I must admit that I was sceptical when a reader reported this, but there is Michael Coren, in all his ugly racist glory, @3:22. As “Canadian Patriot” (who has my apologies) says, we should all be submitting complaints to…
Continue readingJason Kenney’s Own Staff Abandons Him
There is no comparison between the weight of opinion brought to the debate on the important issue of judicial independence by the Rt. Hon Beverly McLachlin, Canada’s top jurist, and the Hon. Jason Kenney, whose legal credentials are… are… according…
Continue readingWankers of the Week: London Burning
Crappy weekend, everyone! Well. How about those riots in Merry Old England, eh? Looks like London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down…and not just in London, my fair ladies (and gents). Shit is hitting the fan all over the place. And here are some of the choicest turd-nuggets of the past week, goin’ […]
Continue readingPropagandizing in SK
It seems as though the editorial board of Regina’s daily newspaper can’t be bothered to so much as appear to provide balanced coverage of the uranium industry in Saskatchewan. In a meeting with the Leader-Post editorial board this week, NWM…
Continue readingBroken Internets/Killer Teabaggers on Crack
It’s not a truck, it’s a series of tubes. Very fragile glass tubes, and sometimes they break. In the course of doing the so-called “upgrade” they’ve been bragging about for the last 2 months on TV commercials and in the junk mail that relentlessly jams up my postbox, my cable company broke the internets. I […]
Montreal Simon: The British Riots and the Broken Society
First came the feral phase. The young are animals.They are essentially wild beasts. I use that phrase advisedly, because it seems appropriate to young people bereft of the discipline that might make them employable; of the conscience that distinguishes…
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Hydro Report: Death Knell for BC’s Public Power?
This will be a short blog because the point is simple…and devastating. Mark down August 12, 2011 as the day BC Hydro all but concluded its suicide mission, with the Campbell/Clark government and the Review Panel playing the role of Dr. Jack Kerv…
Continue readingBehind the Scenes of Michele Bachmann’s Newsweek’s cover photo shoot
I know I’m having a little too much fun with Michele Bachmann lately but c’mon she’s a joke generator. This one’s more about Marcus, her ambiguously straight husband. And yes Marcus, Newsweek did get the ‘money shot’.Behind the Scenes of Michele Bachma…
Continue readingNumbers Matter….
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And, as BlueGal points out, her podcast with soon to be forever life partner Driftglass has been listened to by more people in the last two weeks than will vote in America’s political proMedia wurlitzered ‘event’ of th…
Continue readingGiorgio Mammoliti– A Great Shirriff Roscooooo P Coltrane To Mayor Boss Hogg
Yes, ol’ Giorgio Mammoliti has been really becoming unhinged as of late. McCarthyism is indeed alive and well over at City Hall. A Facebook group that won’t allow ‘commies’, although, one seems to have slipped through, but the comment has been scrubbed. Damn! shoulda taken a screen shot.
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Continue readingbastard.logic: “The Frankenstein monster you created/Has turned against you, now you’re hated.”
by matttbastard Mary Riddell: London’s riots are not the Tupperware troubles of Greece or Spain, where the middle classes lash out against their day of reckoning. They are the proof that a section of young Britain – the stabbers, shooters, … Continue reading →
THE FIFTH COLUMN: When Beavers Abandon Their Dam: Heron Pond, South March Highlands
This summer a breach in the dam at Heron Pond in the South March Highland was discovered that appeared to be a natural occurrence. In such cases the beavers will usually repair the dam, but this did not happen and it appears they have abandoned the dam…
Continue readingThis Is Not My British Columbia
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The following is the lede of an important story from Lindsay Kines in the VTimes-Colonist:Despite public statements to the contrary, the B.C. Liberal government continues to force people with develop…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Toronto Police: True Blue To The End
Anyone who might be concerned that recent events have put a strain on police solidarity can rest easy. In an article in The Star entitled Retiring deputy chief calls G20 reaction overblown, Tony Warr, who is set to retire at month’s end, has nothing bu…
Continue readinggritchik: People for a SoCon Ontario
The Star posted this article yesterday about a new anti-Liberal, pro-Conservative political group called People for a Better Ontario. People for a Better Ontario hopes to convince voters to replace McGuinty with Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, though the group emphasizes it is not sanctioned by or affiliated with any political party. Yes, like you, […]
David Starkey on London riots: "The whites have become black."
Ouch. This hapless historian then digs himself even deeper. Mark Steyn would be proud.”Listen to [Tottenham Labour MP] David Lammy, an archetypal successful black man. If you turn the screen off so that you are listening to him on radio you would think…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Officials block cellphones in San Francisco train stations to disrupt protest
It surprises me that this isn't done more. Turn off the cell phone towers and no more Blackberry bbm or twitter tweets. An easy way for the powers that be to stop electronic protest planning.
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Visions of policing: a juxtaposition
Former New York City police commissioner Bill Bratton on the UK riots: A U.S. law enforcement expert who has agreed to help tackle gang violence in Britain in the wake of recent riots in urban centres says the government cannot…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is Capitalism Self-Destructing? Was Karl Marx Right?
Even the Wall Street Journal is starting to toss around the idea that Marx might have been right – capitalism will destroy itself. Economist Nouriel Roubini warns the self-destructive transfer of income from labour to capital could lead to an eco…
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