We were pretty psyched last night about the debates. We got ourselves all set up with Chinese food, notebooks, knitting, and a remote control to switch between two pre-programmed debate channels. The plan was we’d watch the comedic American Vice-Presidential debate, tape the more serious Canadian leadership debate, and switch back and forth during commercials. […]
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I’m no economist, but I couldn’t believe it when George W. Bush said “The market isn’t behaving properly.” It seems to me it’s behaving exactly the way it should behave under the circumstances. It’s the same thing with the economy, which has been subjected to years of short-sighted and reckless mismanagement by the Bush administration […] After work today, GC and I attended two very different events: Marion Dewar’s Lying in State at City Hall, followed by the Sex Trade Workers Rally on Parliament Hill. The lineup inside City Hall led directly to Marion Dewar’s five children, where we could offer our condolences before filing past the closed casket and signing […] Marion Dewar, still active and energetic at the age of 80, died today after falling in Toronto where she was attending the International Film Festival. My earliest encounters with Marion Dewar were when she served as the school nurse at Earl of March Secondary School, where I was a student for awhile. I remember her as […] Conservative politicians seem to think it’s a simple enough matter to quit doing drugs. Just quit, that’s all. Just stop doing them. Just say no. They believe a more punitive approach to drug use will yield the desired results. If we wield a big enough stick, addicts will decide drugs aren’t worth it, and will […] Federal Health Minister Tony Clement addressed a meeting of the Canadian Medical Association on Monday where he deliberately and publicly denounced the ethics of doctors who support Insite*. “The supervised injection site undercuts the ethics of medical practice and sets a debilitating example for all physicians and nurses, both present and future in Canada,” Mr. Clement […] You know what makes me cranky? Finding political junk mail in my mailbox. It’s a blatant abuse of power and taxpayers’ money. I’m talking about those insidious campaign ads the Conservative Party (aka the Reform Party) is mailing out. I think I’ve received four of them so far. They’ve all come from that creepy John […] I made the mistake of reading several hundred comments on the Yahoo Canada News site yesterday, as people responded to the gruesome decapitation on the Greyhound bus. The right-wing redneck racists were out in full force with their appalling opinions and atrocious spelling. They were clamoring for the guy’s head. Literally. They were blaming immigration […] Things are unusually quiet on the blogging front these days. I keep shaking my blog reader to see if it’s still working. Even the prolific bloggers have slowed down or stopped. Even the group blogs are silent. Mayor Larry has even refrained from giving himself a bloggerly pat on the back for three days. A […] You may have seen Mayor Larry heralding the news that Ottawa’s crime rate fell 5% last year. He certainly seems pleased with himself about it. In fact, the crime rate has been trending downwards since 1991. It’s not a result of anything Mayor Larry has done, it’s the result of demographic shifts in the population. The […] |
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