Some thoughts on a Friday morning

I was listening to CNN yesterday talking about the Chinook being shot down in Afghanistan, and was wondering why they said "5 Americans, 1 British and another NATO soldier died when the plane crashed.". Could they not have said "5 Americans, 1 British and 1 Canadian died when the plane crashed."?

Mr Speaker, TB carrier to the world. What kind of arrogance is there when you deliberately try to evade medical authorities so you can fly around the world spreading SDR-TB? It is a good thing he is a lawyer (and a personal injuries one) because I can foresee some lawsuits coming out of this. He cannot even claim a lack of understanding of the effects of TB, since his father in law is a researcher specialising in it.

I am sure Americans feel safe because of the Customs officer at the Canada US border that ignored a warning on his computer screen to detain him as well.

Don't think I am only cranky at the US, I am still trying to figure out why the Conservatives require a manual that does this:
Running some 200 pages including background material, the document - given only to Conservative chairmen - tells them how to favour government agendas, select party-friendly witnesses, coach favourable testimony, set in motion debate-obstructing delays and, if necessary, storm out of meetings to grind parliamentary business to a halt.

The only good part about it is this:
Ironically, the manual also advises committee chairs to act fairly and build trust with members of all parties, getting to know them personally as well as politically.

It warns chairs not to "use negative body language" or "use humour inappropriately" and tells them not to "interrupt unnecessarily or argue with individual members" - orders clearly ignored by some of the more partisan chairs.

Was the last minute Quebec because the Liberals are afraid they will lose an election to the ADQ, or perhaps the Bloc is afraid of being rendered useless? Whatever the reasoning behind it is, consumers will be the big losers.

One more thing I was thinking about, I watched Sportsnet (I think) and one of the talking heads mentioned that the salary cap was a bad idea. He preferred a luxury tax because it works so well in baseball. I will admit that when Cincinnatti or Kansas City wins a World Series...