Archive for July, 2006
Monday, July 24th, 2006
Is downloading TV shows illegal, too?
I subscribe to cable television and, indeed, many of the channels that show the programs that are available for download. Is that the same as downloading music from a CD that you already own?
In many cases I prefer to download the programs because DVDs ...
Posted in Pure Opinion | 2 Comments »
Monday, July 24th, 2006
Faint hopes of consensus on equalization at premiers' meeting in Newfoundland
Equalization payments have always been something that I have found confusing, disappointing and, at times, infuriating. However, in spite of all of that, I can see their necessity.
I don't claim to understand the calculation of the payments, though I know ...
Posted in General, In The News, Pure Opinion | 2 Comments »
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
I am a liberal. Period. So the leadership race hasn't been something that I've been tracking with any significant precision. In my riding, Kingston & The Islands, the Liberal candidate is Speaker of the House Peter Milliken. He has been the Liberal voice in this riding ...
Posted in General, Pure Opinion | 18 Comments »
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
The PM and his photographer
I mentioned in a post the other day that Prime Minister Stephen Harper nosed his CC-150 Canadian Forces aircraft toward Cyprus to pick up refugees leaving Lebanon.
Yesterday morning the plane landed carrying approximately 100 refugees, the Prime Minister and Mrs. Harper, three PMO communications staffers and ...
Posted in General, In The News, Pure Opinion | 3 Comments »
Friday, July 21st, 2006
SPCA visit upsets homeless dog-owner
When I lived in Ottawa I used to spend a fair amount of time at the drop-in centre for the Youth Services Bureau - the one near the Rideau Centre. Many of the youth who regularly attended the drop-in - homeless youth - owned dogs (among ...
Posted in In The News, Pure Opinion | 8 Comments »