Much to my annoyance, we can only get CBC, and since our cable provider switched to HD, we can't even get that, on the older TV. Which means I tend to tune in for Rick Mercer Report and This Hour has 22 Minutes, if the timing's right - and occasionally Hockey Night in Canada (or what will be...

ROFL - beautiful. :D To do with the parking-lot incident, perhaps? Fair enough; can certainly appreciate that standpoint. And his ideas, mores and actions in the role will indeed be the important things, not his speaking voice.

Oh, these Canadian news sites, whose videos I cannot get to load in the US of A... Thanks to both you and casita for the links to make the attempt - will try on my phone when I get a chance :) I managed to find an interview posted on yahoo news that I could watch and listen to. That...

Curious about this...I haven't actually heard his speaking voice. However, I'd hazard a guess that cleft palate, especially if now corrected, is not the cause of an unlovely speaking voice. My husband was born with cleft palate and lip - not totally correctable via surgery, so he must wear a...

Yes, if this is actually his page, that is what it says... (No reason to believe it isn't - not much there, but either a fan or a foe page would likely have more public content).

Oh gosh, I always called your son Otto, man. Sorry 'bout that... ;)

Pleased with the Mayoral results. Congrats Toronto - junking the Ford as your main drive is very cool! :D But ack!!! Ward 2? Seriously?!!!! And Domise so far in third place? That's cracked. And I use the term on purpose... :\

Ugh. I wasn't following Ontario politics closely through that election, and had to look it up. Distasteful indeed. :\

Agree with this. Facial characteristics are fair game in caricature if they stand out on the subject amongst their fellows of the same race (Joe Clark's ears, Trudeau's nose and buck teeth, etc.) However, Olivia Chow most definitely doesn't have the portrayed eye-slant as a personal physical...

Discussion started @ 11:39 am yesterday in this thread, with quote that begins "OT but VERY SERIOUS SHOOTING SITUATION taking place..." and continuing for a number of pages. Guessing you didn't look back far enough in the thread?

Agree! Domestic terrorism; lone-wolf terrorism - still terrorism. Timothy McVeigh was a lone nutjob with a grudge against the government over the Waco thing - he's called a terrorist by all sources, and rightly so IMO.

Was just reading about it :\ Follows on shooting of a soldier in Montreal just a few days ago also... Not liking the thought one bit but fear you are right.

Totally agree! Well put. Well, he did some pretty heroic stuff! First white man known to have lived among both the Huron and the Iroquois and learned their languages - and dubious privilege of being the first white man known to have suffered pre-death torture rituals of the...

Totally OT (but related slightly due to media role in investigations of government?) - Ben Bradlee, formerly of the Washington Post, has died...

Subpoena, yes, however, the grand jury is independent of the Courts - there needn't be any charges or arrest in order for police or Attorney General to request a subpoena be issued (more about it here: http://anonlg.com/subpoena/ "A grand jury subpoena is a written order for you to go to court...

Thanks! I had no idea. Here, they may be examined under oath before the grand jury, even without actual charges having been laid, provided there is suspicion of potential criminal conduct - not by the police, but if the Attorney General agrees there is cause, I believe. (I am not an attorney...

This. I readily confess my own inherent bias TOWARD wanting to support Chow due to her gender. Nor do I think my ultimate lack of enthusiasm was merely due to style although it is possible that a communication style that I continue to categorize as 'lacking' may have obscured some substance...

Interesting! So the police have no way to interview 'persons of interest' in connection with a crime, in Canada, unless said persons wish to be interviewed? One doesn't want to see police power abused...but I confess I'm amazed they ever solve crimes while hobbled to that extent. Am guessing...

I think a similar meaning of the term to yours may be referenced here, Greg Banks, on p. 2 http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/who-were-the-black-irish-92376439-237784721.html# But clear from the article that there are a number of uses and this is not the usage generally understood...

Another thing learned - thanks! The Orange and the Green I was familiar with - but always wondered about the 'Black Irish' moniker. I didn't know that one had such a specific political meaning (those I knew who referred to selves as same just happened to have that coloring, so I imagined it...