May

29

Nothing if not consistent

May 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A little while ago I wondered what Chapters/Indigo would do with the new Harpers which carries all 12 of the infamous Danish cartoons. I needed have….They banned the issue. Which has the virtue of consistency. In effect Heather is not going to let you see those cartoons in her shop no matter what…
In a memo […]

May

27

Yipee!

May 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment

“10. Jay Currie and Mark Bourrie - One proclaims he is a “bigot,” the other was successfully sued for claiming Warren was involved in the sponsorship mess. Spend their days rewriting Warren’s Wikipedia entry, or posting nasty things about him in chat rooms - usually anonymously. With enemies like this, who needs friends? ” Mr. […]

May

26

PPG v. PMO…Everyone’s a Winner

May 26, 2006 | 4 Comments

The Parliamentary Press Gallery, or some of them, walked out of a Harper press conference the other day to protest the fact that Harper was unwilling to ask questions to reporters on a list prepared by the PPG. The Zerb is all over this.
What I find interesting is that the lefty bloggers seem intent on […]

May

24

Oh Great…

May 24, 2006 | 3 Comments

All seven people infected with bird flu in a cluster of Indonesian cases can be linked to other patients, according to disease trackers investigating possible human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus.
A team of international experts has been unable to find animals that might have infected the people, the World Health Organization said in a statement […]

May

21

Lots of Experience…

May 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Abu Rajab underwent surgery at nearby Shifa Hospital in Gaza, where doctors stopped his bleeding and stabilized him before transferring him to the Israeli hospital Ichilov in Tel Aviv.
Abu Rajab, his head bandaged and his neck in a brace, was taken in a heavily guarded Palestinian ambulance to the
Israel-Gaza border crossing. Lying on a bloody […]

May

20

Pali civil war?

May 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Rival Palestinian security forces engaged in a late night gun battle in the heart of Gaza City heightening fears of a deterioration to civil war.monsters and critics
The wide boys and the thugs are battling it out for contol of the most fragile and corrupt regime in the Middle East. It’s tough not to hope that […]

May

19

The new 30

May 19, 2006 | 4 Comments

As of a couple of hours ago I have managed to roll up half a century. The glimmerings of wisdom do not yet seem apparent.
In fact, what I find I come back to again and again is a deep sense of gratitude, thankfulness that things have turned out as well as they have. At […]

May

19

Hmmm…in the land of Oz

May 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The PMO sends me Harper’s speeches…you too can sign up. Australian PM John Howard is in Ottawa and Harper’s welcoming speech was interesting. Particularily interesting was this,
Furthermore, as announced by Treasurer Peter Costello last month, Prime Minister Howard’s Government has paid down the country’s net debt.
An amazing accomplishment considering that the net debt stood at […]

May

19

Dear Pope

May 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is writing a letter to Pope Benedict, following an unprecedented letter to U.S. President George W. Bush earlier this month, a newspaper said on Thursday.
“President Ahmadinjad’s second letter is for Pope Benedict and will be sent in the next days,” Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper, which is close to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah […]

May

18

Damn

May 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Canada suffered its first female combat death since the Second World War when a woman soldier was killed during a lengthy firefight with Taliban insurgents Wednesday evening.
Capt. Nichola Goddard, of 1st Royal Canadian Horse Artillery based in Shilo, Man., was killed in action at 6:55 p.m., 24 kilometres west of Kandahar city, said Brig.-Gen. David […]

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