Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease affecting the exocrine (mucus) glands of the lungs, liver, pancreas, and intestines, causing progressive disability due to multisystem failure.
Thick mucus production results in frequent lung infections. Diminished secretion of pancreatic enzymes is the main cause of poor growth, greasy stools, and deficiency in fat-soluble vitamins.
There is no cure for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Canada'
Cystic Fibrosis Doesn’t Kill “Correct” People Says Carleton University
November 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Absurd · Canada · Health · Money · School · The Left
Canada Gun Prevalence and Crime Inversely Related
September 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment
From The Telegram:
If the federal government’s numbers are right, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are Canada’s most heavily armed citizens, but also its least trigger-happy.
According to the most recent numbers from the Canada Firearms Centre, the province has 70,977 registered firearms. Statistics Canada’s latest numbers estimate the province’s population at 508,270. That’s one gun for every 7.2 [...]
Tags: Canada · Crime/Law · Government · Guns
Necklace Deemed To Dangerous For Air Travel
June 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
From the USAToday:
That’s the headline from the Toronto Star which is reporting that Marnina Norys, a 39-year-old Ph.D. student in Canada, was stopped by security and prohibited from wearing her necklace into the terminal.
Last week, security officials at Kelowna International Airport in British Columbia forced Norys to remove a silver necklace with a pendant in [...]
Tags: Absurd · Canada · Government · Guns · Terrorism
Universal Healthcare Horror Stories
May 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Many of you are planning to vote for either Hillary or Barack simply because they’ve promised to give you “free” healthcare – or more aptly put, healthcare paid for by your friends and neighbors. And many of you will gleefully point to Canada as a shining example of how healthcare in the US should [...]
Tags: Absurd · Canada · Government · Health · The Left
Blame Urban Culture, Not Urban Guns
June 14th, 2007 · Comments Off
From canada.com via Front Sight, Press:
Sometimes I wonder whether Toronto Mayor David Miller actually listens to himself talk.
Probably not.
Nothing original ever issues forth from the man’s mouth. Instead, he seems only to function as a funnel for every fashionable theory about “root causes” and social engineering advanced in the past quarter century.
Consider the drivel His [...]
Tags: Canada · Crime/Law · Government · Guns · The Left
The Global Warming Hysteria Has Now Become Ridiculous
March 12th, 2007 · Comments Off
Michael Graham Richard has just published a guide on “how to green your sex life” so that your lovemaking won’t cause global warming. I’m not kidding.
Tags: Canada · Global Warming · Strange/Funny · The Left
Finally An Intelligent Solution To Global Warming
March 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change.
Tags: Canada · Global Warming · Strange/Funny
Universal Health Care Wait Times In Canada
January 31st, 2007 · Comments Off
Trackposted to Perri Nelson’s Website, Cao’s Blog, The Bullwinkle Blog, third world county, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, and Jo’s Cafe, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.
Universal Health Care – Single Payer Health Care – Socialized Medicine
Different phrases, all with the same meaning. Something the Left has been threatening to unleash on the US [...]
Tags: Canada · Government · Health · The Left · The US
CAIR Once Again Tries To Silence Criticism
January 24th, 2007 · Comments Off
CAIR and the Canadian government are attempting to silence the voice of Zachariah Anani, a former Lebanese terrorist and now a Christian lecturer.
Tags: Canada · Crime/Law · Dhimmitude · Islamofascism · Lebanon · Muslim/Islam · Terrorism
The Ties That Bind 17 Suspects?
June 7th, 2006 · Comments Off
“They represent the broad strata of our community,” the RCMP says.
Tags: Canada · Crime/Law · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam · Terrorism
World War III Is Continuing Along, Whether You Pay Attention Or Not
June 5th, 2006 · Comments Off
More and more attacks and threats of attacks on innocent civilians by the practitioners of the Religion Of Peace.
Tags: Canada · Crime/Law · Dhimmitude · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam · Terrorism · The UK · The US
The Sheaf: Their Hatred Of Christ And Their Fear Of Muhammad
March 8th, 2006 · 5 Comments
Either publish the Mohammed cartoons or admit that the refusal to publish the cartoons is based upon fear of Muslim violence rather than “respect” for any religion. Or, simply admit that the University of Saskatchewan respects Islam but not Christianity.
Tags: Absurd · Canada · Christianity · Dhimmitude · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam · School
































