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Thursday August 30, 2007

- 2 More striking workers in Vancouver, this time it’s the hotel industry.

- 1 The Vancouver Canucks unveil their new jerseys and receive more undeserved attention in August than ever before. They look like a combination of all the jerseys they wore last year.

+2 If you clicked on this link in Japan the page would load so fast your mind would explode.

- 3 A Wal-Mart in Winnipeg will be opened 24 hours a day. A huge relief for anyone that finds themselves venturing out at 2am in 40-below looking to grab a tub of jube-jubes and a four-pack of socks.

- 5 In South Africa, a country with one of the highest rates of HIV infection, 20 million condoms have been recalled in a likely attempt to take that coveted #1 position.

+10 Blogging turns 10 this year. The world is a better place.

- 5 China has hired a team of cartoon police to guard their internet from dangerous information.

+3 Fidel Castro has given Hillary Clinton the socialist death kiss and expressed his support for her in ’08.

- 3 Hilly Kristal, the founder of CBGB’s, died yesterday.

Today: - 4 This Year: +10