Not even matching tweeds could save the relationship: And at 24, the Prince is said to feel he is too young to marry. The last time the pair were seen together was on March 13, when they dressed in matching tweeds to spend the day at the Cheltenham Racing Festival. Middleton is lucky to bailcontinue reading
Tethered flying windmills, oh my!
From the Economist, via BoingBoing: Just as oil companies are drilling deeper and in more remote locations in search of new reserves, pioneer wind-power engineers are looking higher in the sky for new sources of energy. Conventional turbines will not take them there—the highest to date is just over 200 metres tall. So they arecontinue reading
And the speaker is –
You might think I’m getting senile, that I’ve gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore. The President of the United States is given a free pass to ignore the Constitution, tap our phones, and lead us to war on a pack ofcontinue reading
Forget about toppled toddlers
…it’s their parents we should be worried about: The young man had been wheeled into Najma Ahmed’s emergency room with a bloody, penetrating wound to the chest. Whatever was inside had pierced his left lung dangerously close to the heart. His sternum was also fractured. “It looked like a bullet wound,” said Dr. Ahmed, assistantcontinue reading
This turned out as well
…as could be expected, all things considered. OK, sure, it destroys the Green’s PR image, and tarnishes the Liberal’s one-truly-national-party reputation, but there you go: Grits and Greens make a deal Liberals won’t run candidate against Elizabeth May; she reciprocates for Dion, touts him as best PM Apr 12, 2007 06:00 PM Canadian Press OTTAWAcontinue reading
And good riddance
Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear Zundel appeal
So let’s recap…
British sailors and marines are taken captive by Iranians while busy patrolling and gathering intelligence… on the Iranians. Iran uses captives as propaganda tools and releases the gift-laden, professionally styled troops as an “Easter present for the British people”. Having failed utterly to look strong during the crisis, Britain’s Ministry of Defense decides to trycontinue reading
2/3 of Canadians do not understand our legal system
[rant] That’s the only conclusion I can draw from the Story in the today’s Globe about the 25th anniversary of the Charter, which found (among other things) that 2/3 of Canadians support the idea of elected judges. The thing about judges is that most of the time if you don’t like what they’re doing, youcontinue reading
Almaty, architectural inspiration
I’m all for a tall building at Yonge and Bloor, the undistinguished centre of our city. It’s just… has anyone looked at modern Kazakh architecture?
After hours
All right, this may not be *that* significant, and yet, is just interesting enough to advance a major story. What better reason to issue the release at 5:09 pm the day before a statutory holiday? OLG TORONTO, April 5 /CNW/ – The Chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), Michael Gough, today announcedcontinue reading