All this Catholic-school business reminds me of a Mel Brooks moment
I'm sorry, I just can't help it sometimes.It's probably not the most famous or best-remembered scene from Blazing Saddles (and in truth, it's got a lot of competition), but in…
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The Catholic school system needs to get its hands out of our pockets
And that's just for starters.The travesty that took place this week is common knowledge by now. Activist Leanne Iskander, who's got more courage in her little finger than most people…
A monorail for Toronto? I’m late for this party, aren’t I
Sometimes the posts practically write themselves.I'm sure all the obvious Simpsons references have already been made, although the giant Ferris wheel thing does put me in mind of that scene…
Let Freedom Rain: "National Necrophilia Week": Ezra Levant wears orange wig, drinks Orange Crush. Mocks Layton’s passing.
Let Freedom Rain: "National Necrophilia Week": Ezra Levant wears orange wig, drinks Orange Crush. Mocks Layton's passing.: What Jymn said. 'via Blog this'
The Real Johnson: An Open Letter to Christie Blatchford
The Real Johnson: An Open Letter to Christie Blatchford: 'via Blog this'
Jack’s passing seems to have sparked a new competition
I'm reminded at times of that aphorism (can't remember whether it was Mark Twain or Winston Churchill) about a lie getting halfway around the world while the truth is still…
Putting the Blatchfords of the world in the proper context
Activist Communique: An open letter to Christie Blatchford by Alice Moran | rabble.caNOW Magazine // Daily // News // A vainglorious, partisan spectacleSad part is, Blatchford and her enablers probably…
Blatchford accomplishes the impossible
She's found a way to make @SueAnnLevy look classy.(Honorable mention to David Naylor. Well done, all.)
@cityslikr lights @SueAnnLevy up like a pinball machine
(With an apology to pinball machines everywhere.)That @cityslikr fella can be wonderfully succinct sometimes. I retweeted this earlier, but it deserves a whole blog post.Word. If you're ever curious about…
BCL catches @SueAnnLevy rewriting history, smearing brave firefighters
BigCityLib Strikes Back: In Case You ARE WonderingDon't know why BCL isn't on the Tweeter, but that's up to him. In the meantime, seems the Venomous LoserTM is perfectly happy…
@AntoniaZ, @SusannaKelley, @marcusbgee, and the Rob Ford ascendancy | #TOpoli
Wonderful thing, the Tweeter. Keeps things lively, and keeps you on your toes.So apparently there's some question over what I wrote about the Globe's ideologically reliable urban affairs curmudgeon and…
America overheats: The Sewer of Stupid is about to overflow | #USpoli
Our Climate Of Extremes | ThinkProgressYep. They're in the middle of their worst drought ever, heat records are being broken every day, but they're going to deny the scientific evidence…
Retiring senior Toronto cop calls #G20 reaction overblown
Toronto News: Retiring deputy chief calls G20 reaction overblown - thestar.comYou know where I'm going with this, so I'll just let thwap and Lorne carry the ball on this one.…
@marcusbgee calls Ford on his bullshit, but who helped put him there? | #TOpoli
So a few people – Thor and Nancy for starters – are linking to this piece from the Globe's ideologically reliable urban affairs curmudgeon, who's arguing, not without reason, that…
Another day, another embarrassing eruption from Mt. Ford | #TOpoli
Honestly, where do you begin?First, Mayor Stupid's dismissing all the folks who spoke at last month's city hall all-nighter as left-wing, NDP, special-interest types trying to protect their free money.…
On that whole Nycole Turmel thing …
While we're on the subject of journalistic ethics, let me just cite pogge and thwap. They've already said it better than I can.From pogge:Every year or two I find a…
#SunMedia and journalistic ethics: another juxtaposition
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As far as @pogge411 is concerned, caribou are more important than people
Typical bleeding-heart tree-hugger, getting all squishy about caribou and weeping into his tofu. Never mind the jobs involved in forestry and the Ethical OilTM Sands. And where's he getting his…
The ‘debt crisis’ and the undermining of democracy in Europe
While CK’s on the road, she’s invited me to blog and cross-post here. So I’m recycling this tasty little item, which I found via @NaomiAKlein. (They say she’s polarizing ……
8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance | AlterNet #uspoli
8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance | | AlterNet#facepalm just isn't strong enough for this.