When your imaginary friend is a jerk
Why do our brains do this? Or is it just me and The Oatmeal? Alltop has tons of imaginary friends,and they’re all super!
2012
Walk Off the Earth Does it Again
This time 2 men, 7 instruments, one video.
Breastfeeding Controversy for HITS FM #nlpoli
HITS FM morning crew has stirred a bit of controversy for his remarks on April 11 about breastfeeding. There’s an excellent account of it at Meeker on Media. The HITS…
the tale of ozzie guillen, fidel castro, free speech, and corporate welfare: a story with irony to spare
Those of you who don’t follow baseball – which I assume is most of you – might never have heard of Ozzie Guillen before this week, or maybe don’t know…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, April 12, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 12, 2012: Arkansas judge fines J&J $1.2 billion CT lawmakers: Abolish death penalty Jury selection begins…
Deja Vu All Over Again
Peter Mackay is peddling the line that the Auditor General advocates a new kind of accounting when it comes to the purchase of military hardware. But Andrew Coyne points out…
The Stephen Harper cabal…
… is the most two-faced government in the history of this country! Latest case in point… I just received word that there are big job cuts at Veterans Affairs… and…
Allen West: Rebirth of Joseph McCarthy
Rep. Allen West says 78-81 democrats in the US Congress are also members of the Communist Party. This syndrome is also known as paranoia. I hope he gets help. Ed…
Personal Liability of a Corporate Director
It is startling how often directors of corporations are added to claims without any legal basis. The very recent Newfoundland decision in BAE-Newplan Group Limited v. Dalton, 2012 NLCA 21…
Liberal Leadership Is The Priority
The latest Hebert column is a sobering read for Liberals, which I personally find quite close to realistic in tone. I’ve contended for some time that Mulcair represents the worst…
The Ontario PCs and NDs want an election
One said they’d vote against the budget before they read it; the other says they’ll vote against it if all the demands in their ransom note aren’t met. We don’t…
Sometime last week…
… I went over 100,000 page views! Yeah, I know that’s small change for some big-traffic sites, but still… pretty cool. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
How Concerned Is The Harper Regime About Your Safety?
If you are one of those people who regularly eats, apparently not too much. Recommend this Post
MacKay: We’re just as dodgy with our accounting as Sponsorship-era Liberals
Duhhhhr! Ooonnggg… errrrggg…. Out of the mouths of babes. It’s been an awkward delight watching Conservative spinmeisters trot out Plan A through Plan W in their Catalogue of Flimsy Excuses…
PQ Still Riding High-ish…
Léger Marketing’s monthly Quebec poll is out, and it shows… well, more of the same, really. It seems that the month-or-so between any major polling (excepting Forum) has not given…
Dueling Ledes (Compare & Contrast), Redux
AP video, Feb 15, 2011: A recent government report states the terrorist threat from Canada is greater than from Mexico, and that only 50 kilometres of the border is adequately…
Appreciation of Small Pleasures
In this life, filled as it is with so many vicissitudes, I firmly believe that we have to enjoy small pockets of pleasure that come our way, whether it is…