One man’s tar baby. The Doug Lamborn story.
Fox News thinks the real news about Colorado Republican Doug Lamborn saying about Obama, "...it's like touching a, a tar baby" is that it "riled the left". Meaning of course,…
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"A sugar-coated Satan sandwich": this is the best the Democrats can come up with?
It seems strange to me a 'Socialist' president has capitulated almost totally to a right wing tea party bunch of thugs. Doesn't Obama know this will only double down the…
"Load of crap". More Conservative muzzling. NDP locked out of NL airbase.
It never stops. In fact it's getting worse. Disagree publicly with Harper? Put a muzzle on it.The control the Conservatives have over this country is scary. It was once just…
Canadian Press whitewashes Harper’s incestuous relationship with media
Joan Brydon (CP) bends over backwards to show how Canadian journalism could never go the way of the Murdoch scandal by slanting her reporting to make sure we know that…
"Load of crap". More Conservative muzzling. NDP locked out of NL airbase.
It never stops. In fact it's getting worse. Disagree publicly with Harper? Put a muzzle on it.The control the Conservatives have over this country is scary. It was once just…
Doug Saunders takes on the architects of right wing extremism
Actually, he takes on the authors of books that inspire extremism. He notes that while these right wing authors are not responsible for the actions of a Anders Breivik, they…
Pam ‘Atlas’ Geller: who knew she was such a cut up?
Riffing on a Charles Johnson post in Little Green Footballs. Pam Geller caught deleting a paragraph after the Norway massacre from the "Email from Norway" portion of a post from…
Cost of ignoring Charter of Rights: BC judges throws out all evidence in drug bust
Luckily this was just an Ecstasy bust and not a crime with actual victims.METRO VANCOUVER — A B.C. judge has tossed out all evidence seized in a massive ecstasy-production investigation…
Cape Breton Post cartoon compares Muslim terrorists to right wing extremists
The Cape Breton Post of Sydney, N.S. has come out with a tasteless cartoon depicting two Muslims sitting atop a stack of skulls commenting favourably on the Oslo massacre. Postmedia…
The muzzling of Linda Keen: Harper’s pattern of silencing critics
Kristi Miller is just the latest in a long line of Harper silencing any dissent, let alone criticism.In early 2008, the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper fired Linda…
Mary Trapani Hynes a hero in a city begging for heroes
In a city longing for a hero, Toronto got a wake up call from 67-year-old Mary Trapani Hynes tonight. The senior delivered a tour-de-force of sarcasm at the expense of…
Michele Bachmann hypocrisy: where we juxtapose
Michele is admonishing the press for covering her husband's controversy. Says he's 'off limits'.Bachmann four months ago:Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann ripped Michelle Obama on Tuesday, speculating that the first lady…
Now, that’s what I call a fiscal conservative!
Illinois Republican Joe Walsh (not the Joe Walsh) is being sued for $100,000 in child support.
Shades of Lisbeth Salander: NM senior judge arrested for rape after victim provides tape of attack
Victims these days are getting a bad rap. They're called Hitler Youth and dismissed with accusations of asking for it. So it's satisfying to see a victim fighting back. Stieg…
Toronto Sun poll: Are there too many Toronto public library branches?
How smart is the average Toronto Sun reader? Judging by the short attention span articles and grade four level language, I'd say not very smart. Do they care? Nope. They…
"I make no pretence about the stuff we used to do": Former NOTW editor Piers Morgan admits to phone hacking
Pretty damning stuff. Morgan never outright states he tapped phones but does not deny it, stating he's not proud of what he did and let happen. Listen.
Another Canadian muzzled by Harper
Franke James, you are not alone. It's not just the arts that get the Harper thug treatment. Science, the other most hated discipline of Conservatives, is also subject to censorship…
The Toronto Star takes on Fern Hill. Refuses rebuttal.
Get this. The Toronto Star allows some random religious guy, Mark Penninga, to write an article attacking Fern Hill for a post she wrote on DammitJanet! No link, no credit,…
Rob Ford, caught talking on cell phone while driving, gives mother and daughter the finger
Class. The new Toronto. The new millennium of unbridled Conservatism is upon us. They do what they want, when they want and the law be damned. With our media protecting…