In case you were wondering whether Saddam’s execution would magically solve the problem for the US that is called Iraq, here’s a hint: It didn’t and it won’t:
American deaths in the Iraq war reached the sobering milestone of 3,000 today even as the Bush administration sought to overhaul its strategy for an unpopular conflict that [...]

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At this time of year, Christmas has always been my  favourite of the holidays. New Year’s Eve and Day have always been more of an afterthought for me. This year, however (what’s left of it), I’m feeling particularly Scrooge-like about the whole New Year’s thing.
I’ve been fighting a cold since Boxing Day, and its been [...]

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I noticed over at Jason Cherniak’s site the past couple of days that he’d posted a couple of lists for who he felt were the Top 10 Male Bloggers in 2006 and Top 10 Female Bloggers in 2006. Initial reactions from me are:

I’m flattered he’d bother to even include me in his Top 10, [...]

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My brief thoughts on Mr. Hussein and his execution, since that of course is the lead story of the day: Yes, I’m sure he did most of what he was accused of, but I am against the death penalty for anyone, regardless if they’re the worst criminal in the world. I dont think that has [...]

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This is a follow-up post to my blogging yesterday talking about how residents in the “upscale” neighbourhood of the Beaches in Toronto are threatening legal action to prevent a local church from sheltering and feeding the homeless in the wintertime for 1 night a week. The Star ran an article today detailing how this program [...]

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“Portly Gentleman: At this festive time of year, Mr. Scrooge, it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time.
Ebenezer: Why?”
This attitude of Scrooge seems to tie in nicely to this story in the Star, appropriately titled, “Affluent freeze out [...]

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Some miscellaneous items today that caught my eye. First, it appears that the US Government is going to propose that the polar bear be put on the endangered species list due to - surprise, surprise - “warming temperatures in the animal’s climate”. Now, I’m not going to suddenly call Bush the “greenest President ever” or [...]

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Nope, there’s no such thing as global warming
(says Scott with sarcasm).
I’m sure the “global warming skeptics” can find some justification for all this melting and disappearing of glacers happenning without it being due to “so-called global warming” and “so-called greenhouse gases”, right? Anything to avoid facing the facts so they can avoid taking any action [...]

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So, it appears Foreign Minister Peter McKay wants to have a role in the Middle East as a facilitator and start up peace talks again - and he also wants to go to China to ease tensions between the 2 countries. Both are very laudable goals, and no one can help but to wish him [...]

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As you might expect, blogposting is going to be rather light with it being the holiday season and my visiting the folks.
A sincere Merry Christmas to all of you.

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