I discovered today that the problem I’ve been having with the Brandon Sun website is related to DNS somehow. I looked up the site’s IP address this morning and was able to access the site using the IP when I couldn’t with the domain name. I still don’t know why this keeps happening, but the address is now included in my hosts file.
Police Powers to be Expanded
19 August 2005 – 5:59 pm
I don’t doubt that there are folks that would be shocked or surprised to see this kind of police power expansion being discussed, but I’m not surprised. As far as I can see, the majority of people involved in government aren’t actually concerned about whether any individual citizen has rights. Most government policies appear to be built on the basis that rights are granted by the government (i.e. through the Charter and other legislation). Taken to its logical conclusion that justification means that rights can be legislated or regulated away. And, that’s why I’m never surprised to see this kind of legislation.
However, the fact that it doesn’t surprise me doesn’t mean it doesn’t annoy me. In the article I linked the legislation is defended with fear: terrorists and pornographers are using the Internet and therefore CSIS and the police must be allowed to eavesdrop. That’s a legitimate argument (eavesdropping is a well established police procedure) but please don’t try to convince me it’s a good idea to allow it without requiring a court order.
Canadian rodeos lose PRCA sanction
18 August 2005 – 9:55 pm
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association have terminated their co-sanctioning agreement with the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association. Previously, all winnings at Canadian sanctioned rodeos counted towards qualifying for the US National Finals Rodeo.
I really hope they’re able to work this out, because I can see it keeping top Canadian competitors away from rodeos up here. Moneywise I don’t see any way that most Canadian rodeos can compete with the American shows. Unfortunately, co-sanctioning benefits the Canadians a lot more than it does the PRCA.
Don’t Mess With Bingo
It appears the Manitoba government is messin’ with the Bingo. The Manitoba government is so fixated on controlling the revenues generated by gambling that they inevitably put themselves into situations that make them looks silly.