More proof that a life isn’t worth much to Canadian judges – and the life of a defenceless child even less.
Monthly Archives: April 2005
Fox gave away henhouse
I hold no illusions to the fact that I’m sure the city gave away the farm, like most governments do, to keep the unions (in this case. The TTC), quiet.
Am I the only one wondering why, with all their office space, the city chose an out of town hotel to negotiate in?
I’m not against unions, but I am against monopolies being allowed to strike.
The blackmail continues
Let’s see: we want people to get out of their cars by not building new roads, giving busses and streetcars right of ways, paying incredible wages for semi-skilled labor, banning any private market competition – and still we have to put up with strike action?
“They better not go on strike,” said 22-year-old Nadine Smith, waiting for a bus at Finch station for her 25-minute, two-bus ride home to Scarborough. “I don’t have a car and nobody living with me has a car.”
Sorry, you have a state sanctioned monopoly – no striking. Especially when it’s down to contracting out (badly) cleaning the disgustingly dirty vehicles – more highly unskilled labor.
Why should a cleaner get 45K$ plus benefits? It’s insane, but it is, alas, the Canadian way. Keeping paying, sheeple.
Bad press
A lovely montage…but can we ever get rid of the bums?
Bags of money in Italian restaurants, massive kickbacks…what will it take to wake up the lazy Ontario Liberal voter?
via NN
Check the water
Here’s a good way to check out who has a pool in your neighborhood.
No, Red Bull
Someone just gave me one of these drinks… apparently they are $65 a case and call themselves medicinal.
I have drunk half a can and am starting to feel the effects…twitchy, nervous…
Is this stuff legal? Must be, cuz I saw it at Wal*Mart.
Cheap computers
Jason has an entry on a neat idea.
Negroponte and some MIT colleagues are hard at work on a project they hope will brighten the lives and prospects of hundreds of millions of developing world kids.
Double lung cancer
I’ve heard that Mulroney has the same lung cancer as Peter Jennings has.
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney, who recently underwent surgery for non-cancerous growths in his left lung, will be laid up for months, Sun Media has learned.
It’s amazing how more high profile ex-smokers haven’t been in the news with the same thing.
It will be sad if we lose these two great Canadians … apparently these lung cancer victims have less than a year to live.
Abe on Silence
One of my favorite quotes on idiots.
Mark on the Pope
Mark says, as usual, the media doesn’t get the Pope.
Children lose again
This time, the letter of the international law is victimizing children. Apparently, common sense has no place in this custody case.
But in Chatham—with his daughters thousands of kilometres away—Jonathan England was neither fine nor good. Stunned from the girls’ court-ordered return to Britain on Wednesday, he was settling into the quiet, empty home that was filled with laughter 24 hours earlier.
Once again, the lawyers win and the children and parents lose. Sad.
Travel like an American
Here’s a dually who will be flashing his stars and stripes before his maple leaf.
Be it resolved that…
… on further trips abroad, I shall no longer be travelling on my Canadian passport. I shall henceforth be travelling only as an American.
Sounds like a good idea to me…plus, my American passport is cheaper and lasts twice as long.
via Brock
Inciting a riot
It’s amazing how one guy can yell fire and start a riot. His comment has cost the economy billions over the last few days – supply and demand has not changed one bit, but the dot.com hysteria he’s introduced to the market place is criminal. I hope he and his buddies are investigated for any positions they hold in oil and oil related stocks.
Several analysts were critical of an extremely bullish report that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. released Thursday, saying it created unreasonable fear in the market.
Canada’s Shame
Here’s more proof that we can’t do much for our own citizens.