karma is awesome

The 25 year old guy that robbed, raped and attacked my mom got beat up by his fellow inmates. Forgive me if this warms the little cockles of my heart and I do a little happy dance at the news. I am not so thrilled with the justice system.
Hubby came home with the newspaper and on the front page is a huge article on how Jesse Toews was beaten up in jail. His fellow inmates found out what he did and handed him is butt on a platter with a few teeth on the side. He is/was in the Edmonton Remand Centre awaiting a psychiatric assessment to say whether he is sane enough to stand trial, or if he goes to the hospital or to the prison. However he couldn't get to see the shrink before the inmates found out what kind of slime he is sooooooo they handed him his ass. teehee
So we found out via the newspaper not the court, cops, crown, or anyone else that this guy was going to appear in court on the 29th. We heard October 29 on the radio but it is actually September 29th so off to court I go tomorrow to look this person in the eye. The newspaper article that I read about this whole thing said something to the effect that due to cutbacks in health care spending he couldn't get this assessment and if he can't get this assessment he can't be tried. If he can't be tried we have to live through this nightmare longer and I don't want to.
I know that I believe Karma will get him in the end and the law of three lets me know that it will be three times good or three times bad. Karma has not let me down, lady bright karma has not let me down. I hope not to let the Lady and Lord down. I have to hope that I can fight for health care and can advocate for psychiatric beds and care and in a bizarre way hope that I help the man that right now I cannot forgive. If he is truly ill then he should have been locked up. If he isn't then I hope that karma bites him in the ass again.
That being said the previous cutbacks made to our Alberta healthcare system and mental health systems over the last 20 years with very little reinvestment when times were good. So there is not a lot out there for truly ill individuals or their families. There are also a lot of them out there that I would like to hit with a big stick, put them to work or in school and tell them to suck it up.
So if this is a good defence attorney I hope to know tomorrow. The thought that any other victim or family member has to run the risk of some one that is mentally ill attacking, raping and robbing their mother on a bright sunny summer's day. I want them locked up, they can stay there until they are no longer any danger to me or anyone else.
This talk of community group homes probably privately funded and owned means that these people are going to be living near me and my friends, neighbours and family. They will not be living near any of the politicians that is just not done. There will not be the kind of supervision, support and treatment these people need. When this policy was adopted in the US the numbers of homeless, and prison entries jumped. We are halfway there they started in the 1990's under Klein and now continues under Stelmach. Who is going to have to be killed before the privatization of stuff that should never be privatized is going to be stopped?

Boom-de-yada

The world really is a great and beautiful place. The dew drops on the nasturium leaves sparkle like perfect round prisms, the reds of the runner beans, the yellows of the sunflowers, and the massive tangle of the tomatoes. The greens and silvers of my herb garden and the jewel like colour of the jars of filled preserves on my shelves.
The potatoes need till at least the end of September and I am watering the bejeebers out of the last barrel so that I can increase the size of the top potatoes. I planted too late and will need to plant earlier next year, this will work and work well if I can figure it out for our climate.
My garden is still growing and I have covered the tomatoes with a greenhouse made of plastic. and it is so far holding. I have almost got the top layer of the firepit platform done and I love the way it is coming together. The next step will be the actual firepit and the base for the bake oven, I can`t wait for the first fire with all the sparkle off the rocks. I think this year I will plant crocuses, snow drops and some tulips back by Jay`s tree and Buddah. The cherry tree has produced so many cherries this year and I hope to have just enough left to make cherry jelly, and with crocus, etc under the blossoms in the spring.......
like the song says I love the whole world it really is a great and beautiful place Boom de yada.
Cheers

Hmmm

I think I might have come up with an idea. It could be a very cool idea. I don't know how to make it work. But I know it could work. Environmentally friendly even. I might have even found the one piece of machinery I need to put it all together. Hmmmmm I really am starting to like this idea.
How do you protect a name? If MacDonalds can trademark everything to do with mc and mac and all there must be a way to protect a name and an idea. Hmmmmm who would I ask I hate business people.....Crystal!! Crystal will know about the rules and the government should be able to help as well. Micro credit in most business peoples eyes but a lot of cash to me. Hmmmm I had better think this through, make plans, but first get that piece of equipment to start up. Hmmm I am going to have to sleep on this one and try and keep my big mouth shut.
Hmmmm

frost free days 2009

There was a frost warning for last night and there is another for tonight and it is only the 10th of September. There are hundreds of pounds of tomatoes out there, beans, peppers, basil and more tomatoes, fennel, tomatillos, onions, and carrots. I have chicory coming up for whitloof, some spinach, and some late cabbage seedlings that will tolerate the cold all going well. I don't want to lose these vegetables after raising them from seeds and working away at them all summer.
The greenhouse is made of medium weight poly, ducked taped together to form a single piece, weighted down with marble and I filled it with candles. I hope the heat from the flames will keep the temperature far enough above freezing to protect the tomatoes. I have one side that opens easily to vent the heat if it does get up there next week. The pumpkins are covered with floating row covers and plastic to protect them from the frost
I have nothing to lose and 4 to 6 weeks to gain on either end of the growing season.