http://redcollar.quebecblogue.com ...fighting memory stains at every turn... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:07:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wasn't sure which image to use. My friend Geoff posted a good one this year. I posted Jessica Simpson last year. ...it's all good.Partager ce billet http://redcollar.quebecblogue.com/2008/07/04/happy-independance-day-my-friends/  Sorry, got that one wrong.  It's OPUS... yeah.  The new chip card to take the city bus/metro in Montreal. Since July 1st, there are little blue people in the metro stations (usually three for every metro station) directing traffic.  These little people wear bright blue STM shirts so we can't miss ... http://redcollar.quebecblogue.com/2008/07/04/marche-aux-puces/ Partager ce billet http://redcollar.quebecblogue.com/2008/07/03/thinking-of-claude/ News article in english. Article de nouvelles en français. I`m placing this in my "Heros" category since I believe the people who infiltrated FARC and extracted the hostages without anyone dying, on either side, are heros. Their work wasn't just a success, it was spectacular. Kudos to all ... http://redcollar.quebecblogue.com/2008/07/03/ingrid-betancourt-is-free/ METRO VANCOUVER - Gas shot to $1.52 a litre at several gas stations in Metro Vancouver Tuesday, the first day of B.C.'s new carbon tax. According to information supplied by motorists at www.gasbuddy.com, most gas stations in Metro were selling regular unleaded gas for $1.52 a litre Tuesday. That's a full dime ... http://redcollar.quebecblogue.com/2008/07/03/bc-has-fallen/ Since this blog was offline all day yesterday, here's the one post I wanted to make but couldn't. Until now. JERUSALEM - A Palestinian laborer driving a construction vehicle rammed into packed buses, tossed cars into the air and rolled over pedestrians in a deadly rampage Wednesday that killed ... http://redcollar.quebecblogue.com/2008/07/03/terrorist-armed-with-a-catarpillar/ My good friend Joel is still scratching his head about Ontario's legislators and their agenda to ban legal handguns. He posted this excellent commentary about how barking up the wrong tree over and over again won't change anything for the better...EVER! So if Mayor Moron could wave a magic wand tomorrow and ... http://redcollar.quebecblogue.com/2008/07/03/no-such-thing-as-a-gun-crime/ So I'm back to work after two weeks of vacation. And this blog was offline all day yesterday. Everything to keep me happy, right? Here's something that came to my mind yesterday as I "picked up the slack"... The only thing worse than having a shit job is taking a ... http://redcollar.quebecblogue.com/2008/07/03/quote-of-the-day-8/ UPDATE:  Nomination confirmed.   OTTAWA -- Dr. Henry Morgentaler was named a member of the Order of Canada on Tuesday, an appointment that quickly threw fresh fuel on the bitter abortion debate that raged across the country in the 1970s and ‘80s and has carried on at a slow boil ever ... http://redcollar.quebecblogue.com/2008/07/01/henry-morgentaler-and-the-order-of-canada/  Partager ce billet http://redcollar.quebecblogue.com/2008/07/01/happy-birthday/