NO WAY that the IQ-challenged Tim Hudak came up with this!
It would be kind of akin to Rob Ford putting his shoes on the right feet in one try…
But still – kudos to the Ont. PC lemming who came up with this…
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Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Symbolic: Canada’s “New” Sanctions Against North Korea
Canada’s Conservative government will do anything to shore up it’s new militaristic approach to complex global crises. And that includes, imposing symbolic sanctions on a rogue regime. And imposing such sanctions on the same regime within e…
Continue readingTaylorOwen.com: How the New Yorker Goes Viral
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog For years I have read The New Yorker as a non-US print subscriber. This meant that somewhere between a few days and a week after an issue was published, it arrived in the mail. The uncertainty of its arrival is fun, and the novelty of flipping through the Goings on […]
Continue readingRobespierre had nothing on current British Courts’ reign of terror over riot organizers. Canuck Conservatives mighty jaloux.
Conservative politicians and pundits are falling all themselves in a fit of prime ‘jaloux’ over the Brit courts’ reign of terror over riot participants and organizers. Swift, extreme and unforgiving, the courts are acting more like the military during …
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: The view from here
These geese chatter a lot, they are starting to flock as the end of summer draws closer. Sorry for the light posting, I’m recuperating from influenza/pneumonia, got knocked flat, and gave myself permission to take time to rest and recuperate. … Continue reading →
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Meeting the tar sands face-to-face
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Recently, West Coast Staff Lawyer, Josh Paterson, was invited to particip…
Continue readingThe world’s greatest rejection letter. From the desk of Hunter S. Thompson?
When a magazine rejects some bit of prose you’ve submitted, the usual response is a politely-worded letter or your well-creased copy sent back to you without comment. In the case of young Mike Peterson (read his memory of it here), the rejection to his…
Continue readingknitnut.net: Ottawa Police break sleeping man’s bones
Once again, there are more horrifying allegations of brutality lodged against members of the Ottawa Police Service.
A woman and her teenaged daughter found a man sleeping on the sidewalk early Saturday morning. She called 911, expecting the police would help the man. When they arrived, according to the woman, they shoved him around and […]
Continue readingPeter MacKay, "royal" privilege, and the unelected Senate
Canadians can hardly escape the “royal” connection. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Royal Canadian Mint, the Royal Ontario Museum … the list is endless. To say nothing of the royal visage staring out at us from our…
Continue readingEvilness: Atheists on film…
… or tape… or hard drive or whatever…. An interesting little short by the Winnipeg Skeptics.
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: over-rated great novels?
Authors confess to books they’d kick out of the canon Slate Magazine http://ow.ly/64NpJ
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Harper loves movies! Jane Taber’s desperate fluff piece to make our PM seem human.
He loves cats! He loves pop music! Now we learn our beloved leader loves movies, too! Not only that, Stephen’s a ‘cinephile’ (no not that, you dirty mind).
Dear Jane
Thank you for all your hard work on behalf of the party.
XXOO Conservative Party of . . . → Read More: Harper loves movies! Jane Taber’s desperate fluff piece to make our PM seem human.
Continue readingThe Dominion blogs: Is Haiti’s Church Hierarchy Failing in its Mission? Bishop Louis Kébreau’s Immoral Advice to Martelly
Wadner_ Pierre_2.jpg Article and photo by Wadner Pierre Did Bishop Louis Kébreau, President of the Haitian Episcopal Conference, call on Haitian President Martelly to be ruthless and dictatorial? In an article published on August 11 by the Haitian daily Newspaper Le Nouvelliste, Bishop Kébreau, a close friend of President Martelly
Continue readingMore Prosser shenanigans in Wisconsin. REPUBLICAN prosecutor to head investigation of choking allegations.
What is it about Wisconsin anyway? It has to be the most corrupt state in the union and that’s saying something. First a Republican lackey comes up with just enough mystery votes to salvage Prosser from the jaws of defeat. Now, a Republican prosecutor …
Continue readingChatty Michele. Pull the string….
I have been watching the GOP Presidential contenders in the US with a lot of amusement.
The day of the corn dogs was great for some belly laughs here at the batcave.
The other thing I am finding fascinating/disturbing is Michele Bachmanns reaction…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Royal Blunder
OMG. How pathetic. More evidence that Stephen Harper wants to drag this country back to its colonialist past.Look, if our ridiculous would be dictator wants to put on a pith helmet and pretend he’s Lord Stephen of Alberta and Etobicoke, that’…
Continue readingRupert Murdoch fear mongers Robert Crumb from visiting Sydney
You don’t have to be under criminal investigation for tapping voicemails to be a corrupt organization. If you’re a news outfit, all you have to do is print yellowed, sensationalistic profiles solely intended to demean anything or anyone outside your ideological world view.
Such is the case with legendary 60′s icon and . . . → Read More: Rupert Murdoch fear mongers Robert Crumb from visiting Sydney
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On direct clash
One of the most interesting questions following the NDP’s ascent to Official Opposition status was that of how the Cons would seek to attack a party which didn’t carry the Libs’ baggage. Now, it looks like we’re seeing the answer – and it’s worth quick…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Fracking’s ‘Ominous’ Cost To New York’s Roads
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A draft discussion paper [pdf] from the New York State Department Of Transportation (NYSDOT) projects costs that unconventional gas and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) will…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Feds want Gulf of St. Lawrence enviro review
Federal environment minister Peter Kent wants an extensive environmental review before Corridor Resources can get a permit to explore on the Old Harry prospect in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, CBC is reporting. The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshor…
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