So it goes with Tory hacks, just show up and do what you’re told. Where isn’t too important, why isn’t too important either. You just have to do it, for whatever your interests may be. It may be power, it may be money, it may even be a combination of
Continue readingcmkl: Might this be the end of co-sleeping?
Since Mallory just up and decided to sleep by herself in her own room (November 19) we’ve had one hybrid night, where she came into my room at about 2am, one fallback night where she decided she wanted to sleep in my bed, one night where we had a guest
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Cain “Suspends” Joke Campaign
As expected, Herman Cain announced today that he’s effectively dropping out of the race to be Leader of the Free World. I know… we’re all terribly let down by the decision. Cain claimed he made the decision “with a lot of prayer and soul searching” and blamed it on “the
Continue readingBe nice.
Niceness is the recognition of grace over substance. Niceness is the recognition of approach versus fact. Niceness is the social system of hypocritical suppression of negativity (fair or not) towards individual members. Niceness expects you to curb any dispositions or objective standards you have in order to support the emotional insecurity of
Continue readingCain Train derailed
From the “In What Will Come As No Surprise to Anyone” files, GOP presidential primary contender, pizzamonger and inveterate skirt-chaser extraordinaire Herman Cain has left the building: Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain effectively ended his 2012 White House race on Saturday, saying “false and unproved” sexual accusations have made it
Continue readingAmericans turn on the Tea Party
A recent Pew Research Center survey indicates that Americans, or at least those who have an opinion on the matter, are turning against the Tea Party. A year ago, as the Republican Party was making sweeping gains in the midterm elections, 24 per cent of Americans said they agreed with
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: descending down the pot-holed road of recession towards the sink hole of depression
These remarks of Paul Krugman could easily apply to Canada, for it is essentially homeowners with their massively extended debt load who have bumped our debt to GDP ratio up to 203%, and we too require expansionary fiscal and monetary policies to support the Canadian economy. We won’t be getting
Continue readingA File with Teh See-Siss
I have a seemingly unanswerable question that’s been giving me brain aches, so I thought I’d throw it out there on this fine Saturday afternoon. Why would an ordinary, if imperfect, citizen have a file with CSIS? The rundown: A friend of mine — and no, I’m not using “friend”
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Peter Van Loan Undergoes Emergency Colonic Irrigation Procedure
Rumours have surfaced that House Leader Peter Van Loan was rushed to a local Ottawa hospital to undergo an emergency colonic irrigation procedure to alleviate the heavy accumulation of fecal matter in his intestinal tract. The details surrounding his medical mess is still murky and the situation is still fluid.
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: GOP Leadership Contest: The Likeability Factor
Pundits seem to love to profess multitudes of differing explanations for the see-sawing GOP leadership contest that has seen, respectively, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain and now Newt Gingrich surge to the front of the pack in challenging Mitt Romney. These alternative explanations range from the simple to the complex,
Continue readingCanada’s secret police on torture
Shorter CSIS: “Torture? Nuh-uh. Just give us whatever you get out of the bastard.”
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Future of wild salmon depends on volunteers
Alexandra Morton: “…If the leaked document really says 100% of one run of Fraser sockeye tested positive for ISA virus, we have two very big problems. One, Justice Cohen instructed DFO to provide all documents relevant to the health of the Fraser sockeye and this was not one of them.
Continue readingThe Power of the Spoken Word
This video by Leah Harris ,spoken word artist and survivor of the youth mental health system who was orphaned when both of her parents who were diagnosed with schizophrenia died, is one of the most powerful videos I have ever watched. h/t @opliberation1 and @msanthropics
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Disturbing Article on Cell Phone and Wi-Fi Radiation
While I have written before on the link between cellphone electromagnetic radiation and cancer, I just completed an article by Christopher Ketcham entitled Radiation From Cell Phones and WiFi Are Making People Sick — Are We All at Risk? that offers some disturbing evidence of the dangers of the wireless
Continue readingLeDaro: Herman Cain gone, now it is between Mitt and New-it
Can Newt Gingrich land a knock-out punch on Mitt to throw him into the political pit? Is it possible that Gingrich will be the nominee? Herman Cain is accused of infidelity while Gingrich admits to his infidelity. It is going to be interesting.
Continue readingDurban hosts: Canada bullying poorer countries to abandon Kyoto protocols
Listen Africa, we’ve got Canadians on their knees. You’re next. Ah, our international prowess once again on display. It’s not enough for our government to bully our Aboriginals, our opposition, our media, our women and our youth. Peter Kent feels it necessary to push our tar sands-based Conservative government’s tragic anti-climate,
Continue readingTrashy's World: Say what?
I should have never consented to my daughter’s driving lessons… And I sure as hell won’t be letting my 7-year-old get behind the wheel when she turns 16! Wow! Who knew? A report given to a high-level advisory group in Saudi Arabia claims that allowing women in the kingdom to
Continue readingHerman Cain suspends presidential bid. On to ‘Plan B’.
Because of the elites of course. First time I’ve seen is wife with him. Is that part of the deal that he step down and she will step out in public once again by his side? Observation: man, he’s a horrible speaker. How’d he get this far? Plan B? http://cainsolutions.com/ except there’s
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Can we just get rid of CSIS and start over?
Reasonably civilized people realized long ago that torture is simply unacceptable. It’s morally reprehensible and never to be countenanced or encouraged. Reasonably intelligent people realized long ago that torture is an unreliable way to gain accurate information. Torture victims tend to say whatever their abusers want to hear so the
Continue readingThe not (not)Premier
TurnaroundIsAFairlyStupidPlay SmearSmackdownVille Well, well, well….. The Cons are at it again. And this time they have decided to ruffle the curtains of the Wizard himself by attempting to peel a strip off the artifice of that which he and his have worked long and hard to package and present to
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