Where do I begin? There are so many things wrong with this story that it’s mind-boggling. A bunch of people have decided that all institutions for people with developmental disabilities must go. They claim it’s so people can have a choice of where to live, and they will be better off if integrated into the …
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Something to Ponder
Let me take you back to May of 2005. Peter MacKay has just broken up with Belinda Stronach. He says. “I think I’ll go home and walk my dog. At least dogs are loyal.” Now, let’s speed forward to 2006 when he calls Belinda Stronach a dog. Maybe…maybe he’s paying her a complement? Or maybe …
Only in Canada!
Only inCanada would kids be able to walk up to 24 Sussex Drive and Stornoway, knock on the door, yell “trick or treat!” and receive candy from the Prime Minister and head of the opposition. Seriously, it was on the news last night. Holy wow. That’s just funny. Did they always do that? I used …
Big Doctor is Watching You.
I feel like this theme is getting stale, but this one just baffles me. The story is this. the health commissioner of New York City has decided that Diabetes is an epidemic, and should be treated like infectious diseases. If someone has an infectious disease, health officials know about it, so the threat to others …
Come to Manitoba. You Might Accidentally Get Killed.
What is it with kids in Manitoba these days?
Does This Disturb You as Much as It Does Me?
Does this scare you? It should. George W. Bush just signed a new bill into law that will allow terror suspects to be tried sooner, interrogators to legally use techniques like sleep-deprivation and induced hypothermia, and make it even more ok than they seem to think it is now to hold people indefinitely. This disturbs …
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Somebody Tell Quality Control To Stop Working Off The Clock
B.C. LIQUOR WORKERS WARNED TO BEHAVE THEMSELVES AT AWARDS DINNER I can’t speak for anyone else, but this sounds like a pretty fun night to me.
Or Maybe People in Manitoba Don’t understand fires.
12-year-old charged with burning playmate, 11. Ooo! Let’s spray ourselves with bug spray and then light it. Sounds like great gobs of fun!
I Smell Something Burning. It’s Common Sense!
A friend sent me a story that pissed me off, so I thought I’d write about it. Let me try and sum this up for you. At a housing complex in a tough neighbourhood in Winnipeg, a bunch of kids between the ages of 8 and 11 decided to set fire to a shed in …
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Wear Pants Next Time
Roofer nails testicle to roof