Left briefing papers lying around, under estimated the budget by a trillion or two, miscounted the power of gold, dated ex biker chicks, well, you get the picture, Lowell Green, Steve Madely and their ilk would have their panties in a knot.
WFDS
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
201...When Did Canada Become So Mean?
Truly, example thereof would be the blog ZeroMeansZero, Anonymous little pissants spouting vile hatred of Ottawa's mayor and judging, pre judging, a man, Mayor Larry O'Brien of Ottawa, who, like you, should get the benefit of the presumption of innocence.
Ditto the comment after Post 197, by, you guessed it, Anonymous, who has decided that Omar Khadr is less of a Canadian than you and I.
More examples.
The insane proposed new mandatory sentencing laws for marijuana; who needs discretion anyhow.
Ontario's new anti drinking and driving laws that offer the same lack of discretion.
And on and on.
WFDS
Ditto the comment after Post 197, by, you guessed it, Anonymous, who has decided that Omar Khadr is less of a Canadian than you and I.
More examples.
The insane proposed new mandatory sentencing laws for marijuana; who needs discretion anyhow.
Ontario's new anti drinking and driving laws that offer the same lack of discretion.
And on and on.
WFDS
200...Jacques Martin, Le New Coach Of The Habs
Wow, what a perfect fit.
Jacques Martin, ex coach of the Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers and St. Louis Blues is the new head coach of the Montreal Canadiens.
He is as good a fit in Montreal as he was in Ottawa; localish boy [born in St. Pascal, Ontario, near Rockland; close to both Montreal and Ottawa], bilingual and passionate.
The chink in his armour is he is well on his way to becoming the Gene Mauch of hockey.
WFDS
Jacques Martin, ex coach of the Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers and St. Louis Blues is the new head coach of the Montreal Canadiens.
He is as good a fit in Montreal as he was in Ottawa; localish boy [born in St. Pascal, Ontario, near Rockland; close to both Montreal and Ottawa], bilingual and passionate.
The chink in his armour is he is well on his way to becoming the Gene Mauch of hockey.
WFDS
198...CKCU Open Doors Ottawa, Saturday
To celebrate the 65th anniversary of D-Day, 93.1CKCU, based on the campus of Canada's 46th best university, Carleton, will be having an open house this Saturday from 10 ish in the morning til 5 ish in the afternoon.
Music, tours and most importantly, tic, who will be there to offer you a tour of the station and an opportunity to bask in his presence.
More information is available at http://www.ckcufm.com/.
And, yes, there will be food.
WFDS
Music, tours and most importantly, tic, who will be there to offer you a tour of the station and an opportunity to bask in his presence.
More information is available at http://www.ckcufm.com/.
And, yes, there will be food.
WFDS
197...Proud To Be A Canadian
Sometimes it is hard to be proud to be a Canadian.
Janice Tibbetts reports in Wednesday's Montreal Gazette that the government of our home and native land is arguing in court that Canada's legal duty to protect its citizens, even children, ends at the border and there is nothing in domestic or international law that obliges the government to seek Omar Khadr's repatriation.
The government contends it has done plenty to ensure the "well-being" of the Guantanamo Bay detainee; they have supplied him with magazines and everything!!!
Brings a tear.
WFDS
Janice Tibbetts reports in Wednesday's Montreal Gazette that the government of our home and native land is arguing in court that Canada's legal duty to protect its citizens, even children, ends at the border and there is nothing in domestic or international law that obliges the government to seek Omar Khadr's repatriation.
The government contends it has done plenty to ensure the "well-being" of the Guantanamo Bay detainee; they have supplied him with magazines and everything!!!
Brings a tear.
WFDS
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
196...Who Let The Gold Out?
Spin doctors are on high alert at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa where Christine Aquino, mint spokeswoman, said in a prepared statement Tuesday in response to questions from the Ottawa Citizen. "An unprecedented demand in gold in 2008 has led to an unreconciled difference between the mint's financial statements and the physical count of precious metals. There's a difference there that we're looking into..."
Unreconciled difference.
Love it.
Rolls off the tongue.
Unreconciled difference.
This isn't the first time someone has thiefed from the Mint; but every time it happens the Mint seems to spin their way out of it by essentially, well, spinning.
An example thereof from Ian MacLeod's Ottawa Citizen article is his reporting that "The largest reported theft at the mint was in 1996, when a machinist at the Sussex Drive plant pocketed 85 ounces...of almost-pure gold...A charge of theft against the man was later dropped for unexplained reasons and the mint was spared the humiliation of a trial that would have explained how the man snuck the precious metal past metal detectors, surveillance cameras and electronic sensors."
See, it is real important that the mint spin bad acts under the rug coz security is paramount to the mint's success. Or, more to the point, the appearance of security.
Your tax dollars, in action.
WFDS
Unreconciled difference.
Love it.
Rolls off the tongue.
Unreconciled difference.
This isn't the first time someone has thiefed from the Mint; but every time it happens the Mint seems to spin their way out of it by essentially, well, spinning.
An example thereof from Ian MacLeod's Ottawa Citizen article is his reporting that "The largest reported theft at the mint was in 1996, when a machinist at the Sussex Drive plant pocketed 85 ounces...of almost-pure gold...A charge of theft against the man was later dropped for unexplained reasons and the mint was spared the humiliation of a trial that would have explained how the man snuck the precious metal past metal detectors, surveillance cameras and electronic sensors."
See, it is real important that the mint spin bad acts under the rug coz security is paramount to the mint's success. Or, more to the point, the appearance of security.
Your tax dollars, in action.
WFDS
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