From the Desk of the Party Leaders

Rick is a Canadian comic genius. His walking rants are famous and infamous. Take a look at his blog, today’s post is great: Rick Mercer’s Blog: From the Desk of the Prime Minister
Update: Just to be fair, now lets hear from the leader of the Opposition: Rick Mercer’s Blog: From the Desk of […]

Huff, puff, bring the house down

Today is the day that the 3 little pigs huff, and puff, and vote to bring down the 38th Parliament. Bringing to an end the House of the big bad wolf.
Tune into ParlVU online, or your local cable TV at 18:30 to see the fall of a government, the 5th time in the history […]

The Jetta - After one year

Well, AVNL (aka Black Betty) is a year old today. After 29,700 kms all is running well and the TDI still purrs like it was new. The tdi-mileage like in the menu takes to directly to my updated stats after every fillup, but I’d to summarise some of the notable points about the […]

Montreal man dumped into waste truck - freed

CBC News: Montreal workers free man dumped into waste truck.
Police say they don’t know why the man was inside the dumpster.
He was sleeping in the dumpster because it was cold last night, he is homeless and there are not enough spaces in shelters or affordable housing.
Ralph is concerned with productivity and […]

Lest we forget

Take time to pause, think, and remember. Please wear them proud today.
And don’t turn them into a “fashion thing” like all those countless - meaningless - rubber wrist bands and ribbons.

CBC.ca - The Hour Season 2 begins

CBC.ca/The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos is back for season 2. George gives a straight up, no BS look at the days news and current events.
No longer the “simple” MuchVJ, George gets to the real topics facing Canadians and questions them… this is what the real newscasters used to do, but they have moved into […]

Forget hybrids, America; diesels will provide economy, performance

Forget hybrids, America; diesels will provide economy, performance - 10/26/05, via The Detroit News - Autos Insider.
Summary, new diesels (especially those running BioDiesel) result in a better performing, more economical, and more environmentally friendly than gasoline-hybrids. Europeans get it, Asians get it… North Americans are a little slow (as always).