Author: Lisa

You know that children’s book, Go the F*ck to Sleep? This is a take off on that, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. It’s laugh-out-loud funny and it’s funded by the Jewish Council for Education and Research. Well done! WTFU2012.com Four more sleeps until E-day.

Another Republican – male, natch – talks about being against abortion and, you know, that “rape thing.” Here.

This morning I went on Krista Erickson’s show to talk about Ontario MPP severance packages. I pointed out that MPPs haven’t received pensions since 1996 and rules guiding severance packages were brought in my former conservative Premier Mike Harris. Tonight Brian Lilley and I talked about polls and the state

Again, it never ceases to amaze me how much men like to talk about abortion, and limiting – or, eliminating – women’s access to it. And there’s no shortage of them. First, Todd Akin, a congressman running for the U.S Senate, who said, said rape survivors don’t need abortions because “if

That’s right, Obama. Utah, home of America’s largest Mormon community – of which Mitt Romney is one – endorses the non-Mormon Democrat, President Barack Obama. Here’s what the Salt Lake City Tribune had to say: The Republican nominee’s political and religious pedigrees, his adeptly bipartisan governorship of a Democratic state, and his head

Colin Powell’s former chief of staff says the Republican party is “full of racists.” Exactly no one is surprised.

I guess this is what the ruling federal Conservative party thinks is tough on crime. You see, there’s this Reform Canadian Alliance Tory MP, Maurice Vellacott, who, quite frankly, is an abomination. He’s been in all sorts of trouble over the years (here and here). He’s also a hardcore pro-lifer,

Didn’t think so.

So says Donald Trump. You know, the guy who’s convinced Obama’s not American. I always knew Trump was an asshole.

With lots going on politically, there was no shortage of topics today. By-elections, leadership and the Ontario New Democrats’ past history on prorogation (they’ve prorogued more times than they’ve formed government). On the by-elections: Durham could be interesting if voters want to punish the Conservative Party for Bev Oda’s excesses;

Around midnight tonight my kids discovered we had no hot water and, finally, around 2 am, I think I solved the problem. This, of course, involved me setting off the alarm system, having to clean out the storage room and studying YouTube videos to figure out all possible causes and

You may have heard by now that there’s an Ontario Liberal leadership race underway. The party executive met this weekend to set some ground rules and a convention date. So, the next question is, “Who’s in?” Kinsella posted a few questions that may get you started thinking about it: With

Yes, I know, they’ve made more than one. But this, seriously? Remember New Coke? Yeah, like that.