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The Immigration and Refugee Board, or at least one of its members, may actually have a clue about terrorism.

"We do not live in a vacuum," one IRB member ruled. "We realize that the current climate is one of heightened concerns when it comes to the issue of terrorism and security in this particular time, and if the Federal Court wishes to slap my hand for this they can feel free.

"The 'Western world,' so to speak, have this concern by virtue of comments made by extremist groups that they are out to get, more importantly, those in the United States and, of course, any and all who are part and parcel of that particular culture.

posted by Unknown at 9:19 PM

 
Yet another joint law enforcement thing..the PSAT (Public Security and Anti Terrorism unit). Now if I were one of these conspiracy minded folk, I'd be putting on the tinfoil hat about now. But what is with all these acronyms coming out of nowhere dealing with terrorism and such. And this PSAT unit seems to have done a good job dealing with these 19 guys, (and that number has shadows to chill the bones, no?) but who the heck are they and who is watching over them. (Hat tip to LGF for the TorStar link)
posted by Unknown at 12:01 AM

 
TBS not making movies anymore: Woo-Hoo! TBS making more reality TV: Doh!
posted by Unknown at 2:25 PM

 
"Phish Bassist Arrested: Allegedly Found in Secluded Area with 9 Year old"

Not all that funny a story. But this line makes it worth the read: "The Hell's Angels, who detained Gordon for police, were not, the sources say, gentle with sensitive areas of the rock star's body." Ow.
posted by Unknown at 1:56 PM

 
ColbyCosh.com had some interesting things to say about INSETs which are some kind of joint thing that the RCMP are doing to deal with external threats operating on Canadian soil. Another useful point is why don't we have some way of coordinating all these federal agencies in terms of what they are doing to deal with terrorism? After all, there is Customs and Immigration (part of Canada Customs and Revenue), the RCMP (subject to the Solicitor General of Canada), the Military (subject to the Minister of National Defence) and the Coast Guard (which works for the Minister of Transport). Complex scene, with no real co-ordination that I can see....
posted by Unknown at 9:35 PM

 
Steven Den Beste has some darned interesting things to say on the power outage. Go already, read.
posted by Unknown at 7:45 PM

 
So, the great blackout of 2003. It was kind of an odd experience. (I was tempted to post some lousy pictures that I took another time that turned out black, but I respect YOU, the faithful readers, more than that. All 2 of you.) The power went off while I was still at work, seemed like your normal power cut that we get there on occasion. I kept working, since I was using hand tools anyways..and I was near enough to the door to have light. The cut went down about 20 minutes before quitting time anyways. On the way home, I'm listening to the radio and am clued in before I get to the first traffic light. Some of the main intersections were a bit tricky to navigate with the faithful Funk-Cycle, but I got home alright. We barbequed dinner and ate it under some really bright stars, that are normally obscured by the city lights. Got up this morning, power was still out. No big deal for me, but my roommate was worried sick about the thousands of dollars worth of meat that they have in the freezers. My roommate, you understand, is some kind of weird compulsive meat buyer. Everytime she comes home from CostCo we expect her to have a half of beef, or something. But the freezers were sufficiently packed, and we kept the doors closed, so that they were still good when the juice came back on at 2pm. Watching things carefully, though. Rolling blackouts are still possible, so we have about a tonne of ice in the various freezers for that eventuality. Which we bought in Quebec, whose power never even flickered.
That was the great blackout experience here at Casa de Funk.
posted by Unknown at 6:40 PM