5742…This Day In Politics: Julius Caesar
Was retired. WFDS
March 2013
5741…Jenny McCarthy Is Crazy About Science
Crazy as in nuts. Or wrong. My real world and Facebook friend Julien Feldman shares this. On the other hand, for what it is worth, nothing, Jenny McCarthy is hotter…
5740…Harper Looking At Private Prisons To Save $
I, of course, have a better idea on how the Canadian guv can save money on prisons. No mandatory sentences. They don’t work, they don’t lower crime rates and they…
America, Then And Now
In the 1950′s the American economy blew the roof off and this is where it went in 2013. Ain’t Capitalism just grand? From The David Dees Illustration Studio
5739…Carleton Basketball Est Kaputski
The women fell today in Regina to the Calgary Dinos. Ah but at least they made the nationals. They keep knocking on the door and someday, sooner rather than later,…
Friday night blues blogging
With a tip of the hat to Moose at Classic Blues Videos, tonight’s opener is a Muddy Waters performance of I’m A King Bee featuring George Buford on harp. This…
5738…The Mayor Of Yer Capital Is All Pissy
That would be yer honour Jimmy Watson. What he is all pissy about is the fact that, according to what I heard on 1310 News, the province of Ontario is…
Campaign Research Poll for BC: 39% NDP, 33% BC Liberal
Campaign Research, a pollster which has been censured by the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA) for its lovely work spreading lies about Irwin Cotler, has come out with a…
Rafe: Christy Clark Must Resign
This unholy bloody business called “ethnicgate” started and stayed in Premier Clark’s office. The cabinet minister, John Yap, who ran up on his own sword, lied while doing so saying…
Boondan Boondan by Maatibaani
Filed under: art Tagged: ecstatically lovely
George Carlin – The Truth About Life In Premier Clark’s Office
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Well my friends it is Friday afternoon, time for a little humour. Actually, unbeknownst to us George Carlin was hanging around the BC Legislature recently. More precisely…
Thoughts on the New Israeli Government
On the same day that the world erupted in joyous, teary-eyed celebration following the selection of a new pope, a slightly less climactic breakthrough was reached thousands of kilometres away…
Message of Thanks from Kevin Rashid Johnson
A message from Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, just received by an outside supporter: My deepest gratitude and love goes out to all who extended themselves in word, deed and even thought,…
Peter Nowak takes on 10 myths of the wireless market
Article by Peter Nowak: A report last week from Scotia Capital on Canada’s wireless sector caused a commotion, seeking as it did to dispel certain myths with facts. With both…
Police Workout Video
No need to join a gym, I guess, when police have so many on-the-job-workout opportunities. Raymond Costain, afterwards. H/t trapdinawrpool Recommend this Post
Pope Francis: First Message to Argentina
Don’t cry for me Argentina. Video:
Some more filter madness
Yet more. I had this photo I took of Buddha statues at the stairs at Swayambunath. They lingered in my collection and suffered various manipulations and filters. Sometimes you need…
The Rules Of Engagement
Stephen Woodworth’s private member’s motion 312 is going nowhere, and its only a motion, not an actual bill, so it means nothing anyway. Therefore the protest at Waterloo yesterday was…
Ontario’s nursing homes — 10 years of empty promises from Queen’s Park
Here we go again. This week news of another shocking nursing home death – this time in The Wexford, a Scarborough long term care residence. A second resident was also…