What the Liberals really need
More of this.Whatever his faults, Jean Chretien was a leader. He just went ahead and did it. It pissed off a lot of people but he was a fighter who…
Jymn
Too much ‘adversarial blogging’
Blogging can be a blood sport. This whole Jack Layton vs. the right-wing world has brought out the pugilistic nature in me, at least in the blogging ring. I don't…
Chris Selley brings some much-needed respectability to the National Post
In an almost heroic effort, Selley waxes almost poetical in his description of Jack Layton's funeral and the role of the press in the days preceding it.I’m not above rolling…
Another violent cop gets off: Drunk West Vancouver who beat unarmed civilian gets wrist slapped
This is sadly another in a long line of violent police officers abusing their duty to violate innocent citizens and getting away with a mere wrist slap. Worse yet, this…
Michael Coren to Ezra Levant: "Now we’ve become targets, victims, even potential martyrs".
I just had to feature this quote from another post because it so perfectly encapsulates everything that is sad, funny and totally mockable about the right's reaction to Jack Layton's…
The Onion comes to Canada. Sun’s Mark Bonokoski on Jack Layton.
I’m stealing this directly from Dan Gardner. It’s too perfect to leave on the Twitter floor. This video defines ‘blowhard’ - Mark Bonokoski in a jealous rage over the attention…
Poor Christie. Turns out she’s the real victim here.
Another National Post column. Another cry for help. Poor Christie. The big, bad public didn't like her innocent little Jack Layton column and she's sad. For herself. You see, we're…
“Put him in ground, for god’s sake”: Ezra Levant wears orange wig, drinks Orange Crush. Mocks Layton’s passing.
I thought the right couldn’t dive any lower but Ezra Levant and Michael Coren did just that on Fox News North. What can I say? Not even Fox News would…
"National Necrophilia Week": Ezra Levant wears orange wig, drinks Orange Crush. Mocks Layton’s passing.
I thought the right couldn't dive any lower but Ezra Levant and Michael Coren did just that on Fox News North. What can I say? Not even Fox News would…
Armageddon Time. Mark Steyn and Marci McDonald battle it out.
At least Marci McDonald ("The Armageddon Factor") and Mark Steyn (“After America: Get Ready for Armageddon”) agree on something, even if they mean totally different things. The difference? One advocates…
Talking Points Memo: Tar sands "make-or-break" issue with Obama
Our tar sands environmental predicament from an American progressive view. Could it be that Obama holds our polluting province in his hands? Most likely not, but it does make for…
Peter Worthington in NP: Democracy? We don’t need no stinkin’ democracy.
Remember a time when the right loved democracy. It was their calling card, at least on paper. That is until the Middle East - the Muslim Middle East - came…
The Onion comes to Canada. Sun’s Mark Bonokoski on Jack Layton.
I'm stealing this directly from Dan Gardner. It's too perfect to leave on the Twitter floor.This video defines 'blowhard' - Mark Bonokoski in a jealous rage over the attention given…
Tim Murphy of Mother Jones DESTROYS Michael Gerson on Dominionism
This Mother Jones article is a must read in that takes on a meme which is about to go viral among conservatives. That is, the left is 'paranoid' about the…
Thugs break hands of Syria’s top cartoonist for Assad lampoon
It will be a great day when these Middle Eastern tyrants are all overthrown.Syria's most renowned political cartoonist, who recently drew a sketch comparing President Bashar al-Assad to Libya's Muammar…
How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stones
A side of the story you won't read in the Canadian media. Heartbreaking account of Israeli 'torture' of Palestinian kids. Stephen Harper must be so pleased.The boy, small and frail,…
Gadhafi and Condi
I'd say there's a certain symmetry working here.
Harper’s hope for "weakened" opposition: "compromise"
What he really is hoping for is "capitulation". He already had "compromise".
Greg Sargent dissects George Will’s distortions on Wisconsin and Walker
The Washington Post is a conservative paper whose own ombudsman refuses to admonish his right-wing writers when they lie, distort or get facts wrong. Thankfully the Post has a few…
Shocker. Republican prosecutor not bringing charges against WI judge Prosser.
As expected, a Republican prosecutor finds Republican judge Prosser completely innocent of trying to strangle non-Republican female judge. In other news, the Wall Street Journal accuses Obama of being black.