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11:04 PM
The best part of Rosh Hashanah

Here in Montreal, anyway... when Rosh Hashanah is "late", like this year, it coincides with the peak of apple season. Fresh-picked apples and honey... mmmmm....

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10:56 PM
And it's a good thing

Martha Stewart, as a convicted felon, is not being allowed into Canada. And it's a better country because of it.

However, reports say she may still get a special permit, issued, presumably, on the basis of being "really really rich and famous".

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10:55 PM
And they're back on the ice

The first official game of the 2005-06 NHL season was a victory for the Habs as they beat Boston 2-1.

It's great having hockey back!

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11:34 AM
Shana Tova

Just in time for Rosh Hashanah: the High Holidays Seating Request Form.

A very happy New Year to all my MOT readers. L'Shana Tova.

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8:40 PM
Just when I thought the show couldn't sink any lower

Janeane Garofalo has joined the cast of the West Wing.

Next, they'll be hiring Michael Moore.

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4:20 PM
Go... Away

Better late than never on this one: This would be sad if it were anyone else... but because it's Gerald Tremblay, it's extremely funny:

Will Mayor Gerald Tremblay have to stop using "Go" in his election slogan?

Quebec's language watchdog yesterday said it will investigate complaints that Tremblay is contravening the provincial French language charter by illegally using English on election material.

[ . . . ]

The use of the English word "Go" is not a problem on election posters and billboards because the charter doesn't apply to signs that feature "religious, political, ideological or humanitarian" messages of a non-profit nature.

But that exception does not extend to pamphlets.

The OLF is also chasing Bourque for the crime of distributing English-only brochures in my area:

Il y a quelques jours, l'équipe Bourque/Vision Montréal a également été montrée du doigt après avoir distribué des dépliants uniquement en anglais dans les arrondissements de Côte-des-Neiges et de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.

This election is actually very sad, because I detest both Tremblay and Pierre Bourque. I voted for Tremblay last time because he promised to de-centralize the megacity... and he promptly reneged on that promise and spent his entire term trying to circumvent the demerger process. As for Bourque, it was his egomaniacal ambition that sparked the whole merger fiasco in the first place. I have no intention of voting for either of them.

So it's amusing to see both candidates on the defensive due to language policies designed to oppress the "maudites anglaises".

The best graffiti of election posters seen so far: on the corner of Sherbrooke and Decarie, under a big poster of Tremblay reading "Go Montreal", someone scribbled the word "away". Please, M. Tremblay, just go away.

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11:09 AM
What Reuters bias?

Let's examine this morning's headline: Sharon, Abbas talk as Israel suspends offensive.

Israel suspends offensive???

Sounds like a Palestinian offensive to me:

But in three days, Palestinians have fired 5 Qassam missiles, six anti-tank rockets and a half dozen mortar shells at Israeli military and civilian targets outside its borders. Israel army patrols were shot at five times.

Anyway, it was my understanding of the word "offensive" that it applied to the people trying to attack and destroy a country, not to those trying to defend one.

But silly me, I guess Reuters knows best.

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