i would like to congratulate the new premier of quebec, premier doonesbury.

i hope that quebeckers are able to follow the direction of her government without too much difficulty.

this is actually a fairly small plane. the media made it sound like he bought a 747.

he probably doesn't need 12 passengers, 5 would be more than enough, but what's the actual difference in cost, and is it really that substantive?

i'm not a fiscal conservative. i'd rather see money spent on useful things than useless things, but i have no opposition to government spending money on things that are being used. this doesn't strike me as wasteful.

https://bombardier.com/en/aircraft/challenger-650

i wouldn't consider the premise of the premier's office having access to round the clock air travel to be controversial if i thought it was necessary. the costs are minor, in context. however, it's not clear to me why the premier of ontario needs a private jet as anywhere he can go on a private jet, he can go on a public one.

ontario is very big and there are a lot of places that you can't get to in commercial aircraft or even by road, you need a small plane or a helicopter. it would make sense to me for ontario to have it's own small aircraft to ensure the premier can get across the province.

but the jet would probably have difficulty landing in a lot of these places anyways. it doesn't seem to have been well thought through.

the combination of fresh dill, frank's hot sauce and jalapeno brine is extremely good in lentil soup.

i have been buying jarred things recently. it's a little unusual. but it gave me the idea of using the brine to get the last bit of caesar out of the bottle for the soup, and the jalapeno-brine-caesar mix is ridiculously good, paired with the dill and the hot sauce. it's the perfect combination of sour, tangy and spicy.