Austerity Hypocrisy
Source: CTV News: Cabinet Costs Soar, New Salaries and Perks Total $9MWith the economy still being touted as one of the major issues that emerged from the election, the Conservatives…
2011
Turning on a dime
If there is one thing the 21st century had learned already, its that things will change on a dime.George Bush wasn't going to be a memorable president -- until 911.The…
Renewing the Party
I went on a much needed vacation after the election and now I’m back I thought I would post my thoughts on what I think the Liberal party needs to…
Time for the post Rapture headcount….
May 21 came and went with no earthquakes or other disasters to speak of, unless you think this blog qualifies. The Rapture was supposed to happen on Saturday, and near…
Molly’sBlog 2011-05-23 02:12:00
CANADIAN POLITICS:MARCH WITH OCAP AND CUPE THIS THURSDAY:This appeal from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) asks you to join the 'Raise the Rates' contingent at the upcoming Canadian Union…
The Alberta PC leadership contest: where are the media now that we need them?
The six Alberta PC leadership candidates in Hinton on May 20, picture grabbed by The Eagle, Hinton 97.5 FM. Below: The Tyee. But what’s with all the wildlife where a…
How the Campbell/Clark Liberals Brought Real Lying into BC Politics
I have been in politics or commenting on them (same thing) back to the days of WAC Bennett. My first published piece was a criticism of Bennett’s position on the…
American-Flavored Crazy: Rick Santorum
With Donald Trump having bowed out of consideration for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, we now have to turn elsewhere for our regular dose of American…
Skoonheid (Beauty) wins Queer Palm at 64th Cannes Film Festival
Skoonheid (Beauty), the first Afrikaans film to be screened at the Cannes International Film Festival, won the 2011 Queer Palm award, which recognizes one film for its contributions to lesbian,…
Revisionism: It Ain’t Just For the Holocaust
Any new photos of Paulie, you ask? Take a gander at this one: Why, oh why, do you make this so easy for us Paulie? Now while we might think…
Foreign Diplomats Surrounded by Gunmen in Yemen
Gunmen said to be loyal to Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh have surrounded the Emirates embassy in Sanaa. Inside a group of foreign diplomats have convened awaiting a decision from…
Omar Khadr and the Airport Outrage
As if it wasn't bad enough that two Canadian governments allowed the war criminals at the Pentagon to imprison and torture a Canadian child soldier in a place like Guantanamo.As…
Still here?
Anyone feel touched by his noodly appendages last evening? Us Pagans and Non believers have been having a bit of fun with this one. There are sightings of the "disappeared"…
Actually Stephen, the taxpayers dollars go to the parties they support.
Budget will mean curtains for party funds: minister | iPoliticsStephen Harper is lying to the public, again. He is trying to make you think that you are funding parties you…
Well it’s Sunday and We Still Have no "Details" About the Liberal "Extraordinary Convention"
No wording of the so-called amendments.No solid dates for the so-called amendments. Nada nada enchilada. I'm sure Alf Apps told everyone on the Council of Presidents call the other night…
Just watch him
Not even three weeks into his unfettered prime ministership, and Stephen Harper is already showing us what kind of prime minister he will be -- arrogant, unaccountable, partisan, and shortsighted.And…
Rapture-Minded Morons and the Future of the World
Yesterday’s ‘End of the World’ media circus proves a number of things to me: the end of the world is not coming there are a lot of morons in this…
Sunday morning
Good morning. You might want to turn your volume up a bit lest you miss some tasty licks....
A Broken System
Angelo Perischilli and I share few opinions. But this morning, I find myself heartily agreeing with him. In today's Toronto Star, he writes that Ruth Ellen Brosseau can "take credit…
The world ended yesterday
Or not. Nothing happened. What a shock. No quakes, no Rapture, no nothing. The closest we came were some day-early Victoria Day fireworks in Canada and some American atheist jokesters…