The Country That Pees Together Stays Together

Re: the Olympic Gold Medal hockey game -

EPCOR, the water utility company that runs the fountains up in Edmonton, Canada released this graph yesterday. It's water consumption during the Olympic gold medal hockey game, overlaying consumption of the previous day. How much do Canadians love their hockey? A lot.

The first period ends. Time to pee. The second period ends. Time to pee. The third period ends. Time to pee. Consumption goes way down when Canada wins and during the medal ceremony.

More Silly Canadians

Their former Defense Minister believes our last best hope for preserving life on Earth from "Global Climate Change" is to use all that super technology we rescued from the crashed alien spaceships.

A former Canadian defence minister says be believes advanced technology from extraterrestrial civilizations offers the best hope to "save our planet" from the perils of climate change.

Paul Hellyer, 83, is calling for a public disclosure of alien technology obtained during alleged UFO crashes -- such as the mysterious 1947 incident in Roswell, New Mexico -- because he believes alien species can provide humanity with a viable alternative to fossil fuels.

Mr. Hellyer has been a public UFO advocate since September 2005 when he spoke at a symposium in Toronto. But with concern over global warming at an all-time high, and Canadian political parties struggling to out-green one another, Mr. Hellyer said governments and the military have a responsibility to "come clean on what they know" now more than ever.

"Climate change is the No. 1 problem facing the world today," he said. "I'm not discouraging anyone from being green conscious, but I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels within a generation ... that could be a way to save our planet."

Canadians

Canadians often seem to believe that Americans don't take them very seriously.

This is incorrect.

We never take them seriously.

OTTAWA -- The sasquatch, the legendary hairy man-like beast said to roam the wilderness of B.C. and other parts of North America, should be protected as an endangered species, says MP Mike Lake.

He wants the sasquatch -- a.k.a. Bigfoot -- to be protected under Canada's Species at Risk Act.

A petition to the House of Commons, signed by almost 500 of Lake's constituents in Edmonton and due for debate next week, asks the government "to establish immediate, comprehensive legislation to effect immediate protection of Bigfoot."

A similar appeal has been made to the U.S. Congress.

Bigfoot researcher Todd Standing, who was behind the petition, claims to have proof of the sasquatch's existence and says he fears for its safety.

Law & Order - Controversial in Canada

Only in Canada could a statement that you will appoint judges who will enforce the law be considered controversial.

Steven Harper is frankly admitting that he's looking for judges who will back his law-and-order agenda – and provoking cries from his opponents that he's trying to subvert the judiciary for political ends.

Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion suggested the mask of moderation that Harper put on for the last election has finally slipped from his face.

"He has a lot of difficulty to hide his neo-conservative, very right-wing agenda," Dion said in an interview "He tries his best to look centrist and moderate, but he's unable to hide it."

NDP Leader Jack Layton said he's still trying to figure out the precise impact of changes the Tories have made to the advisory committees in each province that have long vetted candidates for the federal bench.

But Harper's comments clearly give cause for concern, said Layton.

"You never know with this government. The way they have decided to choose judges certainly indicates that they are adopting a much more partisan approach to the whole question."

How is it partisan to want to enforce the law?