Weekly roundup: August 15 - 21

Articles

The $25,000 cow from Macleans

READER AM ANGRY WRITE COTTAGE FED COLUMN! from Porkosity [via Heather. The second letter is great.]

Drunk driver who caused boyfriend's death fined $2,300 for second offence from Calgary Herald [And if she were caught driving in Ontario during her 6 year ban, she would be fined between $1,000 and $5,000. Hardly seems like a punishment.]

Berlin Sidewalks from ruk.ca

Canada's broken justice system from National Post

The Lost Art of Postcard Writing from The New York Review of Books

Alberta renews RCMP contract through 2032 from National Post

Anyone But Steve Allen OR 10 Gifts The Simpsons Gave To Comedy

A billionaire's Waterworld takes libertarianism to new depths from The Globe and Mail

Tweets

https://twitter.com/#!/tobend/status/103282907535257601

https://twitter.com/robsilver/status/103996549536825345

https://twitter.com/robsilver/status/103996997022920704

https://twitter.com/#!/JoshMatlow/status/104259711091736576

https://twitter.com/#!/pmlagasse/status/103476630915268608

Podcast

ReVision Quest: Water. H2Oh-Oh? from CBC