I am not able to comment on Cathie from Canada’s blog. I’ll just reply be stating that Police Chief Blair doesn’t get it that the failure of the G20 weekend was that Chief Blair, Premier Dalton McGuinty, Stephen Harper, and other officials violated the…
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The Skinny: A reformed House of Commons and Senate
Houze of Commons seats apportioned based on provincial/territorial populations and party seats distributed through some form of proportional representation.
House of Commons seats: 330.
Senate seats apportioned based on the square roots of the provi…
Continue readingThe Skinny: My quick post-election predictions
Harper will still run the government like a control freak.
The vote-subsidy will disappear.
Abortion will be slightly tightened, but not banned. Harper still needs leverage with his religious extremists while not pissing off a majority of Canadians…
Continue readingThe Skinny: If you have Rogers cable, this might work for early coverage
Turn to a Newfoundland or Nova Scotia TV station before 7:30 Eastern. Keep the station on after 7:30. You may get multiple freeze frames. The results may come in. Just don’t change the channel and return, or else you’ll be blacked out.
Continue readingThe Skinny: To those on Rogers Cable: how to watch the election results early
On election night in 2008, I switched my channel on Rogers Cable to one of the Newfoundland stations before Rogers had a chance to black-out the signal. When the election coverage started in Newfoundland, the TV image became multiple freeze-frames wi…
Continue readingThe Skinny: Ottawa Citizen: Elections Canada to muzzle Twitter
Fascists 3
Visitors 3
Commies 3
Traitors 1
Ewoks 0
Hermits 0
Will the Fascists be wiped out in Port Edward, New Bear, New Scotland, and Newfreeland?
Continue readingThe Skinny: Faux News North starts tomorrow (Monday 6 a.m. EDT)
It looks like the old Sun TV comedy/drama programs are disappearing, and the new Faux News North is starting at 6 a.m. Monday. Since, this is an over the air station in Toronto, Rogers customers will have no way to avoid Faux News North.
Channel 15 …
Continue readingThe Skinny: Toronto Sun: Facebook ban is social nutworking (Rachel Sa)
Toronto Sun’s Rachel Sa writes:
In a shortsighted move, the Ontario College of Teachers has instructed its members to refrain from connecting with students through social networks.
Word went out in an advisory issued to the college’s 230,000 mem…
Continue readingThe Skinny: My dad and politics
I just finished having a conversation on Skype with my dad. He and my mother live in Helena Guergis’s riding. My dad mentioned that he will be voting for the Liberal candidate. He does have a beef with Michael Ignatieff which is that Mr. Ignatief…
Continue readingThe Skinny: Fraser Institute school rankings
The Toronto Sun has some stories about the Fraser Institute school rankings. As a supply teacher who has taught at most of the elementary schools in my board, what can I interpret from the Fraser Institute rankings? I know that schools in well-off …
Continue readingThe Skinny: Harper thinks this election is unnecessary
The Liberals, Bloc, and NDP voted against the HarperGovermnent (TM) on a motion of non-confidence.
Duration between October 14, 2008 and May 2, 2011 elections: 930 days.
Harper called for an election that took place on October 14, 2008.
Duration betwe…
The Skinny: The Star: Parents must witness their children’s murder to receive compensation
I’m wondering if the young man who had been beheaded on a passenger bus in western Canada had been beheaded in Ontario, would his family not receive victim compensation because the family members had not actually seen the beheading?
The provincial age…
Continue readingThe Skinny: Fire those lazy teachers!
The governor of Tennessee, Bill Haslam, wishes to change teachers’ working conditions in that teachers can be evaluated based on their students’ standardized test results. He wants to delay granting tenure to teachers until they have worked five year…
Continue readingThe Skinny: Doris (Stockwell) Day to quit politics
Will D.S. Day run for the leadership of the Conservative Party?
Montreal Gazette: Day to quit politics.
Continue readingThe Skinny: Foster’s ad: please, don’t look gay
What’s next? Don’t wear pink T-shirts?
Pink News: Is the new Foster’s ad homophobic?
Continue readingThe Skinny: Parent Central: Is Dalton McGuinty afraid to talk about sex?
A Parent Central/Toronto Star article wonders if Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is afraid to change the Health curriculum that deals with sex education. Conservative groups do not want sexual orientation to be discussed at primary and junior grades …
Continue readingThe Skinny: R-r-r-roll up the price increase!
As usual, I expect a price increase in Tim Hortons products during the R-r-r-roll up the Rim contest. Customers do not complain during the contest period.
Continue readingThe Skinny: Whose Pride?
Toronto Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy wrote,
“Yet the [Pride community advisory] panel members conveniently ignore the fact that all the mainstream press, the major mayoralty candidates and most city councillors were in agreement last year that QuAIA and its hat…
Continue readingThe Skinny: One year without looking at Blogging Tories
I’ve gone one year without looking at the Blogging Tories website and its related websites. Yay!
Also, Rogers cable customers in Toronto can enjoy a free preview of Al Jazeera English on channel 176. I don’t know how long the preview will last.
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