Mon Oct 31, 2005 – 7:36 am
President Bush nominated 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
David Forte over at Ashbrook thinks it’s a good choice. Check it out.
UPDATE: Volokh muses on how the prospect of 5 Roman Catholics on the USSC affects US legal culture, and US conservatism in general (where 3 […]
Sun Oct 30, 2005 – 8:22 am
La «petite reine» noire du Canada est en France. So reads a Le Figaro’s headline yesterday. Rideau Hall’s spinning machine is doing an excellent job. Reading the piece, it would seem that Michaelle Jean’s visit to France is all about Michaelle Jean. There is brief mention that she will be going to Juno Beach. […]
Sat Oct 29, 2005 – 7:24 pm
From the Edmonton Journal’s Alberta news round up.
A Calgary activist who made headlines for pieing Alberta Premier Ralph Klein has now been found guilty of disturbing a Christian dinner party.
Provincial court Judge Bruce Fraser has ordered Christopher Peter Geoghegan to pay $500 to the Concerned Christians Coalition.
He and other protesters from a group called the […]
Sat Oct 29, 2005 – 7:21 pm
CP reports that the federal Liberals will make offers to return the money that several of their party brothers in Quebec essentially stole from the public purse during the infamous AdScam activities.
The Liberal offer of reimbursement is part of the plan to soften the blow of the Gomery Inquiry’s partial report, which will be published […]
Sat Oct 29, 2005 – 2:53 pm
The Telegraph reports on how al-Qaeda operatives smuggled antiaircraft missile launchers into France in 2002. There were plans to hit the Eiffel Tower, Russian embassy in Paris, and a Christmas market in Strasbourg.
The Russians were targeted for the war in Chechnya.
The French were targeted because they were part of the US-led invasion […]
Sat Oct 29, 2005 – 2:45 pm
In Kitchener, Ontario, a judge has convicted a 42 year old woman and her 25 year old son for incest: they had 3 children.
The judge observed that it was the most awful case he’s ever had to try.
Obviously, the trial judge is not up on his Charter jurisprudence. Since marriage is now defined […]
Fri Oct 28, 2005 – 6:34 am
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the National Energy Program.
The National Post has details.
Details on Premie Ralph Klein’s warnings to Ottawa here.
Thu Oct 27, 2005 – 10:14 pm
Ten years to the day that thousands of Canadians poured into Montreal for a huge rally just before the 1995 sovereignty referendum, a dozen federalists took time out to relive the event.
After two hundred and fifty million or so misspent in AdScam, which, let us remember, the Libranos say would raise the level of support […]
Thu Oct 27, 2005 – 6:39 pm
Via Small Dead Animals, check out this article on the 6/49 winners from Camrose, Alberta in Macleans. Here’s the 1st line of the story:
It’s just the thing Alberta needed - another multimillion-dollar windfall.
Funny, I didn’t win $54.3 million and I’m not envious.
Are Eastern Canadians that pathetic? I suppose Jack Layton’s […]
Thu Oct 27, 2005 – 11:14 am
Hard to believe this is news. Well… not that hard when you consider the Globe and Mail’s typical anti-Alberta agenda. If anyone has received these fake cheques over email, drop us an email and we’ll post it for everyone to see.
