Lance Armstrong

Can you say "Salem"?

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency stripped Lance Armstrong’s seven Tour de France titles Friday, erasing one of the most incredible achievements in sports after deciding he had used performance-enhancing drugs to do it.

I have no idea whether Lance Armstrong won by doping. As far as I can tell, after spending considerable time trying to research it: he never once tested positive.  I'm not a particular fan of the man himself... I don't know him...

But I *am* a fan of what he's done with his fame to raise funds for cancer research.

And I find this statement by the World Anti-Doping Agency boss John Fahey that "he believes the decision of Armstrong not to challenge the charges can only be seen as an admission of guilt"

UTTERLY PREPOSTEROUS AND VILE.

Silly me, I thought we lived in a society where we are innocent until proved guilty.
Now it appears we live in a society where we are guilty until we prove our innocence.

#NoseHillGentlemen

Gun Law Debate

This  link is a letter to editor at Calgary Herald, written by American visiting police officer, who felt threatened when approached by strangers asking him if he had been to the Calgary Stampede, in which he wishes he had been allowed to carry his gun in Canada to defend himself.

Letter to Editor

The Canadian twitterverse comments which his letter set off, are on hashtag #NoseHillGentlemen

Turns out the "threatening" strangers were giving out free tickets to the Stampede.

Via @JennLutz
"Yep, 2 readers now confirm #NoseHillGentlemen were handing out free #Stampede park passes in Nose Hill. Officer Wawra, you're an idiot. "

The Huffington Post article is here >

Walt Wawra Feels Unsafe..

"The letter comes at a time when gun law debates are heating up across the U.S. and Canada, after shootings in Colorado, at Toronto's Eaton Centre and earlier this week at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin"


Wow... and wow.. I don't know what to say... except perhaps that

* I'm glad I don't live with the degree of fear and suspicion that Wawra (and perhaps many other Americans) do.

* I'm glad Wawra was *not* armed, as 2 innocent people could now be dead

*Canadians' sense of humour *rocks* : the twitterstream is hilarious... it reminds me of the #TellVicEverything approach - using humour to make our points, even when the topic we're discussing is not a laughing matter.

Update> here's a GlobeandMail Storify with some of the twitter comments!
US cop gets pilloried by Canadian Tweeters