Stephen Fry was being interviewed on CBC this morning, and the conversation turned to Twitter. According to the New York Times magazine, he is one of the world’s leading twitterers (tweeters?) with a number of followers that is approaching 2.5 millio…
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Views from the lake - eh?: Our veterans deserve better
There’s a disturbing story coming out of Ottawa concerning the issue of family violence and post-traumatic stress in returning veterans. The CBC is reporting that incidents of family violence were being reported by the military police at five times t…
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”– Albert Einstein
I was just thinking about the first 2 days of this election campaign and all the lies, half-truths, and innuendo spouting from the mouths of the various leaders and candidates. A common metaphor for running a country is that it’s not unlike running…
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: Time for a new leaf
Spring is the season of renewal. As the sun rises in the sky the snow disappears and the earth awakens to start afresh. It’s a time to reflect and prepare for the upcoming year. It’s in that context that I have been reconsidering my blogging exper…
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: Duffy’s X-Ray vision penetrates NDP caucus
Mike Duffy was on CFRA yesterday afternoon explaining why we were going into an election. Here’s his take on it. The buzz here is that Layton was going to let the budget pass, tell his caucus: let it go, and in a couple of months when I’m feeling…
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: Wag the Dog
In 1997 the movie Wag the Dog was released. Starring Robert de Niro and Dustin Hoffman, the movie’s premise is that the president, besieged by scandal, uses the media to manufacture a war that he can heroically end, thus restoring his honour and his …
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: Head shots
March 8 – Zdeno Chara lays a life-threatening hit on Max Pacioretty and gets a light slap on the wrist. March 10 – Stephen Harper weighs in, saying “I don’t think that is good for the game and I think the league has got to take a serious look …
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: Con appointee laughing all the way to the bank
As the Globe and Mail is reporting today, Christiane Ouimet is walking away with a sweet half-million dollars for quitting after 3 years of questionable service to the Crown. Along with other benefits her deal apparently includes about $120,000 in seve…
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: Repair the broken windows and the rest will follow.
The local news tonight covered a story about some Carleton University students who had figured out a way to obtain laundromat services for free. A lot of them took advantage, which isn’t all that surprising really since I don’t know any university …
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: Breaking news–Alberta gets less than fair share of Order of Canada medals!
It must have been a slow news day in Ottawa; the Ottawa Citizen actually assigned someone the responsibility to do an analysis of Order of Canada recipients to determine if there was a geographic bias in their rewarding. And of course they found one b…
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: Conservatives lying? No, it’s just being very precise with words.
On Newfoundland’s VOCM Backtalk Tuesday, Vic Toews said, in response to a question about a federal penitentiary in Newfoundland: “I have to say, without getting partisan, I’m rather surprised given the position that all of the Liberal MPs have …
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: CSA to define Metis status?
The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs is apparently confused about who is/isn’t/should be/shouldn’t be Métis. It seems that the determination of Métis status has been somewhat haphazard, with various provinces having different processes a…
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: Whoa Nellie!
Recently Ontario followed many other jurisdictions in banning the use of hand-held devices while driving. As a victim of a texting teen driving into me at a stop light, I support such a ban, and in fact would go one further and ban the use of any cell …
Continue readingViews from the lake - eh?: Who are these people
who have absolutely no concept of value for money when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars? It’s a trivial thing, and a trivial amount as far as governments go, but this is the kind of thing that really burns my ass (as reported in The Ottawa Citi…
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