Half-term governor turned facebookin’ an’ tweetin’ an’ reality teevee-in’ star Sarah Palin once again found herself being set up by the “lamestream media” when some reporter asked her (I shit you not) the “gotcha question” of what she learnedhttp://www…
Continue readingEnormous Thriving Plants: Saturday Sarah: Revisionist Revere and The Nuclear Threshold.
Half-term governor turned facebookin’ an’ tweetin’ an’ reality teevee-in’ star Sarah Palin once again found herself being set up by the “lamestream media” when some reporter asked her (I shit you not) the “gotcha question” of what she learnedhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif during her visit to Paul Revere’s house. What the “librul state-run-media”
Continue readingThe Skwib: If I ever record an album, this would be a great cover
FU, a photo by ::big daddy k:: on Flickr.
Genius photograph.
And not to worry, child services has already been alerted.
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto G20: One thug down, many to go.
Toronto police officer charged in G20 assault – thestar.com
Many more officers guilty of assault causing bodily harm will remain at large and uncharged due to a system that fails ordinary citizens when trusted police officers break the law.
A BCer in Toronto: Let’s get ready to roberts rules rumble…liveblogging the constitutional plenary
(refresh for updates)10:14 AM: After sleeping in a little and grabbing a muffin and a diet pepsi (breakfast of champions) I’m settled in on press row again for more Conservative mainhall drama. Actually, we may have a modicum of drama today because th…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Whiter Utopia?
One of my readers was kind enough to leave me a comment that he has missed reading my posts. Thank you for that, because the internet is quite abstract and one sometimes forgets that there are real people out there with which one is interacting.
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Continue readingThe Equivocator: Bob Rae Shines Light On Mental Health In His Response To The Budget
“The essential message that I bring to the House and to the people of Canada about this budget is that it is not a budget for everyone. It is not a budget that brings Canadians together. It is not a … Continue reading →
Chronicles of a Pure Laine: Why are so many young Quebecers still sovereigntists?
English speaking Canadians who believe national media suffice to have a thorough understanding of the political dynamics of our country rarely get the chance to read articulate points of view when it comes to the federalism vs. sovereignty debate. Art…
Continue readingPaper Dynamite Online: In Defense Of The Worst Idea: Senate Reform And Proportional Representation (sort of)
Yesterday, Gerald Caplan wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail titled "Electing the Senate: worst idea in the history of the planet." I’m sure, if push came to shove, Mr. Caplan could probably come up with an even worse public policy. For starters, he may want to read his party’s Sherbrooke Declaration, it’s chalk full of earth shatteringly stupid ideas.Putting the hyperbole aside – his, not mine
Continue readingFar and Wide: Harper’s Delusion
I enjoy listening to Harper’s speeches after the fact, mostly because I can fast forward the particularly useless tripe. This morning I listened to the self congratulatory barn burner Harper delivered at the Conservative Convention. I don’t begrudge Co…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: More of the Same
As The Day Family Road Show makes clear, the Conservatives take great joy in mocking their opponents. How else to explain Bev Oda’s continued tenure at the Ministry of International Cooperation? Or the promotion of Tony Clement — the man Lawrence Mar…
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: Signs of the Times on the Plateau
The Plateau district of Montreal was until about 30 years ago a working class neighborhood, full of small houses, neighborhood commerce and light industry. It was scheduled for urban renewal in the 1970s, but was saved, partly by government inertia an…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Syria’s Torture and Murder of Its Children
Despite this being an age of almost instant communication and information, it has become very easy for us to isolate ourselves from the larger world, ensconced as we are in our protective shell of flat-screen televisions, blu-ray players, and myriad ot…
Continue reading350 or bust: The Owl And The Kitty Cat
Hope you’re enjoying a relaxing weekend. Here’s some Saturday fun to add to it; Fum is the cat and Gebra the barn owl. They are both about one year old and had known each other for a month when this video was taken: Song “Deixa…
Continue readingImpolitical: "Not a budget for one Canada"
Thought I would just do an overview kind of post on Bob Rae’s House of Commons budget debate remarks from earlier this week. You can see it above (runs about 20 minutes on the video) and you can find the text here. I just want to highlight some of th…
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: My day two video blog from Conservative Convention 2011
Back again with my day two video blog of Friday’s fun and games at the Conservative convention in Ottawa. We got shut out of the good stuff, such as the constitutional and policy workshops where, once again, the creation of a youth wing was soundly rej…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Perils Of Social Media, Part Gazillion: The Bimbot
As a guy, you eventually realize that, once you’re past a certain age, if beautiful women appear to be interested in you, they’re up to no good. So I’ve never been taken in by one of those gorgeous gals who dress scantily on Facebook and want to b…
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Navigating the anti-Harper protest line (video)
After venturing off campus Friday afternoon to have a drink with an old Carleton friend, I returned to the conference centre to find the road out front closed and filled with about 200 protesters there to greet Stephen Harper who was due to speak to de…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The New Conservative Party was Not a Marriage But an Abduction
As the Conservative Convention attempts to change the rules in determining leadership, many in the media are calling the “new” party a marriage between Red Tories and the Reform/Alliance.This was not a marriage, it was an abduction. The majority of Red…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Will Lindsay Blackett Become Canada’s First Black Premier?
He is apparently considering a run for Mr. Stelmach’s old job.
In the past I’ve been quite critical of Mr. Blackett. His handling of Alberta’s human rights legislation revamp (bill 44) was not terribly coherent. In fact, it was confused and co…
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