Rants
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Superior Court Judge Derek Johnson has been “publicly admonished”. Why? Because the California Commission on Judicial Performance is apparently just too weak and useless to fire him. You may now be wondering why I bear such animosity toward a person I’ve never met. Allow me to explain. During the sentencing hearing of a convicted rapist,…
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Dr. Keith Ablow is a psychiatrist and a member of the “Fox News Medical A Team”. Despite that rather embarrassing affliction, he still feels qualified to offer the following advice to people. “Instead of getting a divorce, try a consorce.” Even though there’s no such word as consorce. If the word did exist, the “good”…
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There I was peacefully reading a Reuters article about the looming “fiscal cliff” in the U.S. When I stumbled upon this gem that almost passed tea out my nose. With the clock running down on the budget negotiations, everyone who’s anyone is weighing in on the subject. So it’s no surprise that the chairman of…
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Disgraced former media mogul and ex-con Conrad Black is saying he shouldn’t be stripped of his Order of Canada. Why not? He is a convicted criminal who served over three years for fraud and obstruction of justice. What part of that sounds like he should be allowed to keep one of Canada’s highest honors? Oh, he…
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Photo by: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel For those who don’t know, I don’t live in the U.S. I live in Canada, which means I still have a large vested interest in the activities of our friend and neighbour to the south. As such, I have been following with some interest the campaigns for the leadership of…
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Recently I was browsing back issues of Maclean’s magazine when an article caught my eye from the September 5th issue. It’s title “Too Many Cops?” makes the author’s position clear. They aren’t asking a question, they’re delivering a verdict. It just looks nicer if they frame it as a question. The gist of the article…
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A post has shown up in the Facebook updates of a couple of people I know which got me a little wound up. Being me, I quite naturally fired off a response and moved on, but I couldn’t get it out of my head. It kept nagging at me, so I did a bit more…
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I recently read an article on the Ottawa Sun app that makes the impending zombie apocalypse look downright appealing. It all has to do with a teenage girl’s letter to Santa. At first glance, it seems sweet that thirteen year old Mekeeda Austin still writes letters to Santa. That warm, fuzzy feeling comes to a…
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My brother sent me a link yesterday to a cute little video. In it, an animated squirrel loudly laments an allegedly lamentable fact: Change jars for dogs collect more change than similar jars for kids in retail settings. The squirrel, or more accurately it’s creator is outraged by this. Really, really outraged. The inference is…
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In the Ottawa Sun there’s an article about Lindsay Lohan. It seems she’s now going to pose for Playboy. That’s not really that surprising. Lots of “off prime” female celebs have taken that route. I’m probably the only one who finds this hilariously funny. My first giggle is the idea of her getting paid for…
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