A Proposal for a Canadian National Hockey League (CNHL)
I post these thoughts as I wait in an airport watching everyone gear up for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup. I’m not a hockey fan. I think I’m one…
2011
3850…Phil The Greek: The Big Nine Oh Today
Prince Phillip, that is Mr. Queen Elizabeth II to you, is 90.It seems like only yesterday he was 89.Those Royals, OMG, dey live forever.WFDS
3849…You Wouldn’t Know It If
You went to a CRTC meeting but radio is doing very well in this country thank-you very much.Here is a cut and paste from Taylor on Radio-Info:Private-station revenue did 3.2%…
3848…The Next Federal Election Is In Four Years
So of course the Stop Harper folks are out frigging up traffic on a getaway Friday in your nation's capital.Yes, yes, yes I get it. The Conservative Party National Convention…
Banned By Ontario Catholics
While most people may see rainbows as a good sign because the rain is ending, some Catholic schools in Ontario have banned visual references to the iconic colourful arch. Its…
Liveblogging Harperpalooza gloat-a-thon 2011
7:01 PM: I've settled in on press row for the evening keynote by Stephen Harper. I'm a little late but, thankfully and true to form, Harper is even later and…
Conservative notions of free expression, Ch.529
To juxtapose—but not to contrast: 2004: Build new residental schools, if that’s what it takes and tell the detractors to go to hell. I changed my mind. We don’t need…
LBJ haterade and Iggy
It looks like the Diva isn't the only one who developped a strong case of haterade for LBJ (NBA star LeBron James) when he cheated his way to the NBA…
Chumba-dumba
Leave to the ever charming labradore to remind everyone that the financial mess Danny Williams left behind is actually something he made clear he would do in 2008. The quote…
Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Brigette has NOT left Ottawa yet!
Here she is, speaking at today’s “Stop Harper” rally: Photo courtesy Dylan Penner, via Twitter.
Obama: pseudo-populist, crypto-fascist, corporatist, globalist
(Ya, I’m subtle – I have to call it as I see it) Obama and the Democrats are being framed and blamed for every evil in America, and the country’s…
Autism and Mr. Moore
Note to the egregiously vicious Conservative Minister of Canadian Heritage & Official Languages, James Moore, who claims that autism is not a disability and its sufferers are just a special…
G8 funds Miss Used I am shocked!
We knew that the funds were misspend. On projects that had nothing to do with the summit whatsoever. The summit wasn't even that long and yet somehow building gazebo's or…
Finally, a G20 Police Arrest
There is little doubt in my mind that the relentless efforts of the Toronto Star played a major role in the arrest of Toronto police officer Glen Weddell in the…
Something to Watch: Federal Liberals in Calgary
With the new seats coming federally in the House of Commons to the economic seat of Canada–Alberta–the province will finally get a more reasonable level of representation. No longer will…
Con Reasoning: We’re corrupt, so we’ll put the most corrupt in charge of the money
Fraud-charged Senator leads Tory fundraising review Irving Gerstein, Harper-appointed Senator, Conservative Fund Board Chair, who, along with 3 other Conservative officials, was charged in the In and Out affair (election…
New mobile site
This blog now has a mobile form as well -- so when you access it from your smartphone it will look a little different than before. The content remains the…
Male ingenuity [updated]
…when it comes to finding new ways of punishing women who assert their independence, never fails to meet our expectations. This billboard was too much even for the local right-to-life…
Massey Energy Is Not The Only Mountaintop Removal Mining Villain
mountaintop mining.jpg This week, hundreds of protesters are marching to Blair Mountain in West Virginia to call for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. The march commemorates the Battle…