The Harper Loyalty Rewards Program
While I await with less than bated breath for the announcement today of Dear Leader’s cabinet shuffle, the press has been all agog about it, offering rampant specualtion as to…
July 2013
Eight challenges facing Latin American integration and a new role for Asia
A debate is opening up in Latin America over the future of the movement for continental political and economic integration. It is spurred in part by the growing number of…
Eight challenges facing Latin American integration and a new role for Asia
A debate is opening up in Latin America over the future of the movement for continental political and economic integration. It is spurred in part by the growing number of…
Easter Wandfest: The Sisters of Perpetual Chastity and Wandplay
Discipline was never an issue at St. Xavier’s School for Wayward Boys and Cane Toads, as it was run by the Eurethran Order of Nuns — known to the world…
Helping the constabulary with their inquiries
At first he fought he was nicked, didn’he? He fought, “‘allo, what’s ol’ bill comin’ round me jam jar for?” Then he learned, didn’he? Ol’ Bill knew all about that…
Time To Wake Up: What If Climate Change Is Real?
Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic Senator for Rhodes Island, is a climate hero. He tirelessly pushes back against the heavily-polluter-funded deniers in the Senate and elsewhere, presenting the scientific facts and the…
Antle changes dynamics of Liberal leadership race #nlpoli
Last November, it was easy to dismiss Paul Antle as another potential Liberal leadership candidate who lots of people talked about but who sounded more like he had better things…
Noted in the RCMP affidavit on the Duffy matter
Interesting pickup by Alison at Creekside on the RCMP sworn information in relation to “Project Amble,” the Duffy Senate matter: According to RCMP Corporal Greg Horton’s excellent summary : On…
Noted in the RCMP affidavit on the Duffy matter
Interesting pickup by Alison at Creekside on the RCMP sworn information in relation to "Project Amble," the Duffy Senate matter: According to RCMP Corporal Greg Horton's excellent summary : On…
Noted in the RCMP affidavit on the Duffy matter
Interesting pickup by Alison at Creekside on the RCMP sworn information in relation to “Project Amble,” the Duffy Senate matter: According to RCMP Corporal Greg Horton’s excellent summary : On…
Stephen Harper’s Desperate Cabinet Shuffle
In Ottawa, the suspense is mounting. Despite the sweaty heat the whole village is buzzing like a bee hive or a bat cave. Great Dark Leader is about to unveil…
Chutzpah and corporate ‘self-regulation’ won’t make Canadians trust our oil-transport infrastructure
Rail tanker cars hang precariously over the Bow River in Calgary before their successful removal from a flood-damaged railway bridge last month. (Toronto Star photo.) Below: Humourist Leo Rosten, who…
6243…Little Sh*t AKA Skippy A Cab Minister?
You may have read that our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, is shuffling the chairs in his cabinet. The Huffington Post says that Pierre Poilievre is expected to become Honourable…
6242…Happy Bastille Day!!!
You thought I would miss it, eh? Almost, almost. Thanks to my Facebook and real world buddy, Bob Rae, for the tip. WFDS
6241…More Fla Court Fun
Not saying they are racist or anything, but… Thanks to my Facebook and real world friend Don Negrodamus. WFDS
6240…The Irony Of Zimmerman
The whole Canuckistanian media world has its panties in a knot over George Zimmerman getting off even though he killed Trayvon Martin. Racist USA and all that, eh? The irony…
Cultural literacy
I’m noticing a disturbing trend in the newspaper copy I edit. Writers are assuming a stunning lack of cultural literacy in readers and dumbing down stories, often to an annoying…
Cultural literacy
I'm noticing a disturbing trend in the newspaper copy I edit. Writers are assuming a stunning lack of cultural literacy in readers and dumbing down stories, often to an annoying…
Cultural literacy
I’m noticing a disturbing trend in the newspaper copy I edit. Writers are assuming a stunning lack of cultural literacy in readers and dumbing down stories, often to an annoying…
The George Zimmerman Verdict and The British Justice System
The not guilty verdicts in the George Zimmerman trial for the murder of Travyon Martin may be a result of the British criminal justice system (that is shared by both…