Just reading Freep

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/story/4200764p-4792313c.html

about how we're the "worst" in Canada, lawyers overloaded with prosecutions,
etc. Murder rate is 5.2 per 100,000 while the national average is 1.8

The part that caught my eye was the stats for 2008.

18 people killed so far this year. 6 where the victim knew the attacker and
11 related to gangs/drugs. Unfortunately it doesn't show how many were
drug/gang AND knew their attacker. But lets assume (for arguments sake)
that 3 did. Oh, and BTW there's one murder related to the sex trade.

So it's 11+3+1=14. 14 out of 18 which tells me that if you're not involved
in the gangs/drugs/sex trade and you don't hang around with "murderous"
types (say at all night drinking parties, etc.) your chances of being
murdered are in that "4" category and not the "14" category. So now that
5.2 becomes a (5.2 X 4/18) 1.15, which is a number (below the Canadian
average) that I can "live" with.

And they say that the papers only print bad news.

http://piurl.com/p/9J0

Our American friends never cease to amaze me. Now they are shooting pigs to
train their field medics.

First they start an illegal war with Iraq and dress it up like they are
doing the world a big favor. If anyone resists playing along in their
charade, they will be considered members in the axis of evil club. When
their WOMD theory falls apart, they explain that they are really on a
crusade to spread democracy in the middle east. Then the truth is finally
revealed when Alan Greenspan dared to open his mouth.

http://piurl.com/p/9JQ

It's bad enough that they are abusing their own enlisted men and women to
fight a trumped up war in the middle east, but now they are resorting to
torturing live animals to ensure their medics are fully qualified to handle
trauma wounds in the field. Has anyone asked Bush if he wants to volunteer
the services of his faithful dog Barney to this worthy cause?

http://piurl.com/p/9IY

It's a sad state of affairs when a young bar maid displays more back bone
and integrity than a bunch of boozing East St Paul police officers.

I would really like to see this blue brigade charged with contempt of court
for misleading an investigation. Then maybe the Taman family could launch a
lawsuit against the lot of them for conspiring to obstruct justice and
perhaps have them charged as an accessory to Harvey-Zenk's crime.

Money won't return the mother of this unfortunate family, but if justice
could truly be served, perhaps other families won't have to suffer the same
fate.