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Why the Weather Man?

27 March 2006
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Will TV weatherman David Spritz get his failed life together? Remake his career? Restore sense to his dysfunctional family?

Who cares? That was the overwhelming emotion I had while attempting to watch this film.

The Weather Man ...

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Tales of the Tour - part 6

25 March 2006
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On our way to our seventh tour...

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Tales of the tour - part 5

24 March 2006
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Saying Herradura is a world unto itself...

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Saving the Culham House

21 March 2006
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Last night I publicly acknowledged...

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Tales of the tour - part 4

21 March 2006
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I was up early again on day three...

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Tales of the tour - part 3

20 March 2006
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By the afternoon of day two,...

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Tales of the tour - part 2

18 March 2006
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Day two began inauspiciously. I carry a small electronic sudoku game ...

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I told you so, part 227...

18 March 2006
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From the BBC News Service:




Be afraid.

Be VERY afraid.

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Tales of the tour - part 1

17 March 2006
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It didn't begin very well....

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Ward systems and council size

24 February 2006
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I have discussed the ward system...

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Four-year terms for councils

22 February 2006
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Yesterday, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty...

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No sympathy for this devil...

20 February 2006
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At 67, David Irving is going to jail. And there won't be many tears shed for him.

Irving is a historian, or rather a revisionist of history. The British author has written several works on World War II and Adolf Hitler's rise to power. In several, he has either downplayed or seriously denied the Holocaust...

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The Corruption Begins

20 February 2006
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It didn't take very long for Steven Harper's ...

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Airlines and airline food

18 February 2006
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It's not entirely fair to compare airline food ...

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Why is the CBC doing this to us?

18 February 2006
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Flying back from Mexico City ...

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The ugly past haunts us already

27 January 2006
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The name" Brian Mulroney" is still used by parents to scare their children into good behaviour. Like tales of monsters under the bed who eat disobedient tykes, the name Brian Mulroney ...

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What now, Canada?

24 January 2006
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Canada has voted, and in truly Canadian fashion has made a statement. Of sorts. Tentatively. Cautiously. We almost made a statement...

Voters sent a message to the Liberals and said: We're tired of the culture of entitlement, the scandals the abuse of power. But we still love you. They sent a message to the Conservatives:...

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A Grimm Tale

22 January 2006
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Taken from one perspective, The Brothers Grimm...

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Are we deliberately stupid?

22 January 2006
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Are we obsessively, deliberately and aggressively stupid? Do we glorify the idiots among us over the intellectuals? Do we prefer mindless activities and entertainment over those that make us think and analyse?

Yes, says Albert Nerenberg, the director of the documentary film, Stupidity...

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Hell in a handbasket

17 January 2006
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Every time I get righteously angry and then morose over Canada's apparently growing support for Steven Harper, I get yanked back to reality by another Liberal politico or appointee whose high-on-the-hog lifestyle or evident abuses of power embarrass and shame me.

It's not merely the Gomery inquiry, or the Option Canada ...

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