Stalemate, not checkmate
If the latest trickery by the provincial government is any indication, our whole system is in a state of gridlock. The provincial parliament introduced a bill, which went to the courts. The court declared the bill (not yet a law) to be unconstitutional in tone. The provincial government, in a move that may redefine “classic”, decided to invoke the notwithstanding clause. Now what?
I was mistaken in assuming that the clause gave some protection to one level of governing, when another level did something unseemly. It now seems that the clause can be used against yourself, if you don’t agree with jurisprudence. This may get ugly, fast!
By chance, I happened to be near a hedge of wild roses this evening. Check the date: the flowers looked wonderful. Has the seasonal calendar shifted?
Trying to walk son #3 through the effort of getting a computer that works. I can’t simply drive over and tinker, so I’m waiting for word that he’s chosen something that I can actually order online and have delivered. There has to be a better way. Looking back, my parents never had to deal with stuff like this. I was happy to receive an occasional injection of cash, transferred across the gap by a postal money order sent in a personal letter. Now, we have so many more ways to satisfy needs, if a choice of whatever is made. Get to ‘er, li’l buddy! Tick tock!
That chain of hurricanes is intensifying, and North Carolina might get walloped, in a few days. I mean, with a capital letter, Walloped.
