Having fun at someone else’s expense
As Republicans continue to paint themselves into a corner on the debt ceiling, the world is beginning to realize that the global economy is being held hostage by a gang…
July 2011
Notes from Missionazn 4
Missionazn seems to be live again Filed under: good stuff Tagged: missionazn
Hugh wants a “do-over”?
Today’s Freep has a piece by Dan Lett in it about how Hugh McFadyen and his team are “holding their fire” in this “pre-writ” period. I say, “pre-writ” period, because…
Stephen Harper and CETA or Why Let Facts Get In The Way Of Ideology
You would think embarking on negotiations towards perhaps the most sweeping trade deal this country has ever entered into, you would want to conduct some studies into it's impact on…
A Late Afternoon Thought On The Murdoch Scandal
I just read a post by The Disaffected Lib discussing the mounting number of resignations resulting from the Rupert Murdoch scandal. Both the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan…
Tim Hudak needs to answer these questions
Hudak’s quoted as saying the following in an article on a pro-life website: “I may have signed a petition from my riding in that respect but listen, I’ve been clear…
Harps from Howl – Monday Music Pick: Harp Duet
Sarah Pagé Howl! performance by howlarts Celebrated harp player Sarah Pagé performs a harp duet set with harpist Robin Best. Pagé has performed as a soloist with both the McGill…
Liberal Grassroots Get Mowed Down By Party Official
It seems a group of Liberal Party activists working online to establish a Liberal Learning Centre (LLC), were given a harsh rebuke by a party official.What follows is a series…
3935…Jon Stewart Picks On Conservatives
The Culture and Media Institute, a United States right wing something or other reports in today's top story that Numbers Don't Lie: "Daily Show's" Stewart Hammers Right Nearly Four Times…
3934…Ontario Dya Remember Mike Harris?
And what a train wreck his administration was? Vote Tory in Ontario and our new leader Buffalo's own Tim Hudak, Governor Tim Hudak, will make Mike Harris look like a…
Rebekah Brooks to Lady Rothermere: “Who do you think you are, Mother Teresa?”
The New York Times, in concert with UK’s Guardian, has been exemplary in its journalistic diligence in digging into the scandals rippling through News Corp. In a longish piece today,…
Joseph Harper and Atrocities During G-20
This last Sunday I watched the videos made by different people at the G-20 summit, and the atrocities carried out there. People who were bystanders and not even part of…
Bloc Quebecois to Hold Leadership Race This Fall
From Alice of Pundit's Guide:Unlike the Liberals, who are trying to quit their leadership quick-fix habit with a delayed timetable for permanently replacing Michael Ignatieff, the Bloc Québécois will move…
Rob Ford: The Man Who Would Eat Toronto
(click pic to enlarge)They say it's a hard city to love. When I moved here a few years ago my friends in Montreal said I'd absolutely hate it. That they…
Murdoch & News International: BURN BABY BURN!
I'll leave it to others of more sober professional inclinations and responsibility to provide the sophisticated analysis that the present crisis in Britain deserves. For my part I will unabashedly…
On correlations
This summer has seen plenty of crowing from the right over a connection between "economic freedom" (as defined by various corporate think tanks) and GDP levels. But for those of…
The long, convoluted cover up of hacking and other scandals by News Corp
The New York Times, in concert with UK's Guardian has been exemplary in its journalistic diligence in digging into the scandals rippling through News Corp. In a longish piece today,…
not Beiber but beavers
Sightings near Lake Ontario, much more exciting than Justin! http://ow.ly/5Hn3Z Filed under: Miscellany
Whistleblower in Murdoch hacking scandal found dead
So far police have said the death of Sean Hoare, the man who initially accused former Cameron communications director Andy Coulson of hacking, does not appear to be suspicious. No…
Not Helping
From the ARPA website:An old ARPA article from 2009 has been getting a lot of attention in Ontario over the past few days in light of comments about Tim Hudak…