Shut up, Jake, its election-time!
Everybody is talking about the Harper Cons fiscal advantage if he calls a mid-October election this weekend. I have another question about such an early election call: what information will…
Cathie from Canada
Watching Gawker implode — grab the popcorn
I have often enjoyed reading Gawker, particularly for goofy posts like this: Not to mention how they single-handedly made Rob Ford’s cocaine use into a major story in the United…
Things I didn’t know
Did you know there is an “anti-vaccine” movement now for dogs? Today I Learned About The Anti-Vaccinating Dog Movement. How incredibly stupid can some people be?And I didn’t know that…
SCOTUS drags the US into the 21st Century
Now the United States will experience “gay marriage”, just like dozens of other countries already have. With this, plus yesterday’s Obamacare decision, the United States has been pulled kicking and…
This is not an Onion story: "white supremacists worried that Charleston shooting makes them look bad"
When I first read a tweet about this article, I thought it had to be an Onion joke: White supremacists on Thursday quickly tried to distance themselves from the suspect…
Jerks will be jerks, unless the military won’t tolerate it
So the Canadian military explains rape with a “boys will be boys” statement: Military sexual misconduct due to ‘biological wiring,’ Gen. Tom Lawson says. Is he saying ‘boys will be…
Thanks, Tabatha
Brilliant column by Tabatha Southey on Caitlyn Jenner and how bizarre and inappropriate the pundit reactions have been to her. Tabatha points out this essential truth: … people are not…
Experimental science
xkcd: Placebo Blocker: I recall talking to a psychologist once about how people reacted to getting a diagnosis of a life-threatening disease. So we thought perhaps we could do an…
The Stupid is everywhere!
What a triumph! The Australian minister of agriculture had kept his country safe from rabies now that Johnny Depp’s little dogs have left the country. They will soon be followed…
Omar coming!
After 13 years, Omar Khadr is finally out of jail. The Harper Con reaction to Omar Khadr’s release on bail reminds me of The Wire: I can laugh at the…
Alberta will have some fun now
So much for boring old Canadian elections, eh?NDP wins stunning majority in Alberta election, Jim Prentice resignsNow, of course, the NDP will have to figure out how they can possibly…
Great line of the day
From Liberal finance critic Scott Brison, remarking on the Auditor-General report: “A Liberal government will restore evidence-based decision-making and replace Harper’s decision-based evidence-making,” Brison said.” Decision-based evidence-making. Yes, that’s exactly…
TS up & at ’em!
Tabitha Southey’s column is priceless: TS begins work – as TS has begun work at every job TS has ever had – that is, with one clear objective: Whatever else…
So true
A commenter on Christie Blatchford’s latest Duffy story says: Duffy should have been put in charge of payments to veterans and thalidomide victims so efficient is he at getting the…
I’m thrilled that Hillary is running for President and she’s going to win, too!
I think it is wonderful that Hillary Clinton is running again for president — after her last experience, I had been concerned that she wouldn’t try again. She came through…
I smell an election in the air
I have been saying for months that the Harper Cons are going to call a snap election this spring.Of course, what do I know about it really.But I believe all…
This was a little more than "abrupt"
A minor quibble in the larger scheme of things, but I found it offensive that Air Canada would try to “spin” the Halifax crash as merely a “hard landing”.The plane…
The country protests C51
Thousands of Canadians marched against C51 today, including here in Saskatoon And across the country:Vancouver St. Johns Toronto Calgary Nelson, B.C. Montreal Toronto Victoria Ottawa
Guess what day it is today?
I always thought it was very clever of my mother to have me and my twin sister on International Women’s Day, too.
Leonard Nimoy
I don’t know where this is, but isn’t it great?It was posted on the #LeonardNimoy thread at Twitter, where William Shatner is doing a tribute. Saw this a few minutes…