The Magnificent Seven: Stephen Harper’s seven new Senators leaked
STARRING: Shotgun * Blogging T * * Ezzy * Huffer * Wenthataway * The Poet * Blatched The Conservatives’ new best friend, the Canadian wing of the Huffington Post, has…
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Stephen Harper’s seven new Senators leaked
STARRING: Shotgun * Blogging T * Wenthataway * Ezzy * Huffer * The Poet * Blatched The Conservatives’ new best friend, the Canadian wing of the Huffington Post, has a…
Hey Chris Massa, ORNGE you glad you’re boss?
Pays well, doesn’t it? ALERT: LFR apologizes for this post. It was written in the holiday company of nieces and nephews and one uncle who specializes in that unfortunate ‘old…
My five minutes watching Sun News Network. Plus, what does it take to be an SNN host?
Apparently, this. Jacqui’s television credits include co- hosting “Argos Access” with Michael “Pinball” Clemons, hosting “Dancing at the Palais” on Women’s Television Network, host/reporter on Sportsnet Ontario, co-hosting a late…
Mark Steyn brings out the best in the wingnut. Brent Bozell: Obama is a “skinny, Ghetto crackhead”.
C'mon Bozey, say something outrageous. This is Fox News! Half-assed Canuck Mark Steyn is a lovely person. He attracts same. While on Fox News, filling in for some host or…
What does it take to be a Sun News Network host?
Apparently, this. Jacqui’s television credits include co- hosting “Argos Access” with Michael “Pinball” Clemons, hosting “Dancing at the Palais” on Women’s Television Network, host/reporter on Sportsnet Ontario, co-hosting a late…
There’s something about the name ‘Koch’: Minn gay community apologizes to disgraced ex-Majority Leader for her failed marriage
If you don’t know the story of Minnesota’s ex-Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, it’s a simple tale of another family values Republican caught having an affair with a subordinate. Today…
$200K payout to Chretien bad news for Liberals
That’s all the Liberals need, as bad a shape as they are in, to have the ‘sponsorship scandal’ dredged up again. Funny, the Conservatives are living a scandal-a-day and yet…
Sue Helena Sue!
I love this. Not that the suit will amount to anything. But the girl’s got moxie. Kady’s reaction is priceless.
Bob Dylan – Stick With Mono
Amusing commercial for the mono box of Bob Dylan albums. Everyone knows stereo corrupts. C’mon!
Anonymous publishes personal/credit card info of Florida Family Association supporters
In moves partially to avenge the Occupy movement, three separate internet postings last week from Anonymous attacked both the website of the anti-gay, Islamophobic Florida Family Association and released personal…
Stunning. Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal criticizes GOP leadership over payroll tax issue
OK Mitch, it goes like this, “a onea, a twoa… NO!” Stunning because it rarely ever happens. The editorial board is fully Murdoch operational, meaning that is never criticizes the…
Republicans, the Winston Churchill bust and wingnut symbolism
As the Republicans are about to hold hostage the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits, last night they did do something remotely constructive – they commissioned a bust of Winston…
Income inequality grows in Happy Harperland
Emily Dee points out the sickening reality of living in Fatherland. The rich are getting richer, the middle class is being crunched and the poor, well they just keep getting…
Canadian Museum For Human Rights one long clusterfuck
My God, this thing looks like a diaphanous church, not a friggin’ museum You’d think that a museum named for Human Rights would be a huge plus for both liberals…
Survey: BC Liberals under Christy Clark slipping. NDP holding strong. Cons gaining on Libs.
‘Cannibal’ John Cummins takes the news cycle (Postmedia version) The big news in BC is the current dominance of the NDP in a new poll, which puts the party at…
Personally, I’d love to see a Barack Obama vs. Ron Paul presidential slugfest
Ron Paul is causing big waves in Iowa, threatening to take the whole thing. The rest of the Republican field is aghast and right-wing pundits are clutching their pearls. It’s…
Politifact RIP
Krugman is justifiably outraged over Politifact’s “Pants on Fire Lie of the Year”. Of course, the ‘lie’ chosen by the southern fact-checking company is attributed to Democrats, not to any…
John Doyle’s most irritating TV people of 2011
I’m beginning to think that John Doyle is Canada’s best social critic. His job may be to cover TV but his columns cut through the bullshit of so much more.…
Harper’s statement on death of Kim Jong-il is eerie, like he’s peering into a mirror of his own future
Harper image from Dammit Janet Harper’s ‘scathing’ comments about the deceased North Korean leader sound chillingly like Harper talking about himself and his plans for Canada. Creepy. “Kim Jong-il will…