Spitzer was marked for takedown
Governor's enemies most likely responsible for tapping his phone, setting him up
Undoubtedly
the FBI is sitting on information concerning the sexual indescretions
of many other politicians—that Mr. Spitzer's happened to come out on
Monday, March 10, 2008 was unquestionably the product of
specific human will.
David Motari speaks
"Puppy killer"says he was just being "creative" in tossing dog to its death "Usually what happens is we shoot them. I was being 'creative' that day and decided to throw the dog instead."
Hands off Motari
"Puppy killer" Marine no more evil than most of us
Humans
are perfectly capable--indeed, better off--following a diet of fruits,
vegetables, and legumes, but with each trip to the restaurant or
supermarket our arbitrary taste for animal flesh leads us to finance
the painful slaughter of innocent mammals.
Ron Paul's immigration U-turn
Why does the "libertarian" want the federal government to manage the labor market? As a candidate for the Libertarian Party in the 1988
presidential election. In the July/August, 1987 issue of the
Libertarian Party News, Ron Paul wrote, “As in our country's first
150 years, there shouldn't be any immigration policy at all. We
should welcome everyone who wants to come here and work.”
Transit adds urban value
The "L" makes the difference between Chicago and Detroit
Recently in the Chicago Tribune, writer Dennis Byrne
decried the large state subsidies thrown at CTA, Metra, and Pace,
concluding that, "The next time you're furious about your late
bus or train, maybe things would be better if you paid more of your
fair share."
Unfortunately, his argument against transit subsidy was
less common sense and more typical ignorance about how cities work.
Bulb ban will mean black market for incandescents
Governments worldwide are seemingly annoyed that consumers still favour
Thomas Edison's 128 year-old invention—the incandescent ligh bulb. They're cheap, but
"inefficient"—ostensibly to a degree that would have their
sale criminalized. Will this create a black market for incandescents? A
War on Edison?
Back in 1991, Ryan was one of the
first persons with whom I had ever
ridden a skateboard. Outside Samuel Burland elementary in south St.
Vital, we used to practice after school, and I recall the board Ryan
rode at the beginning of that spring, a Powell Ray Barbee with a
ghostly character shuffling cards, a red cap with the letters "RB" atop
its head. "RB—Ray Barbee and I have the same initials, so
that worked out good," he said, and the abbreviated moniker stuck with
him throughout the next sixteen years of his life.
During
the
20th century, there was much debate among
economists about what role the government should have in shaping
economic policy. While interventionists, notably John Maynard Keynes,
believed government programs necessary to tackle the problems of
unemployment and inflation, Milton Friedman -- who died this week at
age 94 -- believed the best thing a government could do to help an
economy is get out of the way.
full story
WINNIPEG
is divided, yes, but forget about
north and south. Ours is really two, parallel cities: One of motorways,
one of sidewalks. Guess who's winning.
full
story
RESPONDING
to a recent rash of robberies, Salisbury House, that most
Winnipeg of culinary institutions, has declared it no longer wants your
paper money after 10 p.m. Would-be robbers are thus advised to arrive
before then.
Seriously, what happens when Sal's
gets robbed at 9:30? Will they
scale back the cash ban another hour? What if there's a hold-up during
lunch hour? Will they move to refuse cash altogether?
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