At which point will Harper pull out the bathroom break trick?
A. Not getting what he wants out of Ban Ki-moon.
B. David Cameron resists Harper’s warmondering on Libya.
C: Leaders express disgust with Harper’s lack of commitment to women and children.
Cross posted at Let Freedom . . . → Read More: Harper off to UN
Continue readingHad John Tory and his provincial Conservatives formed the government after the last Ontario election, they would have introduced funding for private religious schools. Heck, anyone would have been able to start up a private religious school by placing a Christian cross, Star of David, or Muslim crescent on the front
Continue readingHad John Tory and his provincial Conservatives formed the government after the last Ontario election, they would have introduced funding for private religious schools. Heck, anyone would have been able to start up a private religious school by placing a Christian cross, Star of David, or Muslim crescent on the front
Continue readingHad John Tory and his provincial Conservatives formed the government after the last Ontario election, they would have introduced funding for private religious schools. Heck, anyone would have been able to start up a private religious school by pl…
Continue readingOn September 20, 1811, Tecumseh rode into Tuckhabatchee, in present day Alabama, the capital of the Muscogee people. Twenty warriors, members the Shawnee, Kickapoo and Winnebago nations, rode with him. The last months of a tense peace between the Unite…
Continue readingGreat story in The New York Times today about dinosaur feathers preserved in amber that show traces of pigment. Eleven 70-million-year-old specimens examined by scientists at the University of Alberta suggst that the feathered animals had an array of …
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Continue readingUPDATE: Here’s video of the follow-up Susteren-Carlson dust up.Delicious. Decision goes to Greta. This time she doesn’t take Carlson’s false equivalence bait.——————-Greta’s not happy with Tucker because the latter’s blog featured a&nbs…
Continue readingOn September 20, 1811, Tecumseh rode into Tuckhabatchee, in present day Alabama, the capital of the Muscogee people. Twenty warriors, members the Shawnee, Kickapoo and Winnebago nations, rode with him. The last months of a tense peace between the Uni…
Continue readingOn September 20, 1811, Tecumseh rode into Tuckhabatchee, in present day Alabama, the capital of the Muscogee people. Twenty warriors, members the Shawnee, Kickapoo and Winnebago nations, rode with him. The last months of a tense peace between the United States and the native peoples led by Tecumseh were quickly
Continue readingAt which point will Harper pull out the bathroom break trick?A. Not getting what he wants out of Ban Ki-moon.B. David Cameron resists Harper’s warmondering on Libya.C: Leaders express disgust with Harper’s lack of commitment to women and children.
Continue readingYes, boys ‘n’ girls, put this one under the file of if this weren’t so sad and dire for Canadians, it might actually be rip roaringly hilarious. Stevie Spiteful and Deficit Jimbo are actually going to pay the firm, Deloitte, 19.8 million smackers or 90,000$ per day until about March 31 to help . . . → Read More: Harpercons Pay Private Firm 90,000$ Per Day To, Well, Find Ways To Find Cuts
Continue readingIf you thought the exit of the Bloc Quebecois from the federal stage meant the humiliation card was put safely back in the deck, think again.The New Democrat’s democratic reform critic David Christopherson says supporting legislation that doesn’t guarantee Quebec 25% of the seats in the House of Commons would be "insulting" to Quebecers."We believe that Quebec should maintain the percentage of
Continue readingEveryone reading this should know that conditions for working people at Walmart – the largest employer in the United States – are nothing short of criminal. We should also know that the only way working conditions at Walmart will ever improve is by wor…
Continue readingLawrence Martin weighs in this morning on the subject of Bob Dechert and the company he keeps. John Baird’s parliamentary secretary, writes Martin,showed such poor judgment in entering into that kind of relationship [with an agent of the Xinhua News Ag…
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Alltop is a funny machine.
