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We Don?t Get No Respect
2007-12-11 01:35:00 Canada, the land of oppressors and polluters. At least that is what some people think. In a report released Monday titled Canada and the International Protection of Human Rights: An Erosion of Leadership? Amnesty International said we are losing credibility as a global human-rights champion. It cites Ottawa’s sudden refusal last month to fight the death ... More About: Canada , Respect
Morning Humour
2007-12-04 18:37:00 Found a couple of humorous items while cruising the web last night. Over on Windows Live Spaces at ComputerJy Inside I discovered the following: Doctors’ Comments On Patient Charts Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year. On the 2nd day the knee was better and on the 3rd day it ... More About: Humour , Morning
Sponsored Themes Revisited
2007-12-03 03:10:00 Back in April the world of WordPress was up in arms over the topic of ’sponsored themes’. I couldn’t help but throw in my two cents by writing a story of my own (see Sponsored Themes ) in which I said, While I have no problem with sponsored themes it seems some others do referring to the ...
Heavy Metal
2007-12-03 00:38:00 Strange story from ZD Net. News just in from those sensitive folks over at the Science and Public Policy Institute in Pennsylvania. Yep, as we were warned earlier this year, Tamara Mariea (a “certified clinical nutritionist”), and the redoubtable Dr George Carlo (see here for more on this “expert on the dangers of electromagnetic radiation”) have ... More About: Metal , Heavy metal , Heavy
This Is Starting to Get Tiresome
2007-12-03 00:30:00 In the past I’ve been highly critical of the Canadian broadcast industry in general and the CBC in particular. But just when I think I’ve run out of reasons to feel that way they throw me another. Cable companies and television networks are bitterly divided over the concept of “time shifting,” where viewers can watch TV ... More About: Some , Tire
It?s Time For a Unicycle
2007-12-03 00:25:00 Are you ready for a buck fifty? For a litre of gasoline? Canadian drivers should brace themselves for record gasoline prices this spring if crude oil stays in the $90-a-barrel range, experts say. “They could be getting into the $1.30, $1.40, maybe even the $1.50 range per litre,” said Jason Toews, one of the founders of ... More About: Time
I?m an Average Joe - and I support Harper
2007-10-09 03:59:00 How many times have you heard the phrase [the Conservatives] only care about the rich? Next time you hear that silly phrase remind yourself of this piece by the Christian Conservative. On the one hand, you have Prime Minister Stephen Harper , where all those in attendance were regular people who have day jobs, are trying to ... More About: Support , Average
Plugin Update
2007-10-08 23:51:00 If you’re a fan of the FeedBurner FeedSmith plugin, which redirects all of your original WordPress feeds to FeedBurner you’ll want to upgrade immediately as a potential security vulnerability had been uncovered. Some WordPress plugins that permit the entry of user-entered values, such as older versions of FeedSmith, can be vulnerable to what is called a ... More About: Plugin , Update
Afghanistan Executes Prisoners
2007-10-08 20:53:00 Afghanistan has ended a 3-yr + moratorium on capital punishment by executing 15 prisoners. Afghanistan has executed 15 prisoners, including a man convicted of killing three western journalists and an Afghan photographer, in the country’s first use of the death penalty in over three years, Chief of Prisons Abdul Salam Ismat said Monday. Ismat said the mass ... More About: Afghanistan , Prisoners , Utes
Get Well Jean
2007-10-08 20:44:00 I’m a little slow on the draw but a belated ‘get well soon’ to Jean Chretien. The former Prime Minister underwent heart surgery last week in Montreal and appears to be recovering just fine. Although I never particularly liked him while he was in power the man had balls, no doubt about that. And for the ... More About: Well
Grits Now Eating Their Own
2007-10-01 09:53:00 Robert on the self-destruction of the Liberals, Oh well, I guess self flagellation must be a new progressive value. More About: Eating
Back On The Air
2007-10-01 09:50:00 After a database crash riteturnonly.com has returned. I’ve tried to restore the site as much as possible using archived material but unfortunately some material as well as many many comments are lost in cyberspace forever. My apologies to those whose comments have vanished. That’s what I get for not having a backup! More About: Back
Happy Birthday
2007-07-02 06:54:00 First of all my apologies for the lack of reading material lately but work has all but consumed me this last month or so. After being up on a roof for 10 or 12 hours/day one doesn’t feel much like writing about politics when the day is done. Secondly, a great big happy birthday to this ... More About: News , Military , General , Happy , Birthday
Three-peat
2007-05-31 20:40:00 Belated congratulations to Manitoba Premier Gary Doer on leading the provincial NDP to a record third consecutive majority government. The final tally in the 57-seat Manitoba Legislature was NDP: 36, PC: 19 and Liberals: 2. Although not my choice for a provincial government the people of Manitoba were obviously not ready for a change thanks in ... More About: Politics , Three
Out With the Old
2007-05-07 01:28:00 This is an unexpected albeit pleasant surprise. Nicolas Sarkozy’s victory adds a new dynamic to world politics. It will be interesting to see how the new France fits into the European Union - or the United Nations for that matter. More About: International , The O
