2011
Manning Strikes Again
Everyone remember this absurd poll put out last year? Yeah, well, it’s back. So is The Mop and Pail’s pathetic coverage/pimping, including what will surely be a fascinating live chat…
Mulgrew: What does Lawful Access mean for civil liberties?
By Ian Mulgrew for the Vancouver Sun The Conservative government’s omnibus “tough-on-crime” legislation should be redubbed “tough-on-civil-liberties” if it embraces all the last Parliament’s law-and-order leftovers. Prime Minister Stephen H...
Locke warns of financial problems
Wade Locke’s been making the rounds of local media in advance of his talk tonight at the Harris Centre of Memorial University. Your humble e-scribbler posted the details of it…
3839…Me On The Radio Thursday
From 7 to 8 it will be an honour to de entertain you with the worst song in history.It is from Europe, well, Norway, and it makes Rebecca Black look…
3838…May Be He Will Finish It On The Plane
It is the book that he is writing about hockey. He is our beloved Prime Minister and he will be in Boston ce soir to cheer on the Vancouver Canucks…
The Earth Is Full, and I’m Too Hot (almost) to Care
Today it is hot, heading for the low 30s (the mid 80s F) with humidity that makes the temperatures much more uncomfortable. Last night it was cooler and about 2…
A favourite sport of some social conservatives…
… is to bash and slash pretty much any opinion, line of work, profession, whatever, that does not line up with their narrow philosophies. The teaching profession is often the…
Family found dead in Iqaluit
Douglas Quan, Postmedia News: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 12:47 PMAn RCMP investigator examines the area in Iqaluit's cemetery where the body of a man was found alongside a shotgun June…
“Please help me feel safe in this city again”
The Morden inquiry into the G20 debacle is going to be the only official public review we will ever have about what happened in Toronto a year ago.The review, launched…
N.L. rescue centre closure outrageous
Inspired by this headline:N.L. rescue centre closure outrageous: MP Harris
David Tkachuk Has No Moral Authority to Criticize Brigette DePape
In the Toronto Star this morning Senator David Tkachuk lights into Brigette DePape, and those who call her actions heroic.How dare he?Mr. Tkachuk represents everything that is wrong with our…
And They Promised Stability
On May 2nd, Canadians -- well, at least 24% of them -- thought they were voting for stability. They might begin to rethink that proposition, although it really is too…
"Proud" Preston Manning Will Address Reform Party (er .. I mean) Conservative Party Convention On Friday
"He's the undisputed godfather of Canada's new Conservative majority, and Preston Manning admits to taking some personal pride, a full quarter-century after crafting his 1986 manifesto for a Western Reform…
Establishment elite gang up on a Senate Page
The main stream media seem hell bent to protect the environs of the Senate. Their attack on Senate Page Brigette DePape has been relentless. And I have to say I…
3837…When You Gonna Finish That Book?
Yes I am talking to you Stephen Harper.That hockey book you have been writing.Give 'er.WFDS
The Globe & Mail is wrong about Brigette DePape. D’uh!
This is why today's newspapers suck so badly. They're losing money because they employ people who have no idea of news, opinion or history. Newspapers hire people who can write,…
‘Major’ gas leak closes 11 blocks of Yonge Street south of Steeles Ave.
Eleven blocks of Yonge St. have been closed due to what Toronto Fire is calling a "major gas leak." Pedestrians are being moved from the area and Yonge St. is…