Orléans v. Mer Bleue? Non merci, M. Blais

I don't like the rhetoric from Stephen Blais on this point. For all that living in the east end outside the Greenbelt can be a pain when it comes to getting to anywhere else in Ottawa-Gatineau, I do understand the value of the Mer Bleue bog.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/orleans-innes-brian-coburn-extension-1.5292215

Photography Phrustrations

I'm sure that I took more photos of the inside of Patty Boland's Pub than I have on file on my computer.

The reason why it bothers me that I can't find them: Patty's - a hangout of mine because it was the meeting site of ByMUG from its founding in 2006 until we moved over to Shares last year in 2018 - is shutting down. Their lease is up, and the new management hasn't had an easy time of it. There's more to the story than I know, surely, but I can't chase it down right now. Our founder and leader, Tom Leroux, asked me to dig up what pix I can find that I took of several of our earlier meetings at Patty's. Been trying for the last hour or so to carry out that task. It looks like I took fewer images than either Tom or I remember.

There's one dating back to 2006, and it looks...corrupted with unwanted linework. I took it back when I used a Canon A70. And I can't seem to find many more of them. Frustrating.

Reich-Wingers Form Federal Party, Are Immediately Outed as Such

On the one hand...dammit, they're registered now. On the other, the people who made it possible are now consigned to infamy.

https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/43knzp/canadian-far-right-party-becomes-official-outs-all-its-members?