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Saw "Superman Returns" last night with our Grandson. If you enjoyed the previous Superman movies, you should like this one. Young Brandon Routh does a fine job as the super hero and casting Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor was a master stroke. I think most will be amazed that Brandon Routh both...

There are some fairly good red wines vinted in B.C., mostly in the Okanagan. Sawmill Creek makes a decent Merlot and a very drinkable Cabernet Sauvignon. These wines are $8 or $9 a bottle. Mission Hill make wine that is certainly as good as what the French offer at the same price. B.C. wines...

Probe finds no fault in killer's parole Career criminal took part in seven murders while on 'conditional release' SHANNON KARI From Friday's Globe and Mail VANCOUVER — The National Parole Board and Correctional Service Canada have concluded that no major errors were made in granting day...

Wednesday, Jun 21, 2006 Child killer Olson deserves to die in prison, families to tell parole board VICTORIA (CP) - Serial child killer Clifford Olson should die behind bars, the family of one of his victims will tell the National Parole Board at a parole hearing expected next month. Olson...

[b] It will be interesting to see what new security measures are adapted. Will everyone be forced to come to work, and leave barefoot? Or carry their lunch in a clear plastic bag? :P :P

It will be best if this case is dealt with in an open, transparent way. If it is seen as a cover up, the repercussions will be violent, and widespread, just like after the Abu Graibe(sp)mess.

INCREASED USA LEADERSHIP TRIGGERS A NEW AXIS BETWEEN RUSSIA, INDIA, AND CHINA Los Angeles Times, October 4, 1999, Part B; Page 6; Editorial Writers Desk HEADLINE: ANTI U.S. AXIS? // In-acs Some people who make a career out of worrying about international relations are starting to worry that...

I kind of got hooked on these a few months ago. Every once in a while I spend a few hours on these things. What's funny, is that I wouldn't touch a real gigsaw puzzle. link

Cosmo I was mostly kidding. I'm not all that fond of Lobster, but I do love a good steak. In fact, they could throw all the lobster away as long as I could have a good steak once in a while. Lobster , scallops, Prawns, oysters, are all packed full of cholestrol...who needs 'em?

Haditha: Massacre and cover-up? By Martin Asser BBC News Dead Iraqi civilians in Haditha Young and old victims were filmed, many in nightclothes Haditha is an agricultural community of about 90,000 inhabitants on the banks of the Euphrates north-west of Baghdad. It lies in the huge western...

Funny how some people can take a bloody, quivering, slice of cow muscle and brown and partially cook it on the barbeque(I do it all the time) and rave about how good it is, but go all to pieces over a lovely bit of cooked lobster. Takes all kinds. :wink: :P :o

link Monday, Jun 12, 2006 Canadian soldiers going through military-issued condoms at skyrocketing rate OTTAWA (CP) - Internal military documents suggest Canadian soldiers really are getting a lot more action these days. The troops are being supplied with condoms at what appears to be a...

Monday, Jun 12, 2006 OTTAWA (CP) - Ujjal Dosanjh is throwing his support behind Bob Rae, a fellow onetime NDP premier, for the federal Liberal leadership. link Both Rae and Dosanjh came from disasterous terms in provincial NDP governments and both left the NDP to join the Liberals. The...

More allegations of U.S. war crimes in Iraq Last Updated Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:38:42 EDT CBC News U.S. President George W. Bush says he's "troubled" by recent reports American forces may have committed atrocities in Iraq. Bush's comment followed news reports of another possible massacre of...

Serious' bomb plot against Canada averted: police Last Updated Sat, 03 Jun 2006 12:54:40 EDT CBC News Declaring that Canada "is not immune to the threat of terrorism," the RCMP announced on Saturday the arrests of 17 people accused of planning a series of attacks against targets in southern...

By Omar al-Ibadi and Fredrik Dahl BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A witness for Saddam Hussein appeared to dispute prosecution allegations that 148 people were executed after a failed assassination bid in 1982, telling the court on Tuesday that some of them were still alive. The anonymous man, testifying...

"les escargots" anyone? :wink: :P :lol:

Massacre at Haditha: Return of the Bad Apple Defense Posted by: lex on http://PEJ.org Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 11:39 PM Peace News Massacre at Haditha: Return of the Bad Apple Defense Feral Scholar - Stan Goff - The Guardian Unlimited ran a story today about the Haditha massacre. It called...

Those Alpacas are living, walking, cartoons aren't they. link

british columbia news Friday, May 26, 2006 Mexican pot found in fishholds and behind false wall of seized ship VICTORIA (CP) - Police have found 1,600 kilograms of marijuana aboard a ship seized at Ucluelet on Monday. The RCMP say 142 bales of the Mexican pot were found in a hold and another...