Patio time

One of the things I love most about Canada is that the second any significant signs of spring show up, people go into full summer mode. Today we took Echo to a pub patio for a drink. Sure we went at like 7pm, and it was like 7 degrees and I nearly froze, but goddamn it, I was drinking on a patio.

Thought:

If I drove a poutine truck to Calgary, would I make enough along the way to cover my costs? Do they like poutine in northern Ontario?

Soundwave vs Dollansky

Conservative what now?

As someone who is both Western and Atlantic Canadian, I am glad to see that we finally have a federal government that is willing to make tough decisions and hand out bags of money to Quebec and Ontario. Bravo, Mr. Harper.

Drugs

What if nobody believes in the law? Should police still be asked to enforce it?

Does drug prohibition actually do more harm than drug use? Does enforcing drug laws make hypocrites of us all?

Our primary characters, all current or former law enforcement officers, say that as much as 80% of all felony crime is caused by addiction.

"Legalize, regulate, and tax" is their mantra now: Our heroes believe putting control over every illicit in the hands of criminals is a very bad idea.

Find out what changed them from ordinary cops who enforced the laws as written, into conscientious objectors to the War on Drugs.

I normally avoid watching Global for anything other than Simpsons re-runs, but tonight I was flipping through and they were showing a documentary on their Global Currents program. Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey makes one of the strongest cases I've ever seen for decriminalizing drugs. Whodathunkit from Global?

la la la la Oda

From BoingBoing: The video is lame but the song is quite funny.

The video refers to reports the federal heritage minister took Canadian taxpayers for a ride at the Juno awards last year in Halifax, where she racked up almost $5,500 in limousine expenses in four days, according to information dug up by the Liberals.