Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say. A million here, a million there, pretty soon it adds up to some real money!
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CathiefromCanada: Nice to see
Nice to see the United States and Canada united at last — in our hatred of the Miami Heat and our joy at the Mavericks win!
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Great line of the day
Steve V writes about Harper’s delusional foreign policy hubris:Irrelevant on climate change, non existent at the United Nations, playing NO role in key diplomatic initiatives, retreating from traditional development and aid, apart from the military ang…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Lighten up
Oh, come on, folks. He can’t fly commercial, but if Stephen Harper wants to take his daughter to watch a Stanley Cup game, why shouldn’t he?If we had had the chance to do that with our kids, we would have done it in a heartbeat, and it would have been…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Try to imagine how little I care
Some days its difficult to find something in the news I care about.Because one thing I don’t really care about very much is whether consenting adults have affairs, talk sexy on the phone, take sexy photos of themselves or their lovers, consume Viagra, …
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: “Please help me feel safe in this city again”
The Morden inquiry into the G20 debacle is going to be the only official public review we will ever have about what happened in Toronto a year ago.The review, launched by the police services board last September, aims to tackle questions that remain on…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Thanks for the teeth
I have finally found the man I owe my teeth to.He was Dr. Irwin Mandel, who just died in New York at age 89. I was one of those kids who always had cavities. We didn’t know anything about flossing when I grew up, and the first time I ever heard of tee…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: About protest
Johann Hari writes about the proof that protest works: : The first ever attempt to hold a Gay Pride rally in Trafalgar Square was in 1965. Two dozen people turned up – and they were mostly beaten by the police and arrested. Gay people were imprisoned…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T
The general opinion of the throne speech was ho-hum, enlivened by Brigette DePape’s politely disrespectful protest:In response to the pearl-clutching about how awfully disrespectful Brigette was of the dignity of Parliament, somewhere Michael Ignatieff…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Some days, all you’ve got is your dog
Like Mickey Rourke said.So check out the dog which is now wandering here and there on my sidebar — its a gadget from aBowman and he’ll chase the ball, scoop up the treats, chew on the bone, follow the cursor, sit and lie down. And sleep.
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: What else are they lying about?
Reading the story about how the Harper government deliberately excluded critical oilsands data from an environmental report done for the United Nations forces me to ask:So what else is the Harper government lying to Canadians and to the world about?One…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: After the tornado
ER Stories describes what it was like to be in the Joplin hospital during and after the tornado:: I remember a patient in his early 20’s gasping for breath, telling me that he was going to die. After a quick exam, I removed the large shard of glass f…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Great line of the day
From Kevin Drum via Steve Benen:“Every once in a while I feel like I’ve succumbed to partisan madness and need to back off and assume a bit more good faith and sincerity from thinkers and activists on the other side. I need to treat conservative ar…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Is that a celphone in your pocket
Or are you just glad to see me? (NSFW)
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Hudak’s plan:
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: The question
Since The Night of the Liberal Dead on May 2, the question that the Liberal party has been struggling to answer is this:Why does Canada need you anymore?Cutting through the wailing and gnashing of teeth, new Liberal leader Bob Rae is getting back on th…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Detroit 187
If TV fans could save one cancelled show, which would you want it to be?For us, it would be Detroit 187. We love Michael Imperioli, for one thing. And the whole ensemble case was great.But we also loved how they made the city of Detroit into part of …
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Turning on a dime
If there is one thing the 21st century had learned already, its that things will change on a dime.George Bush wasn’t going to be a memorable president — until 911.The Irish economy was the Celtic Tiger — except when it collapsed. And the American ec…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Just watch him
Not even three weeks into his unfettered prime ministership, and Stephen Harper is already showing us what kind of prime minister he will be — arrogant, unaccountable, partisan, and shortsighted.And the media is already showing us what kind of press c…
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