Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
I believe a blade of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ~ Walt Whitman
2011
Michael Coren: “It’s not about race. It’s about culture”. Bullshit.
Dawg posted a video tonight I wish I had never seen. No, not a clip from the latest slasher flick. Worse. Michael Coren, using the meme begun by disgraced ‘historian’…
Paul Martin Interviewed On The Current
Former Prime Minister Paul Martin discusses the global economic crisis, the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating and what Canada needs to do now to ensure future prosperity, in this…
Good on the OCDSB…
… for the largely symbolic move to take part in Ottawa’s pride parade later this month. I say largely symbolic because “inclusive” policies at the Board are already in place…
Iowa Straw Poll
The results of the Iowa Straw poll are in, and Michele Bachman wins the Iowa straw poll by just 150 votes. Ron Paul got a very strong second place showing…
Sunday drive-by blogging
1. Here's your what-kind-of-democracy-is-this-we're-living-in item of the day: "Barring the media bad move by PC candidate." The Tory candidate in Lambton-Kent Middlesex, Monte McNaughton, barred the media from a town…
Kitchener liberals on the move, local MP John Milloy opens Campaign Office
My Saturday began badly. While running an errand, I had locked myself out of my car and left the keys in the ignition. The engine was running and I had…
An Open Letter To Harper From The Women Of Honduras
OPEN LETTERCholoma, Cortés, August 12, 2011TO:The Right Honourable Stephen Joseph Harper, Prime Minister of Canada;Mr. Porfirio Lobo Sosa, President of Honduras;Mr. Africo Madrid, Secretary of State for the Interior;The International…
Random Thoughts and Musings
A lot has happened since I took a bit of a sabbatical with the dawn of summer; and many of those events are worth talking about. Jack Layton's temporary leave…
Michael Coren: "It’s not about race. It’s about culture". Bullshit.
Dawg posted a video tonight I wish I had never seen. No, not a clip from the latest slasher flick. Worse. Michael Coren, using the meme begun by disgraced 'historian'…
Bachmann Voted “Most Crazy” in Straw Poll
Unsurprisingly, God-bothering lunatic Michele Bachmann emerged triumphant in today’s Ames, Iowa straw poll winning 28.6 percent of the nearly 17,000 votes cast, narrowly edging out libertarian Ron Paul by 152…
Where are we heading?Entry 2 -=- The Political RoadMap
Where are we heading 2.0: The economy, our political state and you on a daily basis. Some people may say…politics does not affect me, they talk and talk, but nothing…
Repost: Destiny and Choice, and Battlestar Galactica
Ok, excuse me for a moment while I get something geeky off my chest. Battlestar Galactica recently wrapped up after a tumultuous four-year run. Much to my surprise, the finale,…
A curse for Doug Ford
… with apologies to all of my Christian friends, and Laurence Stern. Yes, I know I recently offered this on Facebook with Stephen Harper’s name inserted, but I’m beginning to…
Some Housekeeping
In addition to a new database this blog also features an entirely new design that was cobbled together like Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein. I want to take this time…
Official Relaunch
Consider this the official relaunch of my blog, and in a half-hearted way my re-engagement with politics. That may seem like a fairly empty gesture… but that’s largely because it…
Retiring senior Toronto cop calls #G20 reaction overblown
Toronto News: Retiring deputy chief calls G20 reaction overblown - thestar.comYou know where I'm going with this, so I'll just let thwap and Lorne carry the ball on this one.…
The Wandering Jew
This may seem like an odd name for a blog, or at the very least a dire one so I figure it is probably a good idea to offer some…