If the feds and province made the funding model equitable though, they'd have to shut down at least two press release machines. So, it will never happen. winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2…

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A clip of “Scary Monsters” by D. Bowie, was just used on Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, NPR Radio.

Based on how that case went in, Ontario should reimburse Zameer for his legal fees and political meddling at the bail stage. Shameful.

In honour of the jury acquittal in the Umar Zameer case, I'll reshare a Twitter exchange from when he was granted bail.

To all those who responded with an attack & assumed someone was guilty simply because an officer died, I look forward to your mea culpa!

'The evidence is what the evidence is,” the judge said as the lawyers prepared to pack up. “The unfortunate thing is that we’ve spent all this time talking about murder.”

'cost to service the national debt surpasses federal health care spending'

ngl, I almost cried when totality was reached.

So much to chew on in this Kitching piece, including the consequences of knee-jerk policy-making in light of the erosion of law-enforcement's ability to actually deal with a long-standing issue [not just react]. winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2…

Classic Canadiana here:

Customer goes public about terrible service in anticompetitive industry. Industry takes petty revenge on customer. Government writes stern letter.

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