4895…Father Of The Year 2012
Is definitely not going to be William May of Toledo, Ohio.Shutterstock.com reports that Mr. May’s daughter, four-year-old McKenna May, who has had leukemia since she was two, was picked by…
2012
Clown Apocalypse: The Sexy Cataclysm
The Clown Apocalypse was not universally grim, unless you were coulrophobe with a debilitating fear of clowns. Apart from the moments of hilarity you’d sometimes get when you saw someone…
Show and Tell – What I did on my Summer Vacation
Toronto in all it’s glory! So, today is my first day back to work after 10 days of vacay and I must say….it was pretty awesome! My girlfriend and I…
a pit bull, a cop, and a happy ending
Now here’s something we don’t see every day, although we should, and we could. The police are called to investigate “a vicious pit bull”… and they don’t assume the story…
Change Is Coming: This Dinosaur Economy Is Going Extinct
With over half of the U.S. in a drought, concerns about what this will mean for food prices. Farmers are starting to feel the impact, and consumers will soon, too.…
Memo to Vic Toews
The gun violence in Toronto at a party that tragically ended up with 2 people being dead and being possibly gang-related did not occur because gang members saw that judges…
The Gaffes Of Mackay: A Brief Compendium
Working backwards from the most recent: July 2012: Peter Mackay forgets who we fought against in War of 1812 April 2012: Peter Mackay is outsmarted by bureaucrats. January 2011: Peter…
Toews’ comments on mandatory minimums
In the wake of the Toronto shootings on Monday night, Vic Toews took the opportunity to criticize the courts for rejecting his government’s mandatory minimum sentences of late: Mr. Toews…
Executive Politics and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
In this series, we are not concerned with whether or not the Muskrat Falls project is good or bad. That is a separate issue. Nor are we presenting information you…
Unwelcome hero of working people
In the preceding article It is an old and cruel tactic, a reader’s comment referenced long dead miner Albert ‘Ginger’ Goodwin. Today, few young adults know this icon of trade…
Australians Beware: Soon The Climate Science Deniers Will Be In Charge
lnp.jpg ANYONE who places stock in safeguarding the current and future climate (and for that matter anyone who doesn't) should prepare themselves for the risk that very soon, climate science…
Dear Politicians: Welcome to the internet
Welcome to the internet politicians! I see you’ve setup your Twitter account and are ready to use social media. Before you begin however there are a few lessons to be…
Rob Ford calls Toronto “one of the safest cities in the world” after deadly shooting
Reacting to the Danzig Street shooting, which left two dead and another 24 injured, the “furious” mayor of Canada’s largest city assures us that Toronto has “the greatest police service…
Which side are you on, MacKay?
Conservative legacy hire Peter MacKay, Minister of Defence and CPC capo for Atlantic Canada, gives a speech at the French Embassy on Bastille Day (video not an exact match, but…
Yes Minister MacKay! Perfesser Dave explains the French role in the War of 1812
One of our heroic French allies, armed with a bassoon, holds off a Russian soldier near Niagara on the Lake some time during the War of 1812 with the Russians…
How to Destroy the Con Brand
Well now it's official. If we want to demolish the Con Regime. And enjoy a buh bye/ boo hoo/f**k you speech like this one. All we have to do is…
Why the Liberal Party rules for choosing a new leader favour David Merner
David Merner has a long history with the Liberal Party; was president of one of the few hot spots of political life and ferment in the Party; is a fighter…
Wading back into the #yegarena debate
It just won’t go away will it? Here I was pretty well set to stop discussing it and wait for the inevitable “told-ya-so” moment years down the road and instead…