1 ARE POLICE SUPPRESSING INFORMATION ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER IN REGINA? No.
2 GREY CUP PREPARATIONS CONTINUE The Leader-Post has a series with stupid, obnoxious auto-playing videos. Can we please ban those from the internet? Playing videos needs to be a reader decision, not a publisher decision.
3 “SELFIE” It’s the word of the year.
4 MEANWHILE IN AMERICA The court order that paved the way for the U.S’s spy-on-everyone program is revealed; President Obama’s poll numbers are poo-poo; the family of a famous war criminal has a schism; and Methodist priest discovers he’s in a dumb, mean, bigoted church full of dirty rats.
5 ISON UPDATE A potentially awesome comet might be disintegrating but who knows, we’ll see.
6 A NEW KIND OF CHILD PORN RING Is it child pornography when everyone involved in making and sharing it a teenager? Probably not, says me and, essentially, the people interviewed in this story. Sounds more like something that should be treated as potential bullying. There’s an actual interesting issue here with technology and culture changing much faster than laws.
BONUS: THE USUAL Rob Ford’s powers have officially been super-reduced. And he knocked over a lady city councillor. And he’s sorry and angry at the same time. And he’s making headlines around the world. And he’s supposedly quit drinking and “come to Jesus”, metaphorically I think? And he’s raising the profile of addiction so let’s all have a lovely conversation. And he and his brother are vicious, name-calling fuckers and liars.
And Rick Mercer seems like he might be sorta implying that governments should never consider raising taxes in a somewhat under-cooked rant. Nah. Ford’s alleged popularity isn’t about taxes. It’s a testament to the power of lies, demagoguery, very successful conservative propaganda, and perception over reality.
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