>\n Scotland referendum no longer about keeping calm and carrying on<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 { Yes, we noticed yesterday that the British PM and others were starting to sling mud and verbal arrows at the possibility that they might succumb to outrageous fortune for the ‘Crown’ — The vote will take place next week.\u00a0 —jim }<\/p>\n University of Toronto math student attacks prof with knife<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { and yesterday’s tweet of the day was “from @ConspiracyWATCH \u2013 \u201cThe first thing a tyrannical government does is control learning\u201d —jim }<\/p>\n Ford car makers wear ‘age suits’ to design for older drivers<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n 9\/11 anniversary: National September 11 Museum open for 1st time\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 { & There were lots of tweets of American flags being unfurled in odd places this morning\u00a0 —jim }<\/p>\n -13 photo slide show- Scotland independence vote looms<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n -Blog- Olive Garden’s ‘7 weeks of unlimited pasta for $100’ promo goes horribly awry<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { 1,000 tickets for ‘7 weeks of unlimited pasta, soup, salad and cola’ went on sale for $100 U$ each — and apparently a lot more than 1,000 people who couldn’t get in on the bargain were not very happy about it.\u00a0 —jim }<\/p>\n <\/p>\n =====<\/p>\n Other:<\/span><\/p>\n U.S. will pursue ISIS into Syria, Obama vows in new strategy<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { Which was forecast years ago by ‘psychic spies’, remote viewers, and scientific types who had learned to catch on to future catastrophes and other not so pleasant events.\u00a0\u00a0 —jim }<\/p>\n Franklin ship searchers recall ‘Stanley Cup’ moment of their discovery<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { And last night, a tweet accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper of trying to take credit for the discovery when First Nations people in the area told them it was there a long time ago and nobody listened to them.\u00a0 —jim }<\/p>\n Putin orders Russian military to perform combat drill in east<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { The ‘drill of combat readiness’ involved 65,000 troops in the Volga region and the Ural mountains. In May, Russia and China held a joint naval exercise in the East China Sea.\u00a0 —jim }<\/p>\n 9\/11 anniversary: Sadly familiar rituals, but signs of change at WTC site<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { And more people all the time are realizing that those buildings could not have fallen straight down like they did if what had happened was just the result of two jets hitting two buildings. AND nobody who had such limited training on much smaller propeller type planes could have steered those jets so accurately into those buildings.\u00a0 grrrrr —jim }<\/p>\n -Updated- Israel-Gaza conflict: Human rights group blasts Israel for attacks on UN schools<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 { Yes, and tweeters went nuts with accusations of crack downs in other parts of Israel – and a couple ‘voices’ are ‘pointing fingers’ at Hamas for shooting off rockets from school buildings and seeming to have total disregard for the lives of their own people. This one seems to be a lose-lose-lose situation. Nobody can win, no matter what. —jim }<\/p>\n NFL launches probe into handling of Ray Rice evidence<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n “The Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the solar flare in progress.”<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n![\"A](\"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/2014-sep-11-horny-devil-statue-300x168.jpg\")
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