Fox News Bullies Children
How old does someone have to be for Fox News to consider a person fair game for their media smear machine? Answer: Not even a teenager. They didn’t like these…
2011
Blue on Blue Violence
While not violent, per se, it's interesting to see the clash of Tory vs. Tory in Brampton today, courtesy of Warren Kinsella:The person on stage is former PC Premier Bill…
Placing Bets On The HST Vote…Does The Dean Have The Same Sources As…
MakingBookOnPublicTaxPolicyVille ....Mr. Beer 'N Hockey? "My money is on the Yes (to extinguish) People holding very nearly one million of those (1.6 million) votes...."Mr. Beer 'N Hockey commenting on our…
G&M: Harper makes ‘remarkable’ gains in best-prime-minister ranking
Thanks to you, Globe & Mail. And Postmedia. And Sun Media. And Macleans. Thank you all for fluffing the dud who wears no clothes. You outfitted him nicely, folks. Too…
Royal Fumble?
If you're unaware yet, Canada's navy and air force will soon get a new name - an old one, to be truthful. Those branches of the military are currently named…
OK. So this is a good idea.
NO WAY that the IQ-challenged Tim Hudak came up with this! It would be kind of akin to Rob Ford putting his shoes on the right feet in one try……
Symbolic: Canada’s “New” Sanctions Against North Korea
Canada’s Conservative government will do anything to shore up it’s new militaristic approach to complex global crises. And that includes, imposing symbolic sanctions on a rogue regime. And imposing such…
How the New Yorker Goes Viral
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog For years I have read The New Yorker as a non-US print subscriber. This meant that somewhere between a few days and a week after…
Robespierre had nothing on current British Courts’ reign of terror over riot organizers. Canuck Conservatives mighty jaloux.
Conservative politicians and pundits are falling all themselves in a fit of prime 'jaloux' over the Brit courts' reign of terror over riot participants and organizers. Swift, extreme and unforgiving,…
The view from here
These geese chatter a lot, they are starting to flock as the end of summer draws closer. Sorry for the light posting, I’m recuperating from influenza/pneumonia, got knocked flat, and…
Meeting the tar sands face-to-face
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Recently, West Coast Staff Lawyer, Josh Paterson, was invited to particip...
The world’s greatest rejection letter. From the desk of Hunter S. Thompson?
When a magazine rejects some bit of prose you've submitted, the usual response is a politely-worded letter or your well-creased copy sent back to you without comment. In the case…
Ottawa Police break sleeping man’s bones
Once again, there are more horrifying allegations of brutality lodged against members of the Ottawa Police Service. A woman and her teenaged daughter found a man sleeping on the sidewalk…
Peter MacKay, "royal" privilege, and the unelected Senate
Canadians can hardly escape the "royal" connection. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Royal Canadian Mint, the Royal Ontario Museum ... the list is endless. To…
Atheists on film…
... or tape... or hard drive or whatever.... An interesting little short by the Winnipeg Skeptics.
over-rated great novels?
Authors confess to books they’d kick out of the canon Slate Magazine http://ow.ly/64NpJ Filed under: Miscellany
Harper loves movies! Jane Taber’s desperate fluff piece to make our PM seem human.
He loves cats! He loves pop music! Now we learn our beloved leader loves movies, too! Not only that, Stephen’s a ‘cinephile’ (no not that, you dirty mind). Dear Jane…
Is Haiti’s Church Hierarchy Failing in its Mission? Bishop Louis Kébreau’s Immoral Advice to Martelly
Wadner_ Pierre_2.jpg Article and photo by Wadner Pierre Did Bishop Louis Kébreau, President of the Haitian Episcopal Conference, call on Haitian President Martelly to be ruthless and dictatorial? In an…
More Prosser shenanigans in Wisconsin. REPUBLICAN prosecutor to head investigation of choking allegations.
What is it about Wisconsin anyway? It has to be the most corrupt state in the union and that's saying something. First a Republican lackey comes up with just enough…
Chatty Michele. Pull the string….
I have been watching the GOP Presidential contenders in the US with a lot of amusement. The day of the corn dogs was great for some belly laughs here at…