St. John’s mayor wants seat for Newfoundland at federal cabinet. (H/T National Newswatch)
Talk about having yer cod cake and eating it too!
Archive of entries posted on 18th October 2008
Why is David Miller so quiet on fatal stabbings?
Do only gun crimes merit his attention?
And is anyone in Quebec going to tell this family that we shouldn’t be getting tougher on teenage murderers?
...Paltooram was coming to the aid of his girlfriend, who was being assaulted by a group of individuals, when he was fatally wounded, police said.
A 16-year-old male has been arrested. He cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, but will appear in court this morning. He is charged with Second Degree Murder and Attempted murder…
There, there Sonny. You just go home and write out 100 times, I should not be killing people.
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More on Metro murders by knife from the Globe, and City News and Sun.
This is really worth checking out too – Toronto Movie Filming Exposes Canada’s Guns for Money Policy by Joseph P. Tartaro, who is the Executive Editor of GunWeek Magazine. He references this August article in the Star.
Don’t miss Christie!
Christie Blatchford’s column in today’s Globe is HILARIOUS! An absolute must-read - With the election circus over, I’ll now say my piece.
I highly recommend that you read the whole column, but if you don’t have time, here are some samples:
…I was ready to put a bullet in my head after the first five of Mr. Layton’s sweater jokes. Yes, Mr. Harper tried to soften up his stiff image by donning the odd V-neck. Why do you think Mr. Layton appeared usually in jacket and tie? It wasn’t to preach to his converted, but to broaden his appeal. Same sort of reason, I assume, Mr. Harper wore the sweater now and then.
I was astonished that Stéphane Dion seemed, at one point, to seriously believe he might have a chance at winning; he must have been having the Toronto Star translated for him ….
…When what – astonishingly – ensued was less a discussion of Mr. Dion’s ability to lead a nation that is still predominantly English-speaking and more one about the merits of the question the interviewer had asked and then a subsequent argument over how broadcasters should ask their questions, and what was good journalism and what wasn’t, I was beside myself and suspect my friend imploded.
The editor-in-chief of the Star, J. Fred Kuntz (like many in the newspaper business, Mr. Kuntz has acquired as he has risen through the ranks an initial I don’t remember him having before) actually wrote a column about the journalism part of it. J. Fred concluded that the whole schmozzle was the fault of the interviewer, not the interviewee….
[Star link provided by blog administrator. Actually, Kuntz is the partner of an extended family member. Needless to say, politics are verboten at family functions.]
…It was when the financial meltdown began that someone – I think it was Mr. Dion but it could have been Mr. Layton – said something like, "Mr. Harper doesn’t care ; it’s the job of the prime minister to care," that I nearly lost my lunch. I didn’t want a PM who went about the land, caring with moist eyes. I wanted a PM who leads. I think I got one, too. …
Well done, Christie.
A little levity for my Post-election Letdown Therapy Group.
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Update: Also worth a read, although I don’t agree with everything he says – Stephen Harper’s coming majority: Jim Meek.
Sunday Update: L. Ian MacDonald – Dion like dinner. Hey! That’s my line!
