misc

Well it's Friday.

Quebec school employee in porn movie. I would think what she does in her own time is her own business. I suppose it could be a distraction at the school if the principal was too weak to manage the teenage boys but that's his responsibility. Perhaps a back office job where it wouldn't be a distraction to herself and students would be in order. But in the mean time no reason for her to be suspended with pay or suspended at all.

The thing is that going back to the Malcolm Ross case, there is an established precedent that what school staff do in their own personal time can lead to firing if certain parties deem it not politically correct. If Ross can be fired for his unfashionable personal beliefs then this woman can be fired too. Be careful what you wish for. Maybe you'll be next.

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Computer programmer loses $850k to prostitute. wow. I mean where does a disabled software developer come up with $850 thousand. I never had $850.00 to my name for most of the time I've been a computer programmer (sure I was married though, but still $850,000!)

What a donkey though the male is here. Since he's in software I'll suggest this simple algorithm.

1. give a hooker some money
2. get laid
3. (stictly optional) after a while go back and repeat step 1, possibly with a different girl

I really have no sympathy for Macklem. I think he needs some advice from LT in the post below about how to manage these "relationships".

The whole case is bogus really. When he went to the cops they should have told him to be a man and take responsibility for his bad life decisions and bad business decisions. It was his choice to get into a relationship with a known hustler. It was his choice to cash out his entire savings, RRSPs and home equity on dodgy investments that he had to know were questionable. Nobody forced him to do that and I don't see him as a victim at all.

Lawrence Taylor outta jail

All right, no jail time for the great man Lawrence Taylor. Sweet!



some of his comments in the espn story are classic.

"It's the world of prostitution," he (Taylor) said during the Fox News interview. "You never know what you're gonna get. Is it gonna be a pretty girl, an ugly girl or whatever it's gonna be."

"You can only ask," Taylor said. "I don't card them. I don't ask for a birth certificate."

ahh LT, still living on his terms. Some football player. In his prime the greatest defensive player ever.

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Here's an interesting post I saw today. In Quebec political correctness now trumps the rule of law. The law is clear in Quebec. This is the money quote Quebec is "the only province that does not recognize common-law unions"

Feminists are political correct militants are now trying to bypass the elected Quebec legislature and create raw law out of thin air. Just because other provinces have it; and they want it. Well too bad Quebec is a distinct society and the legislature has chosen this course over the objection of certain vocal interest groups. No wonder the PQ feel Quebec needs to be their own country. How can they be the master of their own house when unelected activist judges can impose their own agenda on the people of Quebec.

I'm hoping for "Eric" who is very commonly believed to be Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque de Soleil and high stakes poker player.

Libya no fly zone

I don't know why USA is so keen to intervene in the situation in Libya.

It is especially insensitive as this is the 150th anniversary of the Republic of Texas declaring independence from the United States. Followed by the illegal civil war and invasion of Texas. Imagine if other nations had intervened back then. Why would USA get involved in this matter?

Libya and all that

So what to make of Egypt, Libya, etc. It reminds me some of 1989 when the Eastern Bloc communists fell rather quickly.

Unfortunately I don't have as much optimism for the emerging post-strongman era in the middle east. I'm not sure what to expect will come out of it. Maybe not a lot of good for us here in the west.

I remember the good old days back in school in like the 80s. Pretty much every month in Africa or South America it would be something. Dictator of the month here. Coup there. Military junta somewhere else. And we would snicker at them. But it didn't matter safe and sound here at home. It was just trouble in a faraway land.

And that's how I want to feel about the middle east. Unfortunately because we depend on their oil we don't have the luxury to leave them to their folly. So we need to do what we've needed to do since at least 1973. Break the dependence on their oil. Yes that means mine coal, we need to drill oil and we need to go nuclear. And I know what's going on in the gulf of Mexico and Japan. Still we need to do it.

These people are not reliable partners. They proved it in 1973, in 1990, on 9/11, and they continue to prove it today. Plus they despise us as kafirs.

The thing about oil is that the barrel price is not accurate as it does not account for externalities such as wars. If the true cost was counted then that would make home developed energy very competitive.

Gave blood

I'd been meaning to go down and donate blood for a long time. Notwithstanding the annoying and persistent phone calls from the blood service. It had been a while. That card stuck on my fridge, December 2009 last visit.

It was a bit easier in the past they used to come out to a clinic where I lived. They also used to set up at BIO when I worked in that building.

But there's a new positive development. They just opened a clinic at Bayers Road shopping centre. With good hours too, open to 7 Monday-Thursday. I took it as a sign it was time to go donate. So I went down, no appointment but I was lucky there were some cancels so I was able to go right through.

The experience was about as I remembered. It is a nice facility. Nurse said my blood pressure is ok. I was able to finish in around 6 minutes. Nice rest area with sweets afterward, about the best part of donating. Even the questions the nurse asks beforehand were not as sigh as usual  if you know what I mean.

My card says I can come back April 28. I'm not so sure about that but I definitely plan to be back before the next 15 months.

HRM skating oval

I noticed it was March today and I realized I hadn't even been down to the skating oval. That's pretty bad. I did go down tonite though.

It was really good. I'm glad I went. I should try to get down there once more this season. I hope they can find a way to bring this back next winter.

It was chilly out tonite but not terribly cold. I stopped in Quinpool road McDonalds after for a free coffee. I hadn't been in that McDonalds in quite a while. It was different than I remembered it.