Democracy under attack
This morning’s Star Phoenix editorial Democracy under attack provides a stinging indictment of the gleeful Con response to last week’s court ruling on the election phone call scandal: No sooner…
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If we don’t bother to care, then we will elect more buffoons for mayor
Winnipeg Free Press columnist Bartley Kives provides a round up of Rob Ford’s most embarrassing moments beginning with the Don Cherry debacle: “Oh man, it was just embarrassing for the…
Hustle and Ford
The Globe and Mail has published the Ford family’s history with drug dealing.Its like reading a movie script — a beefier Kiefer Sutherland playing the suburban drug dealer with the…
What did Harper know and when did he stop knowing it?
Coming awfully close now, isn’t it?Wright didn’t just dash off a cheque to Duffy in a moment of sentimental weakness, to dry Duffy’s tears on a sad February day.Harper’s chief…
Oh, say…
This: reminded me of this:
Tweet roundup
Some priceless tweets about Wright and Duffy and all that: They’re beautiful, those Chiefs of Staff, but lifespan wise it’s like getting a great dane.— Tabatha Southey (@TabathaSouthey) May 19,…
A Canadian Brownie
After reading Dawg’s excellent piece about the man who was appointed by the Harper Cons as Librarian and Archivist of Canada, all I can say is, “Heck of a job,…
Leadership in borrowing
Was this the leadership that the Harper Cons were praising Mike Duffy for — having a well-connected friend willing to give him $90,000?With no strings attached, of course. On that…
Pathetic nonsense
The Harper Cons are trying to spin their loss in Labrador as negative for Trudeau. How pathetic is that?Mia Rabson writes: The Conservatives who are trying to spin that this…
The question about Mike Duffy
There are two possible ways of looking at Senator Duffy’s behaviour in the Senate regarding $90,000 in housing allowances. Here’s the Harper Con way: The Harper government is praising Conservative…
The question about Mike Duffy
There are two possible ways of looking at Senator Duffy’s behaviour in the Senate regarding $90,000 in housing allowances. Here’s the Harper Con way: The Harper government is praising Conservative…
May the fourth be with you
We even drove past the comic book store today and saw a bunch of people in costume, but we still forgot that today was Star Wars Day because May the…
How much is $3.1 billion?
It’s hard to comprehend a figure like $3.1 billion. Here’s some examples of what us ordinary Canadian mortals could buy if we had this amount of money to spend: 62…
It was always Paul for me
We got tickets today for Paul McCartney in Regina in August — as teenagers growing up in Saskatchewan, we never thought we would get to see him in person. We’re…
Pro-bullying legislation
The Cons have passed a law that allows police to bully anyone they want to: The law will allow police to detain people pre-emptively and hold them for as long…
Well, thank goodness that’s over
Was it just me or did the United States completely lose their mind over the last week? Shortly after the blasts occurred, the tabloid falsely claimed that 12 people had…
Very strange
Strange days indeed
Priorities
Sigh.The United States can be so mixed up at times — I wouldn’t be surprised if they start passing laws to limit the sale of pressure cookers, even though they…
A message from Iraq to Boston
These 2 Boys Have A Message For Boston, And It’s Kind Of Beautiful: It made me wonder if anyone in North America had ever thought of sending a message to…
Trudeaumania part deux
Canada’s interminable Liberal leadership race is finally just about over. And Justin is going to win: The outcome is pretty much a foregone conclusion: Justin Trudeau, eldest son of former…