Putrage
A serendipitous faute de frappe and the eagle eye of reader deBeauxOs have combined to add a word—I hope—to the English lexicon. Pu·trage /ˈpyo͞o,trij/ noun. 1) A state of advanced…
Dr.Dawg
Lowe’s blow against decency
Today American citizens opposed to escalating Islamophobia will be picketing various outlets of Lowe’s, the American hardware giant. Earlier this month, acting under miniscule pressure from a Krazy Kristian Konservative…
Real, unvarnished anti-Semitism
…from right-wing culture hero Andrew Breitbart. No doubt we’ll soon hear condemnations from the Usual Suspects, so fond of tossing the A-word around at critics of Israel. What, he’s done…
Mocha in Muskoka
(with apologies to Merle Haggard) We don’t vote for Dippers in Muskoka We don’t take our trips with LPC We party with the party that delivers, And our borders are…
More John Duncan sleaze
December 8th 2009: Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Hall was told by Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl Wednesday that the new school is on the ministry’s list of new capital…
The "impartial" new Speaker
…caught with his pants around his ankles. Cotler says the calls were traced to Campaign Research, a firm with links to the Conservative Party. Records submitted to Elections Canada by…
Is Peter Kent a POS?
Answer: No. Just a miserable excuse for a human being. Anyone who can publicly chide someone for not being at a conference that he himself prevented her from attending is…
Ontario policing: the fish rots from the head
Perhaps I’ve been a little unfair to the Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in the past. Reports that they almost invariably clear Ontario cops of the most heinous misconduct are…
A tale of two gunmen
The Usual Suspects are all over this one: Of course there is an explanation. Amrani was a Muslim and he was waging his personal Jihad against the infidels. After over…
Treevenge
Christmas, from the tree’s point of view. Not for the squeamish. Strong language warning.
Harper government: targeting the wrong aliens?
Is there method in Jason Kenney’s anti-niqab madness? Consider: About 25 women wear the niqab in Quebec. That means maybe 100 or so across this entire country of 34 million,…
"Anything goes!"
Shorter Conservative Speaker Andrew Scheer. The notion of Parliamentary privilege becomes a nullity, and Canada edges closer to becoming a de facto one-party state.
Conservative hypocrisy: a tautology
Time once again, dear readers, to juxtapose: Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to join you this morning. This is an opportunity to exchange ideas on a key priority for…
War on Christmas
The real thing, not this pretentious rubbish. Compliments of the season, y’all.
The Pantsafire Chronicles: John Duncan
Forget Yule logs—yet another Conservative cabinet minister is blazing merrily to put us all in a holiday mood. Well, maybe not the unfortunate people of Attawapiskat, but there you go.…
After six years, Harper has no plan to curb GHG pollution
On the other hand, he’s been marvellously successfully at reducing unwanted scientific and statistical emissions.
"I’m not a homophobe, but…"
“…it just squicks me when I see straight boys acting like gay ones! Yecch!” Shorter Christie Blatchford. The uncloseted homophobes aren’t fooled, and make the necessary connection: ead the comments…
Conservatives in Stalin mode
Recall photographs like the above? Now SunTV brings us up to date: 1. 2. Who’s that funny-looking guy third from the right where Theo Caldwell used to be? Gotta hand…
The Pantsafire Chronicles: Diane Finley
The latest Harper Cabinet blazer is Minister of Human Resources Diane Finley. She’s been making patently false accusations against front-line workers in employment centres to cover up own grievous mishandling…
Paul Dewar: Equality is a Canadian value
NDP leadership contender Paul Dewar is in trouble with Conservatives again. He must be doing something right. 22.1% of the House of Commons are women, more or less the situation…