The World Famous Dan Shields: 4389…Ken Gray And Me Gots A Lot In Common
Ken Gray is a columnist/blogger [The Bulldog] for The Ottawa Citizen. He is also a Carleton Ravens fan and recently he pondered in The Citizen how deep the CIS champion Ravens would go in the NCAA tourney. He pointed out that the Ravens beat St. Louis not once but twice
Continue readingVan Dongen’s Most Interesting ‘W’.
AllMayNotBeAsItSeems WhoCaresVille The 5 W’s of John van Dongen’s floor crossing… The Who? Well, ya, he clearly took aim at the (not)Premier….But do not forget the following…. Because while I unequivocally agree that a public inquiry is fully warranted, the $6 million thing was most definitely NOT hatched on her
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4388…Speaking Of Ships
The good ship Dipper is going to be arranging the deck chairs now that the Thomas Mulcair era is upon us. First to give up a spot on the deck is Brad Lavigne. Mr. Lavigne told Postmedia that “…he resigned Friday as principal secretary to interim leader Nycole Turmel and
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: A little late but the right thing to do
British Columbia Hansard, March 26, 2012 J. van Dongen: I rise and ask for the attention of the House to make a personal statement. Mr. Speaker: Proceed. J. van Dongen: “…I had hoped that there would have been renewal in my party and in government, but in the last 12
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Green on Blue Now #2 Cause of Allied Death in Afghanistan
Three more Western soldiers gunned down by their Afghan counterparts today, two Brits, one American. Attacks by our Afghan allies on Western forces now rank second only to improvised explosive devices in our fatalities. Almost one out of three recent fatalities has been from ‘green on blue’ attacks. The problem
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4387…Sink The Bismarck
It is a beer and it is from Scotland’s Brewdog and Jeff O’Reilly the beer reviewer for The Metro in Ottawa says it is quite good. It better be. Available at Pub Italia, just down the way from La Maison WFDS, Sink The Bismarck is 42 per cent alcohol by
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Ipsos Reid Poll of #AbVote – 38% PC, 38% WRP
Ipsos Reid released their first poll of Alberta since before the last election in 2008, showing a very outlier result compared to other pollsters, specifically on the position of the Wildrose Party of Danielle Smith. Here it is below: PC – 38% – 47 seats WRP – 38% – 35
Continue readingCasting genius: Jane Fonda to play Nancy Reagan in new flick
Most casting decisions these days are flat out puzzling. Take the upcoming ‘On the Road’ for example. Playing the lumberjack all-American Kerouac is a ferrit-faced Brit. The voluptuous MaryLou is played by androgynous Kristen Stewart. Empty-headed Kirsten Dunst is tackling sophisticated Carolyn Cassady. It’s all a bit of a maddening casting-against-type horror story.
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: Rob Ford: Toronto’s ‘notorious big’ loses subway vote
Toronto mayor Rob Ford is keen on catchphrases. Some of his faves are… “Stop the gravy train” – “It’s all about subways” – “End the war on the car” and “Respect for taxpayers.” Ford is a black-n-white slogan-friendly kinda guy. He stands as a living witness that a caricature can
Continue readingMulcair is the right pick for NDP, Canada
#cdnpoli #ndp #tm4pm #thomasmulcair #lpc #gpc A lot of hand wringing is going on at several levels within the NDP about picking a former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister to lead the NDP. Some of the traditionalists warn that this is the drift of the party to the right that they
Continue readingcmkl: So I think I’ll write about the weather
Because there’s too much depressing stuff going on. Which isn’t to say that snow flurries tomorrow evening isn’t depressing enough. But at least there’s nothing to be done about it.
Continue readingDziekanski killer convicted
One of Robert Dziekanski’s killers finally ran out of luck this week. He now has a criminal conviction—even if it’s for a different matter entirely, one that I first blogged about here, and much later here. Nevertheless, the public should probably count its blessings. Briefly, a drunken RCMP Corporal Monty
Continue readingWhy Conservative Ministers are ignorant; aka Tory Hacks are useful.
It’s public knowledge that the power of the Prime Minister in Canada is enormous. Key decisions are handed down, it’s a hierarchy mimicking Military Command. An essay called “Our Benign Dictatorship” written by Stephen Harper and Tom Flanagan back in 1997 articulated this very well, quite ironically: Only in politics
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics, March 27th
The Junos are in town this week, and so are all sorts of bands. Brothels legalized! Ontario budget Day! Freezes a coming: Salaries! Welfare! Alberta heads to the polls! Transgendered women kicked out of Miss Universe pageant BC Goes after the polygamists Ghost ship making its way to BC US commits
Continue readingBlunt Objects: BC Liberal MLA Joins BC Conservatives as it’s First MLA
Well, it’s not as surprising as it seems – right now the BC Liberals are sitting below 30% in my polling average, so you may want to brace yourself for more floor crossings. But what surprises me about John van Dongen’s floor crossing is not necessarily that he did it
Continue readingOttawa police: the beat goes on (but at a cost)
Another tale about the out-of-control Ottawa police: three of these uniformed hoods set upon a gathering of friends and neighbours roasting marshmallows, and put one of them in hospital after administering the trademark OPS beatdown. They’d apparently had a noise complaint. Needless to say, the cops charged him with assault
Continue readingFor the Seriously Lazy
I’m not just talking about people who like to sleep in, or lounge in their La-Z-Boy®, or let the dog out of their truck half a mile from home so Rover can chase them the rest of the way and they can say they’ve “walked the dog”. No, I’m talking
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sounds Yummy
The Barrie Examiner has a real weeper about the fate of the Ontario horse-racing industry if the McGuinty Gov. eliminates the slots-at-tracks agreement. It ends with: “It is a grim situation. If these horses aren’t making the owners money, they’ll have to sell them,” he [Essa Township horseman Stephen Byron] said. “What
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