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There was an unnatural wailing noise when the College St. car rolled into the Spadina stop (I was returning from lunch on Baldwin Street). One child got on with his mom. He wasn't the source. Ditto the second kid. So what was the source? A woman, possibly in her late 50s, looking to be in [...]
Wed, May 31 2006 » Main Page, Minutiae » Comments Off
I live in Toronto and don't own a car. As such, the TTC is my transportation lifeline. Monday's walkout was quite survivable, as my employers granted me a work-at-home day, cutting my total commuting time from about 2.5 hours to nothing. While it ain't the same as being there, I got my job done. However, [...]
Wed, May 31 2006 » Main Page, Minutiae » Comments Off
Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, who literally wrote the book on the Taliban, offers an analysis of how the U.S. and NATO forces have fallen short in Afghanistan. An excerpt from the BBC commentary: Here is a checklist of failures in the south that the US, Nato, the UN and the Afghan government should be discussing [...]
Wed, May 31 2006 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page » Comments Off
From CTV.ca: A Jordanian court on Tuesday sentenced the editors of two weekly newspapers to two months in jail for harming religious feelings by reprinting offensive caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. The lawyer for Jihad al-Momani, chief editor of the Shihan, and Hashim al-Khalidi, chief editor of al-Mihwar, said he would appeal the decision and [...]