2012
4389…Ken Gray And Me Gots A Lot In Common
Ken Gray is a columnist/blogger for The Ottawa Citizen. He is also a Carleton Ravens fan and recently he pondered in The Citizen how deep the CIS champion Ravens would…
Van Dongen’s Most Interesting ‘W’.
AllMayNotBeAsItSeems WhoCaresVille The 5 W’s of John van Dongen’s floor crossing… The Who? Well, ya, he clearly took aim at the (not)Premier….But do not forget the following…. Because while I…
4388…Speaking Of Ships
The good ship Dipper is going to be arranging the deck chairs now that the Thomas Mulcair era is upon us. First to give up a spot on the deck…
A little late but the right thing to do
British Columbia Hansard, March 26, 2012 J. van Dongen: I rise and ask for the attention of the House to make a personal statement. Mr. Speaker: Proceed. J. van Dongen:…
Green on Blue Now #2 Cause of Allied Death in Afghanistan
Three more Western soldiers gunned down by their Afghan counterparts today, two Brits, one American. Attacks by our Afghan allies on Western forces now rank second only to improvised explosive…
4387…Sink The Bismarck
It is a beer and it is from Scotland’s Brewdog and Jeff O’Reilly the beer reviewer for The Metro in Ottawa says it is quite good. It better be. Available…
Ipsos Reid Poll of #AbVote – 38% PC, 38% WRP
Ipsos Reid released their first poll of Alberta since before the last election in 2008, showing a very outlier result compared to other pollsters, specifically on the position of the…
Casting genius: Jane Fonda to play Nancy Reagan in new flick
Most casting decisions these days are flat out puzzling. Take the upcoming ‘On the Road’ for example. Playing the lumberjack all-American Kerouac is a ferrit-faced Brit. The voluptuous MaryLou is…
Mulcair is the right pick for NDP, Canada
#cdnpoli #ndp #tm4pm #thomasmulcair #lpc #gpc A lot of hand wringing is going on at several levels within the NDP about picking a former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister to lead…
So I think I’ll write about the weather
Because there’s too much depressing stuff going on. Which isn’t to say that snow flurries tomorrow evening isn’t depressing enough. But at least there’s nothing to be done about it.
Dziekanski killer convicted
One of Robert Dziekanski’s killers finally ran out of luck this week. He now has a criminal conviction—even if it’s for a different matter entirely, one that I first blogged…
Why Conservative Ministers are ignorant; aka Tory Hacks are useful.
It’s public knowledge that the power of the Prime Minister in Canada is enormous. Key decisions are handed down, it’s a hierarchy mimicking Military Command. An essay called “Our Benign…
Radio Topics, March 27th
The Junos are in town this week, and so are all sorts of bands. Brothels legalized! Ontario budget Day! Freezes a coming: Salaries! Welfare! Alberta heads to the polls! Transgendered…
BC Liberal MLA Joins BC Conservatives as it’s First MLA
Well, it’s not as surprising as it seems – right now the BC Liberals are sitting below 30% in my polling average, so you may want to brace yourself for…
Ottawa police: the beat goes on (but at a cost)
Another tale about the out-of-control Ottawa police: three of these uniformed hoods set upon a gathering of friends and neighbours roasting marshmallows, and put one of them in hospital after…
For the Seriously Lazy
I’m not just talking about people who like to sleep in, or lounge in their La-Z-Boy®, or let the dog out of their truck half a mile from home so…
Sounds Yummy
The Barrie Examiner has a real weeper about the fate of the Ontario horse-racing industry if the McGuinty Gov. eliminates the slots-at-tracks agreement. It ends with: “It is a grim…