Oh Mr. Nicholls! I Do Believe Your Freudian Slip is Showing!
Oh, Mr. Gerry Nicholls, what have you done? Do you live or work in an Ivory Tower, completely isolated from any sense of reality? I know I don’t live in…
August 2011
Tim’s very bad day
So I guess all my Tory buddies can stop smirking now. Told ya! In a flash sample poll conducted last weekend on 400 decided voters, Ipsos Reid found that the…
Liberal Leadership Town Hall
On Sunday, the Executive Board of the Newfoundland & Labrador Liberal Party will meet to select a new Leader. Given the competing demands of its constitution on the one hand,…
Oh, and by the way
If you are: (a) a regular reader of this blog from Newfoundland & Labrador; or (b) have been following the Liberal leadership race these past few days; or (c) are…
Has Hudak Had His Heyday?
Last year this time, the provincial Conservatives of Ontario were on a high, if you believe the polls. Well, there's also the matter of the GTA's election of Redneck Rob…
In Memorandum: Wendy Babcock (1979-2011)
Law students like to think the have it rough. But some of us have it rougher than others, especially those of us that took the less traveled road to law…
Toronto Sun asks its readers, "Do you live or work in an Ivory Tory, completely isolated from any sense of reality?"
Fern Hill captures a delicious slice of unintended truthiness from the Toronto Sun. Lord knows, you wouldn't find it any where else at the Sun other than in the subconscious…
Green madness: how the green movement lost its way and alienated the public
Cross-posted from Irregular Climate Like it or not (I obviously don’t) the green movement has failed. It has failed to inspire the public to care about the environment we all…
Stephen Harper’s Great Burro Tour
Ca...ca...ca...caramba. I see Presidente Crapper has arrived in Colombia. On what the Globe and Con is calling his "victory lap."But I prefer to call his Great Burro Tour.Critics of free…
Anonymous Pledges To Take Down Facebook On November 5, 2011
"Members of a group of activist hackers known as Anonymous say they're planning to "kill Facebook" because the popular social networking site purportedly abuses the privacy of users.In a video…
Tories are in for a fight in Ontario. Latest Ipsos Reid poll shows 38% support for Hudak and 33% for McGuinty
There has been a general consensus among liberals, since the May 2 election debacle, that the party’s PR machine and recruiting mechanism need an extreme overhaul, a new vision and…
Matt Damon for the U.S. Prez?
WTF? Why not? Some Americans think that this might be a way to go… Mr. Damon has not expressed a desire to run for office, but he has become known…
(1) The Challenge: Liberals are everywhere in Alberta–just not all with us: The Four Challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party
There are challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party forming government in Alberta. In this series of posts I’ll write about some of the challenges that Liberals face in this province…
Three Things Every Casual Cyclist Should Know
While I am by no means an expert, as a serious cyclist there are some things I have noticed that I would like to share with my readers, some of…
Downtown Opportunities: Sudbury’s Market Square and the New School of Architecture
Greater Sudbury’s Market Square has been in the local news a lot lately, as speculation has been rife that the new School of Architecture has been eyeing the downtown location…
Toronto Sun Sacks More Staff
Word is one, possibly two, major Toronto Sun players were pink-slipped today. TSF tipsters say once confirmed, the departure of one high-profile 333 vet will be a shocker.We are trying…
As We Drive Perilously Close To The Edge Of A Cliff
Jim Flaherty says, "Drive faster!". Flaherty is, of course, utterly wrong. And we are totally fucked.
Videotron to launch new IPTV service
This week Videotron revealed that it will be launching a new IPTV service this fall that will compete with Bell's Fibe TV. While this new service may provide competition that…
QOTD: The Real Gravy Train
From the Guardian on the riots (read the whole thing, it is worth it):While bankers have publicly looted the country's wealth and got away with it, it's not hard to…
Six sixteen by twenty
The six paintings are done, except for the tedious last glaze layer and painting the edges. Filed under: art, comment, painting Tagged: acrylic, canvas, cloud, landscapes, orange, red, white, wind,…