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The Phil Blog
by Phillip Hong
Back when Phil was a young kid, he kept a note of his thoughts in a black book. This black book has been filled and he has moved on to journals of different colours, but it didn't seem complete to just write it. As a result, Phil decided to record his journal.
Episodes
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Hippie Lesson
As seventeen suspects were hauled off into the William G. Davis/Grenville courthouse in Brampton, the media started to roar. Agencies, local and international, pumped out headlines and mulch that were from quaint to outrageous. There were a few media reports that suggest that the most basic...
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A Homegrown Disgrace
As proven in a terrorist sting instigated by police officers in the Toronto area, the threat of bombs going off and people getting killed is no longer theorised as "what happens outside Canada". As told in a police conference, the suspects held, in their posession, around three tons of…
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A Dirty Habit
For smokers in Ontario and Quebec, lighting up will be so much harder from now on. A smoking ban that blankets just about every single indoor public space will be in effect, and restaurant owners and smokers are less than thrilled aobut this development. In my humble opinion, smoking is not a...
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Here Comes The Rain Again
However cynical I am about politics is about to change dramatically. The tides have turned and I am as cynical as ever. Alberta Premier Ralph Klein recently announced that he would be seeking legal advice in regards to withdrawing from the federal equalisation plan. The province has recently…
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Episode 031 - Just Desserts
Justice for me is a two-pronged approach. I am a proponent of sentencing criminals to fair sentences, but from a human standpoint, I also believe in healing and forgiveness. Take the case of Min Chen. He was the person who murdered Cecilia Zhang back in 2003. The crime sent shockwaves to…
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Episode 030 - The Pizza Day Craze
At lunchtime one day, I picked up my little sister, Jen, from elementary school. Whilst I was waiting for her in the main hallway, two ladies with around thirty boxes of pizza were organising the slices for the students who ordered in each class. It was then I realised that it was Pizza Day that...
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Episode 028 - Scarborough Fair
Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Remember me to one who lives there. She who was a true love of mine. - Traditional English Ballad Of course, this traditional English ballad is talking about the town in Yorkshire, England, but what about the Toronto suburb (of...
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Episode 027 - Cold Blood
Never in my right mind did I ever expect anything like this happening in Ontario. Eight bodies were found just south of London, Ontario. Police believe the victims knew each other. News organisations scramble to delve out as much information as they could grasp, even though the authorities have...
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Episode 026 - Government Inaction
I am probably the last person who can criticise the policy of broadcasting regulations, but I have a very big beef over how the Canadian Radio-Telecommunications Commission is working from case to case. The appropriate decisions the CRTC have not made recently really have bugged me. In late 2004,...
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Episode 025 - Tax Blues
This week is a hectic one for many people; whomever earned income from the previous year will have to file an income tax return. This year is probably the worst one to file a return for me because my former employer was the first to send me three separate slips. I never thought that I would have...
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Episode 024 - Blasted Curfews
A Toronto city councillor proposed, for the umpteenth time now, a bylaw imposing a curfew on children and teenager at a certain time. And, for the umpteenth time, the motion was voted down by Toronto City Council. This represents yet another attempt to apply unfair ageism, governmental parenting…
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Episode 023 - Canadian Drama?
Why, in this whole wide world, must we Canadians be abandoned from homegrown soap operas? Whilst the Japanese have doramas, and Latin-origin Canadians get to watch novellas acted out in their language, we English-speaking Canadians must live in a drama-less life. But this is everyone's fault, of...
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Media Beepups: See Viva, page 8
Welcome to Media Beepups, I'm Phillip Hong. Today we're going to check out a community newspaper. On the front page of the Vaughan Citizen, March 9th edition, there is an article about the coming subway announcement in Toronto: TALK OF SUBWAY CASH HAS CITY ON ITS TOES; RACCO WON'T CONFIRM FUNDS…
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Those Cute Little Seals (Part 2)
I find it ridiculous to hear that the McCartneys actually care about the seal hunt. It sounds like they were pawns of the animal welfare organisations that engage in extreme tactics to line their coffers. A big first reminder is that Paul and Heather McCartney were invited by these protest…
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Episode 021 - Those Cute Little Seals
The Canadian government has given valuable answers to dispel charges made by animal rights groups and the Hollywood Bourgeoisie. Must we be reminded of that useless shirt worn by magnate daughter and American snobhead Paris Hilton. Club sandwiches, not seals the shirt says, blatantly disregarding...
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Episode 020 - Courtyard Memories
I always believe in being a tourist in my hometown; my philosophy is if you haven't been in every nook and cranny of where you live consider yourself a tourist. It's always exhilerating to see things you never usually see in your day-to-day routine. As Glass Tiger sang in a duet with Rod Stewart...
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Back when Phil was a young kid, he kept a note of his thoughts in a black book. This black book has been filled and he has moved on to journals of different colours, but it didn't seem complete to just write it. As a result, Phil decided to record his journal.
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Back when Phil was a young kid, he kept a note of his thoughts in a black book. This black book has been filled and he has moved on to journals of different colours, but it didn't seem complete to just write it. As a result, Phil decided to record his journal.
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