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Making a Rotten Bet

editor@thecoast.ca (Bruce Wark) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Nova Scotia�s desire to get into the online poker business is misguided and cruel. by Bruce Wark When Don Connolly sat down last Wednesday to play on-air poker with NS Finance Minister Graham Steele, the veteran CBC Information Morning host was holding a royal flush. That winning hand had been dealt to him two days earlier by gambling expert John McMullan.…

Chinese puzzle

editor@thecoast.ca (Chris Benjamin) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0300

China�s not known as green, but a Canadian expert on Chinese renewable energy says we should watch and learn. by Chris Benjamin China's not known as green, but a Canadian expert on Chinese renewable energy says we should watch and learn. It seemed safe to say China has a bad reputation on environment.…

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

editor@thecoast.ca (Rob Brezsny) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0300

don�t sweep away cobwebs, taurus by Rob Brezsny VIRGO(August 23 - September 22) (August 23-September 22) I�ve been playing with a fun hypothesis lately: that absolutely everyone in the world has the power to heal someone else.…

Like Superman, he wears tights

editor@thecoast.ca (Dan Savage) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Where do I go from here? What�s a poopnoodle? And is everyone in the Republican Party a closeted homosexual? by Dan Savage Q I love women. I love the way they look, I love the way they move, I love the way they sound.…

Via Boston

editor@thecoast.ca (Jane Kansas) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:33:48 -0300

I am on Concord coach 912, en route to Portland, Maine with a 90 minute layover in Boston.

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Manchester, New Hampshire

editor@thecoast.ca (Jane Kansas) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:58:02 -0300

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We are poor

editor@thecoast.ca (Tim Bousquet) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Nova Scotia should give up its fantasies about importing wealth and instead build social capital. by Tim Bousquet Nova Scotia is poor. That's a reality that we don't seem to want to come to terms with.…

Free Will Astrology

editor@thecoast.ca (Rob Brezsny) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Dive into mysterious depths, Gemini by Rob Brezsny VIRGO(August 23-September 22) Our sun doesn�t really have a name. The word �sun� is a generic term that can refer to any of trillions of stars.…

Your dog won�t give you herpes

editor@thecoast.ca (Dan Savage) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Puppy-kiss paranoia, cream pie, newly lost virginity and why lesbians just don�t go for short straight men. by Dan Savage Q I lost my virginity last night. I'm a straight male in my early 30s, so it was about time.…

Bedford waterfront

editor@thecoast.ca — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:01:00 -0300

I am writing to request a formal correction to the commentary �Bad development,� (Sustainable City by Chris Benjamin, August 19).

Specifically:
1.…

The Thugs of Rensselaer Falls, New York

editor@thecoast.ca (Jane Kansas) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:13:41 -0300

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volunteering

editor@thecoast.ca — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:56:00 -0300

I work on the Holy Cross Cemetery project (�Grave business,� Arts by Shannon Fay, August 12) and most of the volunteers, by far, are Catholic and of Irish descent. Most of the damage done has been from erosion over time, not deliberate vandalism.…

seaport market

editor@thecoast.ca — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:55:00 -0300

Your polling of readers to vote on whether or not they feel the new Seaport Market is a success (August 12) seems to me to be rather premature.

The market is not completely finished nor as I understand it, all the systems for heating, cooling, et cetera fully operational.…

a miscount! in the census!

editor@thecoast.ca — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:54:00 -0300

The Conservative government has made an unfortunate error in judgment by deciding to get rid of the mandatory long-form census. This decision, made without any public consultation and without regard for its impact on Canadians, will deprive governments, businesses and non-profit organizations of sound, reliable statistics on which to base policy decisions.…

a mighty wind

editor@thecoast.ca — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:53:00 -0300

I very much appreciated the �Blow Job� article (Cover story by Bruce Wark, August 5), about windpower and its problems. It�s a breath of fresh air to hear a different side of the environmental story.…

sex work

editor@thecoast.ca — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:52:00 -0300

I am writing in response to �Bawdy crimes� (News by Lizzy Hill, August 12), respecting the new regulations that provide a punishment of up to five years in prison for sex workers who share a workspace or work from home, and make keeping a �common bawdy house� a serious offence for the purposes of the organized crime provisions.

Your article states that the changes are awaiting approval by Parliament; unfortunately, this was a change to regulations and doesn�t require a vote of Parliament, and was done unilaterally by the Conservative government, without any community consultation.…

Bad development

editor@thecoast.ca (Chris Benjamin) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

HRM committed to "smart growth" years ago, yet is still involved in stupid development schemes that hurt the environment by Chris Benjamin Bedford residents are looking down the barrel of two mega-projects that are anti-ecological, anti-community and will do little for culture---unless you consider shopping avant garde. If all goes as planned, the Bedford Basin near the Bedford Highway Sobeys and the western shore of Papermill Lake will be peppered with condos and strip malls.…

Free Will Astrology

editor@thecoast.ca (Rob Brezsny) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Reveal your inner workings, Aries. by Rob Brezsny LEO(July 23-August 22) For the people of Finland, the word sisu describes a quality they regard as integral to their national character. It refers to a courageous strength of will that can be sustained for a long time---a staunch ferocity that refuses to be defeated.…

Vaginotional penistration

editor@thecoast.ca (Dan Savage) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

If the way you�re getting off weirds you out, just come to terms with it; and Dan takes a bad speller to task. by Dan Savage Q My boyfriend and I are straight college students, and he's always wanting to try new things. Recently, he asked to put a finger in my ass while we were having sex.…

Churchill fails

editor@thecoast.ca (Bruce Wark) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Nova Scotia is pegging its renewable power hopes on a gigantic, destructive hydro project in Labrador. by Bruce Wark Darrell Dexter was playing politics when he huffed and puffed this week about Quebec's objections to federal subsidies for an undersea power line between Newfoundland and Cape Breton. "The reality is that when good things happen for Quebec, it is seen as a triumph of federalism," the NS premier complained to the Herald.…

Ellen

editor@thecoast.ca (Jane Kansas) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:07:44 -0300

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Cute Puppy Interlude

editor@thecoast.ca (Jane Kansas) — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:40:30 -0300

I meet a cute puppy named Brandie. She has a little Newt Gringrich doll.…

My Boys, My Troops

editor@thecoast.ca (Jane Kansas) — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:21:39 -0300

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Free Will Astrology

editor@thecoast.ca (Rob Brezsny) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Go with your flow, Taurus. by Rob Brezsny LEO(July 23-August 22) Paul, a fortune-telling octopus in Oberhausen, Germany, had an amazing run of success predicting the results of World Cup competitions awhile back. His technique?…

�No more than 10 times a day�

editor@thecoast.ca (Dan Savage) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

That�s Dan�s advice for horny male teens with a fist but no gal/guy. Plus: Vary the fist routine boys. It�ll help. And it�s �come� not �cum.� by Dan Savage Q Longtime reader, first-time mailer. A long while ago, you wrote an incredible piece of general advice for teenage boys.…