A Multisensory St. Patrick’s Day
For your listening pleasure: the definitive version of “Arthur McBride”, sung and played by Paul Brady. Perfect song, perfect vocal, and an accompaniment that drove all of us three-chord strummers…
2012
Raj Rescues Folks in Rollover
Earlier today Raj Sherman help rescue three people who had rolled off the road on Highway 2 (Calgary Herald). This is one of the reasons why I really like Raj…
Notwithstanding Dean Del Mastro’s wonderment, the robo-call dots are easy to connect
Dean Del Mastro on those robo-calls: Maybe a giant did it! Unnamed conservative voter-suppression operatives may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The credulous Mr. Del Maestro. Conservative robo-calls point…
Harper Cons – Sucked In Again by DND
A Con conned? Say it ain’t so. But it’s now emerging that those grifters at Canada’s Department of National Defence knew a couple of marks when they saw them and…
"I’m fine with the violent thug part": Kyle McKee talks about the use of violence
We suppose that this is probably as close to an interview with McKee as we will ever have. Earlier today, Kyle McKee and Lee Ebel began trolling a Facebook group…
4348…Happy Birthday Patrick
St. Patrick that is. The patron Saint of Ireland turns, uh, I dunno, like 1,600 hundred or something today. Same a prayer for me when you are at church, k?…
The Undemocratic Conservative Coalition
There is only one federal party in Canada that calls for the creation of a coalition. Of the four major political organizations, there is only one that has in its…
Invisible Children KONY 2012 director detained after public breakdown
If you spend anytime online, you’re aware of the Kony 2012 video, directed by Jason Russell, co-founder of Invisible Children. The video, which draws attention to Ugandan guerrilla group leader…
Musical interlude
Kaskade – Steppin’ Out Update: Also, this:
Just how broken is the document management system of the Superior Court of Justice?
Romspen Investment Corp. v. 6176666 Canada Ltée., 2012 ONSC 1727 deals with, among other things, problems with the court system. It tells a common tale — last week I learned…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Gorgeous, George!
OMG, look who got arrested earlier today: Yes, that’s George Clooney. The movie star. He’s now free, along with his dad and a group of other prominent activists who were…
Video: The Ethical Oil spokespuppet rap | #tarsands #cdnpoli #EthicalOilBullshit
Oh dear. Look what some guy named knagata has done. Typical mean-spirited biased liberal lamestream media smear … (h/t Jymn) I’m going to miss you, Posterous. Related posts: The Birdman…
The Real Cost Of Christy And Company’s Most Excellent Adventure.
ButHowWeAffordAllThisIfThePoorWon’tPayMoreTaxes? LamentOfTheGoodshipWatercarrierVille Laila has a picture perfect post up wherein she asks if Ms. Clark can see China from her house. It really is good – and the pictures are…
Canadians Don’t Buy Austerity Excuses, Ipsos Reid Poll Suggests
A new Ipsos Reid poll commissioned for Global and Postmedia suggests that the Conservative government, particularly Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Prime Minister Steven Harper, havn’t sold the public on…
People are jumping to conclusions that we’re stupid, MP says
Defenders say MP Dean Del Mastro’s performance on CBC-TV could be due to medication
Has the world gotten wierder
…or is it just that the internet shows you all the wierd stuff?
Bell’s Bid to Swallow Astral Media by Dwayne Winseck
Blogger says that if the CRTC approves Bell’s acquisition of Astral, Canada will have lost yet another independent and our position as having one of the most concentrated set of…
Our Political Dilemma. . . .
Imagine yourself in this dilemma – You regularly go to a certain chess club and often play with one of the primary players of the group. Only this player has…
Friday night
Tonight’s offering is a traditional blues blogging set. We begin by watching Roy Rogers get his audience dancing with an instrumental called Avalanche. This is Lurrie Bell (son of Carey…
Kony 2012 Campaigner Nabbed for Public Masturbation
I’m sure it was for a good cause. One of the guys behind the controversial San Diego envango-charity, Invisible Children, has been detained by the cops for being naked and…