Trashy's World: Friday miscellany…

… colder than Vic Toews at a homeless shelter edition. Robbie’s Follies… Will he stay or will he go? We’ll know this morning. ================================================================================== As I am apt to do once in a while, I lamented the absence of a party leader, outside the GPO, with the balls to start

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Trashy's World: Friday miscellany…

… the “Ah!”, edition. Saturday is Gun Appreciation Day in the U S of A! No, this isn’t an Onion article. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Like a million monkeys hammering in a million keyboards, something coherent might eventually pop out. Such is the case with the Ottawa Sun in this article which argues

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Trashy's World: Saturday miscellany…

Ah. Another session of Parliament and another tome of an omnibus bill. Despite whines and screeches to the contrary, there is lots of new stuff in this 450 page monstrosity! The Navigable Waters Act, Indian Act, Customs Act, Hazardous Materials, the Fisheries Act, Canada Shipping Act… The list goes on

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Trashy's World: Friday miscellany…

First, I am sorrow-filled for yet another young person who has taken their own life because of bullying. The message that bullying is not acceptable and can have disastrous impacts – well, it’s not getting through. Not well enough, anyhow. As a Dad, this is becoming increasingly difficult to watch.

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Trashy's World: Friday miscellany…

So the Grits will name their new leader next April. Let the games begin! The smart money is on JT, but I hear there is an experienced fellow from Sherbrooke who is looking for work… ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Sinkholes: one of the results of ignoring municipal infrastructure deficits and obsessing with property

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