I have always loved this song. Always. I know, it is a separatist anthem and I don’t care. The imagery is beautiful, human and dare I say it, quintessentially Canadian.
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": God Love Ya Canada
My wish for you on your birthday is a return to the sense of common purpose and possibility that made the railway a reality.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: If We Don’t Get Progressive Leadership, Then What?
You can’t say we haven’t been warned – again and again and again. Forces of instability are setting in around the world. You name it. Everything from deforestation; desertification; air/land/water contamination; resource d…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 3889…Bowie Predicts A Chretien For Dalton
It’s not Grit Girl, but it’ll doPrediction: three consecutive majorities. Dalton McGuinty is going to pull a Chretien.WFDS
Continue readingNew National Anthem-My Canada Day Gift-And Why I Boycott Canada Day
Well, while Stevie Spiteful has already begun the task of flushing Canada down the toilet in earnest:
And he turns us into another version of tea-party nation:
Stevie Spiteful keeps one promise: We’re really beginning to longer recognize Canada. Canada, is now Harperland, . . . → Read More: New National Anthem-My Canada Day Gift-And Why I Boycott Canada Day
Continue readingThe best thing about Will and Kate co-opting Canada Day
Is that it overshadows any Stephen Harper attempts to do the same.
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Happy Canada Day
And all that. No Cobourg frolic this year, unfortunately, just work, work, work The dearth of posts the past week is not for lack of trying — have several rattling around in the draft file, but circumstances — work and family commitments, and also some (usual) nursing nastiness, which i will probably write about in a […]
Continue readingDSK, chapter 2
The most recent news about Dominique Strauss-Kahn has come as a bit of a bombshell. The case against him for raping a chambermaid appears to be on the brink of collapse. It would appear, to use the archaic language of…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Strauss-Khan Freed Without Bail
The socialist former head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Khan, appeared in a New York court this morning where he was released from house arrest and had his $6-million bail and bond returned.DSK’s lawyer had a few choice words:”I want to remind all of y…
Continue readingLeftist Jab: American-Flavored Crazy: Rick Perry
Rick Perry, the Texas Governor, is having a party. And you’re invited!Rick Perry: Negotiating a bill with the Opposition party?Well… maybe you are. Not sure. It’s a prayer party but that’s fine, right? You can get your prayer-on in Houston! The …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Innu vote overwhelmingly for something
The Innu of Labrador voted overwhelmingly in favour of something on Thursday. News media are calling it the “New Dawn” agreement and say that the vote approves the Lower Churchill development, gives Innu compensation for Churchill Falls and does a…
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": QOTD
From Krugman, who else:And don’t believe the nonsense about the benefits of spending cuts that has taken over much of our public discourse: slashing spending at a time when the economy is deeply depressed would destroy hundreds of thousands and quite…
Continue readingwmtc: canada causes cancer: sign a petition to ban canada’s asbestos industry
From Canada Causes Cancer:Asbestos causes cancer and other deadly lung diseases.That’s why asbestos has been banned in 52 nations, including the European Union. Not to mention, the Canadian government removed it from Parliament and the Prime Minister’s…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Bart’s Books
The good folks in Samara are hosting a fun contest this summer, asking Canadians to vote for their favourite political books. I for one think this is a great idea, and it’s something I’d considered doing as a bracketed summer contest on this blog in th…
Continue readingBuckdog: HAPPY DOMINION DAY – A Retro ‘Canada Day’
We used to call July 1st, ‘Dominion Day’ …. now we call it ‘Canada Day’. Have a happy and safe one!
Continue readingLeDaro: Glenn Beck’s departure from Fox News
Some hilarious clips from Beck’s tenure at Faux News. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economySource: Lawrence O’Donnell show “The Last Word”, MSNBC.
Continue readingPredictability
A quote from Maclean’s, about six weeks ago:”Jack Layton’s biggest management problem when the House of Commons reconvenes may well be the newly elected MP from St. John’s South-Mount Pearl.”Ya don’t say…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Canada Day reading.- Oh, how nice it would be to be able to take pride in Dan Gardner’s message about Canada’s true identity:The level of civility seen every day at fourway stops across Canada is unheard of in countries around…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Climate Change Denialist Outed – (along with Exxon)
Willie Soon is a darling of the climate change denialist community. He’s a very rare commodity indeed – a genuine scientist with peer-reviewed studies who stoutly disputes the entire theory of anthropogenic global warming.A rare commodity indeed….
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