Criminal or Not Criminal?
The trial for the woman who backed her car into the London south Costco last summer, killing two children, is now over.
Ruth Burger admits to the facts. …
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Skipping Vacations. What’s Up With That?
Canadians and Americans aren’t taking all of the paid vacation days they’re entitled to. Some don’t take any of them at all. I feel like this refers to some sort of aliens because it’s not a concept I’m familiar with. I take every single scrap of time off I’ve earned, and I always have. …
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Time is Running Out
Have you seen these two (alleged) dirtbags?
Meet Elvira Krstic who prefers to be called Maya. She used to date a man named Jesse James, 23, who was stabbed to death on surveillance video downtown at the start of the long weekend. She’s 18 and loves the thought of men fighting over her and proving their love with jealous rages.
And this is Isak Adams, 20, who likes to be called Strapz because he’s super cool and that nickname means he straps on a knife. He is Maya’s current boyfriend but he had a beef with James because James dated her first.
These Bonnie-and-Clyde wannabes are on the run. Someone is helping them stay below the radar and as we recently saw with another case where a fugitive was hiding in a friend’s home, that someone will also get charged with serious offences. Krstic and Adams will get caught. Resistence is futile. It’s all a game to them and now a young man’s life is gone in the playing of it.
My only hope when I follow a story like this, as I must in my line of work, is that one day the enormity of what they’ve done comes back to haunt the killers. I feel I can say killers because they are on video, murdering James, in front of at least a half-dozen eyewitnesses including a nurse passing by who tried in vain to save James’s life. My other hope is that I’ll be the one to spot them, call 911, and get them put behind bars where they belong. It probably won’t be me, but someone will. Or one of their rat-fink friends will turn them in for a CrimeStoppers reward. There’s no honour among thieves, or among killers.
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Back off My Beans
I don’t drink alcohol, I quit smoking in 1988 and I don’t do drugs. Not illegal ones, anyway, and none for pure pleasure. I have only one vice left and that’s coffee. So scientists, please keep your beakers away from my Keurig. …
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Smart Mirrors, Dumb Idea
People have been saying technology has gone too far since the candle-maker was in danger of having his business snuffed out by the invention of the lightbulb. So I’m not saying it’s going too far, I’m just saying that in many cases, we don’t need where it’s going. …
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Happy Birthday Vicky
You saucy minx. Thanks for the extra day off.
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Please Don’t Say It
Just look at today’s date. An irritating greeting is going to be everywhere today and I’m bracing myself against unfriending two-thirds of my Facebook friends as they repeat it over and over and over! …
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All Hail Our Porcine Role Model!
Miss Piggy’s hooves will walk in the footsteps of such trail-blazing women as Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and theatre director Julie Taymor.
The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art will honour the world’s most famous puppet pig with a First Award for making outstanding contributions in her field. And in Miss Piggy’s case, her field is an actual field. Sackler says Miss Piggy embodies “spirit, determination and grit.”
Miss Piggy’s response; “Moi is thrilled.”
Kermit the Frog is expected to attend the June 4 event where Piggy will be honoured.
Presumably Miss Piggy is being feted for always speaking her mind and making her intentions, wants and needs clear. I wonder if she would be willing to make room at the podium for another women who showed the same kind of spirit this week. Toya Graham lost her cool on her son and started smacking him in front of TV cameras and police when he joined in the rioting and she saw him throwing rocks at officers. She was overcome with fear that her son was putting himself in harm’s way and she’s being lauded by everyone, from parents to police. Her son later admitted that when he saw her, his first instinct was to run. Instead he crouched and took his little beating like a man. If you haven’t seen the video, get thee to Google because it’s worth watching. I’m no advocate for hitting kids but in this case, she got the job done.
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What’s Swedish for Divorce?
Maybe it’s a good thing that despite pleas from the people of southwestern Ontario, Ikea refuses to open a store in my part of the province. They say we don’t meet their criteria for population density. We might be better off because of it.  …
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Judging the Judgers
When I was a kid I dreamed about being a lawyer. I still enjoy following trials, especially criminal cases, where too-often sleazy lawyers will do literally anything to try to get their clients an acquittal. I still don’t quite understand how that’s acceptable, but I digress. …
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Making (Most of) the People Happy
Dan Price is my hero of the day. CEOs around the world are probably cursing his name because he has done something that all of them could do, but few, if any, will. …
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Just The Ol’ Lady
I’ll be honest. I start to lose interest once you have five or six kids. Until that point I’ll feel genuine delight for you. But once you’ve made a starting lineup for the Blue Jays, I’m not so excited. …
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