It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the publick to be the most anxious for its welfare.
Edmund Burke: Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation (1769)
March 2012
Why Do The Conservatives Have Evidence of Vote Fraud? (And What Are They Doing With It?)
When vote records proving election fraud were leaked to pro-Conservative journalist John Ivison at the National Post on Friday, I speculated that the leak probably came from the Conservative Party…
The Ethical Oil Spokespuppet Smear
A little bauble I ran across today … I can’t say for sure whether Ezra and Kathryn are faithfully represented, as I’ve never met them in person, but … snerk.…
St. Patrick’s Day Guinness
On any given day 5.5 million pints of Guinness, the famous Irish stout, are consumed around the world. On St. Patrick's Day, that number more than doubles to 13 million…
Saturday Night’s Alright For (Uke) Cover Fighting!
There’sNoUkeLike CoverUkeVille The Original….For those of a certain age, some trains will never be in vain…. The Cover…This kid really is my favorite of all the Uke punks, even if…
Disturbing name near similarities
I’ve been meaning to mention this for a while but other commitments have stopped me from logging in: The Assad regime massacre of the Baba Amr district of the city…
Disturbing name near similarities
I've been meaning to mention this for a while but other commitments have stopped me from logging in:The Assad regime massacre of the Baba Amr district of the city of…
Statement By Liberal Leader Bob Rae on the Death of Pope Shenouda III
MONTREAL- Liberal Leader Bob Rae made the following statement today on the death of the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III: "It is with great sadness that…
Disturbing name near similarities
I’ve been meaning to mention this for a while but other commitments have stopped me from logging in: The Assad regime massacre of the Baba Amr district of the city…
Wierd sky over Ottawa tonight
The rain threatened to drive the St. Patrick’s Day revellers in, but sadly held off. Crawling home from our treat night dinner at Carmen’s Veranda (excellent, by the way) The…
Video Report: Lester Pearson’s Peacekeeping – The Truth May Hurt
Lester B. Pearson has been dead for four decades, but his imagined legacy, that of international peacekeeper, remains one of the defining myths of the Canadian identity. Horrified by our…
It May Be Saturday Night…But This Ain’t Sudbury…
PlayOffsComin’Down IsCoryReallyRising?Ville The AHL comes to town tonight. And I’m not talking about Sliverville. **** So. Here’s something to consider. Which would you rather do…. Spend eight or nine hundred…
4350…NDP PDN DNP Whatever It Is Called
Is sinking like a stone in Quebec. The poll by somebody reported everywhere has the Bloc Quebecois in first place. Jack Layton is either churning in his urn or spinning…
Wankers of the Week: Beware the Sluts of March
Crappy weekend, everyone…crappy St. Paddy’s Day to all…and especially all you slutty, slutty sluts out there. Because hey, if we’re gonna go by the Pigman’s definition of what constitutes sluttitude,…
4349…Front Page Today’s Ottawa Citizen
With a picture and everything is the news that super old and super involved Ottawa citizen Grete Hale is petitioning the City of Ottawa to stop the construction of a…
Harpes spreading through Conservative party. Epidemic proportions.
Harpes symptoms: sweaty, fidgety, guilty looking as hell, overcompensating denials Harpes noun Conservative Pathology 1. Blistering dishonesty, festering corruption, uninhibited contagion among Conservatives. 2. Most prevalent among those closest to…
Teachers debate a response to Bill 22
Tomorrow, at the BCTF Annual General Meeting, BC teachers will debate and vote on a way forward to challenge Bill 22 – the BC government legislation that imposes a constrained,…
Why ‘Moderation’ is a big deal…
Why moderation? Why would one want to stay closer to the political center? Is there empirical or even theoretical proof that such a stance would be the ideal? It is…