his lordship was being interviewed plenty; reporters gave him a good platform ...
he was at his napoleonic best (as one reporter said : "like napoleon, he is at his best when fighting on more than one front" - he'll probably have some of these scoundrels for b'fast, lunch and dinner - prepared by his wife , barbara amiel, personally).
wouldn't have taken much more and steam would have been coming out of his ears - what a performer !!! hbg
It's really quite marvellous how the media could find him at the book launch last night to take photos - but his lawyer couldn't find him when it was time to go to Chicago.
ptoooooooooey
windy city ? no thanks, not right now, much nicer in the spring !
Yup - that's what Set and I were posting about on Friday.
It's still making me angry.
I am just guessing here, but I tend to think that the idea of granting your Canadian citizenship after you give it up was made mainly for women who married men from other countries, and after the divorce wanted to come back home.
I would think a case of giving it up because you wanted to become a Lord in a different country would not be met so sympathetically.
His lordship of Crossedwires will need to make sure that he donates generously to assure the success of his petition . . . but he has a problem there--the liberals have the largest parliamentary contingent, but not a majority. The Tories certainly would love to love him, but they'd have to drag the BQ with them (ouf . . . ca pue . . . ) and the New Democrats.
Good Luck, Lord Black of Crosstownbus, yer gonna need it . . .
here is hoping that set will be generous enough to buy a pencil (or two ?) from his lordship when he sets up a stand in front of the toronto stock exchange.
"brother can you spare a dime?" - make it an american dime, will ya ?
hbg
These days, though, that American dime is only worth eleven and a half cents Canajun, he's gonna need to sell a lot of pencils . . .
keep buying, set, keep buying ! hbg
I remember the press rancour when Black renounced his citizenship, but never bothered to review the case until now. Thought others might be interested, too:
Black v. Chretien and the Attorney General of Canada
I'll be following his efforts to resume Canadian citizenship with interest.
Arraignment held over until thursday.
I wonder if Conrad might end up in the same seats made sacred by Jerry Rubin?
It sure would be cool if they chained him into his seat.
i wonder if conrad black will appear in court dressed as Cardinal Richelieui ? should give him protection by the catholic church, shouldn't it ?
(tried to find a picture of him from the costume ball - no luck). hbg
His heart is named Black.
There was a good piece in the G and M yesterday on Black's lawyer for this venue. He sounds a very interesting fellow indeed. We are going to have to get joefromchicago doing some courtroom reporting for us.
No bail revocation for Lord Black of Crossharbour.
Quote:A U.S. judge has turned down a request to revoke the $20-million-US bond of Conrad Black, the Canadian-born media baron charged with misappropriating millions of dollars from Hollinger International.
District Judge Amy St. Eve handed down the ruling in a Chicago courtroom on Monday, deciding not to revoke the bond and send Black to jail.
St. Eve said she would decide at a later date whether to increase the bond for Black, the former head of the Hollinger media empire that controlled more than 60 per cent of Canadian newspaper titles in the 1990s as well as hundreds of dailies in the United States, England, Australia and Israel.
Trial's set for March 2007.
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