Silly politicians
Somehow, the daily news is more fun than most fantasy literature. Here’s a few samples, from today.
At the GOP convention, two delegates had to be ejected after throwing food to the media. Sort of. The two exaamples of conservative decorum were throwing peanuts at a camerawoman from CNN, explaining that this was how they “feed the animals”. I read the headline on BBC, so it is making press outside of a small circle of friends.
Poor New Orleans. Yes, the stormy weather is coming through. The levees (a sort of keep-out-the-water-wall) were rebuilt after Katrina, seven years back. At a quoted cost of 14.5 billion, give or take. Except that not all the levees were repaired, and the water is still getting in. A reported 12 to 14 feet in parts of downtown. The electrical outage map made me think of Sim City. Guess this rates as a fail.
One of the provincial premier candidates is upset that a certain university is training medical doctors who then leave for better pay, elsewhere. He thinks that the province should use the “notwithstanding clause” in the federal constitution. Notwithstanding that labour mobility isn’t covered by the process, methinks he might need to study some basic principles of, well, just about everything, before trying to take on the principal job in his political circle.
And the dog was dropped off at the veterinary hospital for surgery (tomorrow). I handed over the leash, and he led the caregiver down into the dormitory. He (make that, it) may not be so optimistic, two days from now. The procedure is irreversible.
