Luckily it ended up being just another day at the zoo.
A 300-pound Siberian tiger was mistakenly allowed to leave its pen at the Toronto Zoo yesterday, exposing it to visitors on one of the busiest days of the year.
Monthly Archives: December 2003
Even tech jobs leaving
Just when you thought only widget makers were setting up in China, there goes the tech jobs.
U.S. corporations are picking up the pace in shifting well-paid technology jobs to India, China and other low-cost centers, but they are keeping quiet for fear of a backlash, industry professionals said.
It’s easy to see how this helps corporations, it’s hard to see how it helps local employment.
Links
Found a few links today surfing away.
Paul Martin Times – that Paul Martin wants shut down. Should increase its popularity 1000%.
Gender Genie guesses the sex of the author.
Both links from the BoingBoing Blog, which I have now blogrolled.
via BA in TO
Mark on the miracle
Mark writes that Christianity was big on the miracle of birth and procreation, while the new EUrope has little use for children and families and a Judeo-Christian future.
The new religion is statism, and it will be the state that takes care of everyone as they get old.
Share the Warmth
Joe at WOC has an update to his link on how to support the troops in the Middle East – Canadians too.
The Canadians are currently based in Kabul, Afghanistan, with a contingent of around 1,700 plus 200 elsewhere. They are part of the ISAF multinational force, and are easily distinguished by their green camouflage uniforms. Here is the Operation Athena Home Page.
Green and Sunny
This is my idea of Xmas: green, sunny, and above freezing.
I never did understand why everyone is so big on snow for Xmas, especially when they have to get around town visiting relatives.
Looks like it will be a good month for the gas bill. Hope everyone in your family got what they wanted.
Here comes Santa!
Look here – we’re tracking Santa! Courtesy of the folks deep in the mountain near Denver. There’s even Canadian military helping too!
Click on the map below to view the official NORAD Santa Tracking Radar. It tells you where he has been, where he is now, and where he is heading.
Great Light Show
Every now and then, one of the neighbors goes nuts with the Xmas light display.
The lights at 4 Rosea Court are designed, installed, and funded by the Lindsay?s. Myself (Martin) and my brother (Andrew) have made this possible with a lot of time and dedication put toward the display. Of course, our girlfriends help when possible and our parents, who own the house, pay the electric bill and support our crazy ideas.
Jacko in the box
Merry Xmas all – and Saddam!
A photo montage Christmas greeting made by members of the 1-22 Battalion of the U.S. Fourth Infantry Division, featuring the face of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein manipulated to look like the head of Santa Claus, is posted on the wall of army barracks in Tikrit, Iraq December 22, 2003. REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra
via LGF
Merry Xmas to all [url=http://www.rightonblog.com]http://www.rightonblog.com[/url] readers! I’ll post tomorrow I’m sure as the (extended) family drives me crazy.
PCers gone wild
An interesting article on political correctness gone mad in 2003.
The advocates of Political Correctness enjoyed another great year in 2003.
:neale:
Trickle Down Destabilization
Steyn with a piece on those who continue to deny that America is winning the war on terror.
Colonel Gaddafi is merely the latest example of what one might call trickle-down destabilization. As I wrote in early May, “You don’t invade Iraq in order to invade everywhere else, you invade Iraq so you don’t have to invade everywhere else.”
Terrier Problems
Even the Royal family needs to learn to muzzle dangerous dogs.
THE Queen was last night heartbroken over the death of her beloved corgi Pharos — savaged by Princess Anne’s danger dog Dottie.
:drudge:
More “Life” Sentencing
I just watched the FLQ crisis on the History channel, and was reminded that the terrorists who killed Pierre Laporte got around 10 years for his murder.
Thirty years later, it appears killing someone still means nothing. Eleven years (effectively) for what appears to have been first degree murder? Disgusting.
A Richmond Hill man was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 11 years yesterday for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend. Peter Morrissey, 30, shot Melissa Pajkowski, 21, in the head with a .22-calibre handgun as she sat in the passenger seat of a Jeep being followed by police.
:cp:
:banghead:
How the west (was) won
A very interesting analysis of how Western Canada may have the last laugh when it comes to ruling the party of the right, the Conservative Party of Canada.
Were the last 15 years of division on Canada’s political right necessary?
:neale:
It’s hard to remember it all started with the CF18 fighter contract.