Rumpole and the Black Letter
Local barrister Averill Baker is threatening to sue the Crown prosecutors for persecution based on their recent application to have her tossed off a case for being in a conflict…
August 2011
Rae fires up the troops
The Liberals are back for their summer caucus retreat, and Bob Rae gave a fairly barn-burning speech for the assembled (and invited the media, while they also broadcast it here).…
tears stop me at the oddest times
Thankfully Montreal Simon wiped them up for me here . And I absolutely love the idea of planting a little tree to remember him. Like this one near the ferry…
The Cry Ottawa 2011
I’d love to hear statistics about how many people organizers believed were there because, it didn’t seem to be that many. Which both saddened and concerned me a little bit.…
Rick Perry Surges
In a new poll of Republicans in the U.S Rick Perry is ahead. This isn't completely unexpected, but the margin he leads compared to the rest of the candidates is…
Political avian flu update: Will Doug Horner send the AMA’s chickens home to roost?
Dr. Patrick White ponders the future of the Alberta Medical Association under Premier Doug Horner. Noted Alberta physicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Mr. Horner, the actual Dr.…
Marlene Jennings on Merger
Hi, Teddy here. I thought this quote was interesting, so I thought I'd share it with all of you. The original news story is here "The NDP did not come…
Jack Layton and the Little Tree
Well I see that although we only just said goodbye to Jack Layton, our classy media is already beating their tin drum over who will replace him.And so are quite…
Capital Pride + a Baby Squirrel
I had a great time this weekend at Capital Pride. I've been participating for a few years now and it's fun to see how the Green Party contingent grows each…
3197…The Wheels On The Bus Go Round And
Not so round. If the bus is Tim Hudak's, the suburban Buffalo boy who wants to govern Ontario. According to my sources, which were the chatters in Yasir Naqvi's campaign…
3196…Meanwhile In The Country That Brought You
The History Channel, Germany, they have called off the hunt for Yvonne. Slate and NPR tell all that "Yvonne is a six-year-old cow who made a last-minute escape on May…
3195…Gotta Love Texas
George W. Bush, Dallas Mavs and now Drive In Church. WFAA in Dallas/Fort Worth tells the world that a pastor outside the D has launched a drive-in church that operates…
Negatives doing better than slides
So I went through a bunch more slides and started into the negatives in a bid to empty some basement shelves. They're really only there for ballast and this summer's…
Alberta Liberal Leadership Survey: Raj Sherman
Two months ago I sent out a leadership survey (other surveys can be found at this link) to the leadership candidates of the Alberta Liberal Party. Raj Sherman has responded…
3194…Michelle Bachmann Makes A Funny
It is right there on CNN, FOX and every other news outlet including this puppy. The woman who would be President said that Hurricane Irene was a message from God,…
After He, The Deluge.
WhenYouStillLoveYourWildYearsTheyProbablyReallyWereGloriousDaysVille For a while there Bob Mould was pretty much everywhere. Heckfire, he even showed up for more than half-an-hour with Stephen Quinn recently who was, unfortunately, not at his…
Ontario election notes this eve
A few things noticed in the news this evening that may be of interest... 1. Notable column on the NDP's environmental policies in Ontario: "Cohn: NDP losing its green allies."…
When the Rich and Powerful Overplay their Hand
We are in the grip of a socio-economic crisis in which the rich and the powerful in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Euro Zone countries and Canada refuse…
3193…Quebec Wants To License Journalists
You know, like Adolf Hitler and Joesph Stalin used to do. And Fidel Castro does. Only those in the club will get access to the cool information. Everyone else shut…