July 12, 2004

It is being reported that the Madrid bombing was planned for two and a half years.  So much for the theory that it was about Spanish troops in Iraq. Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, "Muhammad the Egyptian," was arrested in Milan last month. Ahmed said in an intercepted conversation on May 26, "The Madrid attack was my project, and those who died as martyrs were my dearest friends." "I was ready to blow myself up, but they stopped me, and we obey God's will," he said. "I had wanted a heavy burden, but I didn't find the means. This plan cost me a lot of study and patience.  It took me two and a half years." 12:21:18 PM

Ontario told to rehire senders of e-porn Globe and Mail - The Ontario government has been ordered to rehire six employees it fired three years ago for swapping pornographic e-mails at work. In what is called a “bottom-line” decision issued last month, arbitrator Ken Petryshen concluded that although the six exchanged sexually explicit material that in some instances was “very offensive,” the government did not have just cause to dismiss them. The six men were deemed the worst offenders of a group of 90 employees at the Ministry of Natural Resources, most employed at various offices in Northern Ontario, who were found to have “a large volume” of inappropriate material on their work e-mail accounts or who had distributed it. Sixty-six employees were disciplined, with penalties from letters of reprimand to suspensions of as much as 20 days without pay. An additional 99 employees were found to have a smaller number of images or to have merely received, not distributed, them. 11:24:16 AM

Where have I been?  I took a long weekend fishing up north.  Just outside of Flin Flon, Manitoba in fact.  This is pretty far north. The weather was great, and the fishing was fantastic!  What you see to the left is my 27 and a half inch Walleye.  I figure it weighs over 6 pounds.  Not quite trophy size, but I like to think of it as a personal best.  It was released, unharmed but wiser for the experience. In fact we released almost all the fish we caught.  The big ones because they are breeders, and the small ones just because. 11:01:32 AM