Way to Go Steelers
2007-05-04 08:17:00 I should have posted this much sooner but alas I suffered a seriously sprained ankle last Sunday and haven’t been moving around too much since. In fact I missed an entire week of work. Anyway, congratulations to the Selkirk Steel ers for winning the Anavet Cup in dramatic style! The Anavet Cup is played between the ... More About: News , General , Manitoba , Steelers
Honey Pot Project
2007-05-04 06:50:00 Since installing Akismet and Bad Behaviour the spam to this blog has all but dried up. For those who don’t know, Akismet (Automattic Kismet) works by checking your blogs comments against their database to see if they look like spam. If Akismet identifies a comment as spam it sets it aside in a special folder ... More About: Software , Internet , Technology , Computers , Blogging
Politics of Sports
2007-05-03 06:46:00 Are things really that slow in Ottawa these days? Sheesh. More About: Politics , Sports , Spor , Poli , Ports
Oh the Shame
2007-05-03 06:37:00 I had to chuckle when I read this story. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been accused of indecency after he publicly embraced and kissed on the hand an elderly woman who used to be his schoolteacher. The ultra-conservative Hezbollah newspaper, which is not related to the group in Lebanon of the same name, criticised him on the ... More About: Islam , Middle East , International , Sham , Shame
Amateurs
2007-05-03 06:29:00 First Kevin Potvin and now Elizabeth May. Anyone out there still think these guys are ready for prime time? Go ahead Dion, forge all the alliances you want with these clowns. More About: Politics , Mate , Amateur , Amat , Amateurs
It?s Not All That
2007-04-25 04:09:00 I read an interesting post today in Alexa’s official blog called Alexa Data vs. Your Raw Logs in which they describe how Alexa traffic is calculated and what constitutes a visit. In pointing out how your very own server logs may not be giving you an accurate picture, Geoffrey Mack, Alexa product manager states, Few individuals ... More About: Software , Internet , Technology , Computers , Blogging
Spend Spend Spend
2007-04-25 00:49:00 How can ya tell it’s election time in Manitoba ? NDP Premier Gary Doer, speaking at a Manitoba Chambers Of Commerce breakfast, promised to be at the table during discussions for a new domed football stadium here in Winnipeg. Being a huge CFL fan in general and a Blue Bomber supporter in particular I’ll be the first ... More About: News
Somebody Doesn?t Like the G&M
2007-04-25 00:07:00 This has to be one of the better lines I’ve heard in some time. “Would you like a toy newspaper with that McHappy Meal, sir?” More About: News , Internet , Blogging , Like , The G
Interesting Morality
2007-04-24 23:44:00 On Monday the Vatican, more specifically Archbishop Angelo Amato, attacked gay marriage and abortion. The Vatican’s second-highest ranking doctrinal official on Monday forcefully branded homosexual marriage an evil and denounced abortion and euthanasia as forms of “terrorism with a human face.” On Tuesday Pope Benedict XVI welcomed PA President Mahmoud Abbas to the Vatican. Am I the only ... More About: Terrorism , Religion , Middle East , Interesting , International
Prosecutor Murdered in Bangladesh
2007-04-24 23:20:00 This could be a very good reason why we don’t see more prominent Muslims speak out against the radical Islam ofacists. A prosecutor involved in a case against six Islamic militants in Bangladesh who were hanged two weeks ago, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the southern town of Jhalakathi, according to the Bangladeshi newspaper The ... More About: Terrorism , International , Prose
Pet Peeves
2007-04-24 00:30:00 There seems to be no shortage of topics covered on the World Wide Web with new niches popping up all the time. Enter Pet Peeves . As you may have guessed the site deals with those ever lovable pet peeves such as talking in a theatre, talking on cell phones while driving and people waiting to ... More About: Internet , Humour , Computers , Pet Peeves
The Return of XP
2007-04-24 00:29:00 In an unusual move Dell is bringing back Windows XP. Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its consumer PCs. What does this say about Vista? More About: Software , Technology , Computers , Return , The Return
Who?s In Charge?
2007-04-23 16:03:00 The Globe and Mail says, “Dion’s the leader, but who’s in charge?” A good question. Apparently all is not well in Liberal Land. (as if we didn’t already know that) With respect to the backroom deal with the Greens, the hope is to defeat the Tories, (as if a deal with a fringe party would ... More About: Politics , Charge , Char
Bragging Rights
2007-04-23 04:42:00 I, like many others, like to have fun with Facebook. It’s a way to network and an enjoyable way to spend some time. But it’s not something I’d actually add to my resume. Libloggers, apparently desperate to cast a positive spin on Stephane Dion’s leadership, are crowing about how he has 5,000 Facebook friends. Okay ... More About: Politics , Rights , Right , Brag , Bragg
Odds and Ends
More articles from this author:2007-04-22 05:27:00 On 21 April 07 at 5:39pm Warren Kinsella and yours truly became Facebook pals. Do ya feel a group hug coming on? More About: Internet , Computers , Blogging , Odds , Ends 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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