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Chrétien's Balls... At 10:26 PM by: Hiro |
...were shown off during his testimony at the Sponsorship Inquiry today in Ottawa. Golf Balls, that is.
Many of you have heard of the "adscam" but may be oblivious as to what it's actually about. Well the heart of the scandal is about $100 million out of total of about $250 million worth of "sponsorship" funds that were purportedly paid out to Liberal-friendly (read: they donate to the Liberal party or are run/owned by ex-Liberal politicians) ad firms for doing little or no work.
What the heck were the "sponsorship" funds you ask? Remember back in 1995 when they had that referendum in Quebec to determine whether or not they would separate from Canada? Well, it was a damn close call, being barely defeated by a 50.58% to 49.42% vote. Anyway, it scared the hell out of the federal government and they decided to put together a fund to "sponsor" the idea of Canadian nationality in Quebec by funding billboards and all sorts of Yay-Canada events.
Anyway, there's been an inquiry (headed by Mr. Justice John Gomery) going on looking into exactly what happened and what sorta shady deals went down behind closed doors. This naturally rocked the Liberal party, and was one of the main reasons the other bastards managed to steal a number of seats from the Liberals in the last federal election. The inquiry centres around a bunch of higher-ups in the government who were running the program at the time of the scandal and most notable, Jean Chrétien himself.
Chrétien was on stand today in court telling his side of the story. His story was that he had no choice but to do what he had to do in order to keep the country united. He did what any Canadian would have done when faced with the possibility that the country could be torn apart. I'll give him props for that. Besides, everyone loves Chrétien. He's the man.
Check this out here for more in-depth information.
Is the inquiry worth the $60-million dollar pricetag (as it stands thus far) to get down to the bottom of this? Maybe, but I say we just cut our losses...as it's getting close to how much money was lost in the first place.
Peace in the Middle East hopefully, as today marked an official ceasefire between Israel and the state of Palestine. For those of you who've been living under a rock, it's been over 4 years of shit hitting the fan in the holy land. How long will this peace last? Who knows...but it ain't totally over yet.
Google Maps was just recently released into beta(meaning you can try it out, but it's not finished quite yet).
To quote Nana: "GG Mapquest" (if you didn't get the joke, GG means good game. It's also what people say to other players in computer games after they've slaughtered them to rub it in).
It's absolutely AWESOME. The mapwars(oh it's a fierce one alright! no really, it is!) are over. Even if you're not even looking for directions or a place on a map, you can give yourself hours(ok maybe a few minutes) of high-quality entertainment just playing around with it.
Seriously, go check it out here: http://maps.google.com
Many of you have heard of the "adscam" but may be oblivious as to what it's actually about. Well the heart of the scandal is about $100 million out of total of about $250 million worth of "sponsorship" funds that were purportedly paid out to Liberal-friendly (read: they donate to the Liberal party or are run/owned by ex-Liberal politicians) ad firms for doing little or no work.
What the heck were the "sponsorship" funds you ask? Remember back in 1995 when they had that referendum in Quebec to determine whether or not they would separate from Canada? Well, it was a damn close call, being barely defeated by a 50.58% to 49.42% vote. Anyway, it scared the hell out of the federal government and they decided to put together a fund to "sponsor" the idea of Canadian nationality in Quebec by funding billboards and all sorts of Yay-Canada events.
Anyway, there's been an inquiry (headed by Mr. Justice John Gomery) going on looking into exactly what happened and what sorta shady deals went down behind closed doors. This naturally rocked the Liberal party, and was one of the main reasons the other bastards managed to steal a number of seats from the Liberals in the last federal election. The inquiry centres around a bunch of higher-ups in the government who were running the program at the time of the scandal and most notable, Jean Chrétien himself.
Chrétien was on stand today in court telling his side of the story. His story was that he had no choice but to do what he had to do in order to keep the country united. He did what any Canadian would have done when faced with the possibility that the country could be torn apart. I'll give him props for that. Besides, everyone loves Chrétien. He's the man.
Check this out here for more in-depth information.
Is the inquiry worth the $60-million dollar pricetag (as it stands thus far) to get down to the bottom of this? Maybe, but I say we just cut our losses...as it's getting close to how much money was lost in the first place.
Peace in the Middle East hopefully, as today marked an official ceasefire between Israel and the state of Palestine. For those of you who've been living under a rock, it's been over 4 years of shit hitting the fan in the holy land. How long will this peace last? Who knows...but it ain't totally over yet.
Google Maps was just recently released into beta(meaning you can try it out, but it's not finished quite yet).
To quote Nana: "GG Mapquest" (if you didn't get the joke, GG means good game. It's also what people say to other players in computer games after they've slaughtered them to rub it in).
It's absolutely AWESOME. The mapwars(oh it's a fierce one alright! no really, it is!) are over. Even if you're not even looking for directions or a place on a map, you can give yourself hours(ok maybe a few minutes) of high-quality entertainment just playing around with it.
Seriously, go check it out here: http://maps.google.com
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