On The Occasion Of The Death Of Mr. Lou Reed
I spent my teenage years lugging The Velvet’s 1969 from house party to house party, trying to get someone to play it, but with little luck. Then in 1980 I…
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Justin On Keystone
People may have been surprised, but shouldn’t have been. Justin’s position on Keystone XL has been on record for awhile know. And though I personally oppose Keystone and all other…
Andrew Leach Lays Out The Odds
“We see Northern Gateway as the most vulnerable,” Samir Kayande, vice-president at ITG Investments, said during a panel discussion on the Financial Post website this week. “ Energy East and…
Warman Offers FreeD An Honorable Exit
Maybe the money they lost when he successfully sued them for defamation can be put to good use: Update – 21 October – I have today offered to the defendants…
Canadian Broadcast Standards Council Dings Ezra Levant Again!
From the release: The host of The Source, Ezra Levant, showed videoclips of a protest that had occurred outside the Sun’s Toronto office. The protestors objected to Sun Media’s coverage…
For Mac Mayor Talks Global Warming: B.C. Is Sinking And Alta. Real Estate Is Going UP UP UP
Three-time mayor Melissa Blake on AGW: “I’m a big believer that, yes, the climate is changing. If the climate goes up by two, three, four degrees in the future, we’re…
Who Will Replace Stephen Harper?
When the history of Duffygate is written, I wonder if people will say look back and say Oh! So that’s Industry Minister James Moore’s website looked so much like a…
BCLSB Exclusive: Rob Ford’s Letter Of Support!
Dear Court,Sandro always gets Me What I NEED and doesn’t complain when I borgart the joint. He is truly a fiend.Sincerley,Mayro Frod
The Facebook More Crap Than Usual Today
“Some of the functionality is missing from Facebook this morning. You can’t post, comment or like anything today.” The link is to \., which which now experience the BCLSB Effect,…
Life In Scarborough Part Whatever +1: The State Of Coffee In Scarborough
Noticed today that the Coffee Time outlet next to Kennedy Avenue subway station had gone TU. It was obviously too upscale for this neighborhood. It’s been replaced by a pimply…
Victory Or Valhalla!
The race is on in the federal ridings of Toronto-Centre, Provencher, Brandon-Souris and Bourassa. A special shout-out to Rolf Dinsdale, once lead guitarist for SFH and a guy with what…
Anti-Wind Protest Attracts 300 People
That is all (in more ways than one. Bah hah!)
BOOM!!! Part II
A CN Rail train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil has derailed and exploded about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton, prompting an evacuation in the tiny community of Gainford.
More On The Piraha (My Favorite Folk)
The Piraha are a small tribe living along the Amazon with an extremely peculiar…simple, primitive…language: Among Pirahã’s many peculiarities is an almost complete lack of numeracy, an extremely rare linguistic…
More On Free Speech Warrior Ezra Levant Oppressing People’s Free Speechiness (IE. Suing Them For Defamation)
Following up on this, stuff from about ten years ago. Shit our hero has been willing to sue people for defamation! (Bolding is mine) After Harper became Canadian Alliance leader…
Nina Pierpont "Expert" Testimony Disallowed At Adelaide ERT Hearing
Nina, a New York pediatrician, is the author of “Wind Turbine Syndrome” and in the eyes of most scientists, the inventor of the an imaginary syndrome allegedly caused by the…
Suzuki [Foundation] Strikes Back!
My favorite bit (naturally): Those not familiar with Sun News host Ezra Levant — who also founded a propaganda organization and website to promote the fossil fuel industry and target…
Ezra The Censor
From Joe Brean’s piece in the NP: Mr. Levant has not always been the defendant, however. A few years ago he sued a small newspaper and a letter writer for…
Science Proves This Blog As Addictive As Cocaine!
Oreos, however, are not:. The study ref-ed is entirely without scientific value. It’s what you get when you allow college students access to cookies and drugs.
Latest Federal Poll: LPC Up By 10
CPC flirting with 3rd