The Sun will come up tomorrow
Yes, another goofy play on the word “sun” (although I waited so long to post about yesterday’s CRTC ruling all the good references were taken). All in all, the ruling…
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The Ontario PCs are sharpening their knives
Let the leadership war begin! It seems that no lessons were learned from the Chretien/Martin years. There is now open revolt in the Tory ranks, which is genuinely awesome. As…
LA in 72 hours
Can you do LA in 72 hours? Yes – just don’t plan on getting a lot of sleep. I spent a year in LA in the late 80s doing some…
The Speaker speaks
Full text of Dave Levac’s statement is below (emphasis mine). I think some Tory MPPs – Michael Harris in particular – need to apologize. But they won’t. Legislative Assembly of…
Ottawa South PCPO candidate Matt Young anti-choice?
Matt Young has refused to publicly state a position on abortion. When he was questioned on CFRA Young said that abortion is a federal issue and refused to comment. It…
Tim Hudak abortion refresher
PC leader Tim Hudak is believes that “it is the government’s role to promote the choice of life and his London West candidate Ali Chahbar is “pro-life and pro-family (whatever…
Abortion just became a by-election issue for the PCs
Way back in the summer of 2011, PC leader Tim Hudak had a substantial lead over the governing McGuinty Liberals. So significant was it that Hudak and his boys were…
Kids: Photographic evidence
My daughter this morning groaned on Facebook that I post so many shots of Sloane the lab, people aren’t going to know I have kids. In my defence, social media…
The Mayor’s friend, Dave
You’ve probably heard about David Price. He’s Rob Ford’s long-time bestie, former football coach,’Dave’ the talk radio anonymous caller who calls in to declare the awesomeness that is Toronto’s mayor.…
PC candidate Matt Young = Tory puppet, flip-flopper
My friend, John Fraser, is the Liberal candidate in Ottawa South – former premier Dalton McGuinty’s riding. I’ve known John and his family since arriving in Ottawa in 2002. His…
NDP says new minister knows what it takes to get head. Wait, what?
Third paragraph.* *I get that it’s a typo but it’s the BEST TYPO EVER! H/T David Akin
That’s *Minister* Pierre Poilievre to you
What a total joke. For a government that desperately needed fresh faces and new direction, the appointment of Poilievre is counter-intuitive. Don’t know who he is? Read on. You’re welcome.…
Existential email question
If an email is deleted but is still available on the server, was it ever really deleted in the first place? Too bad that Ann Cavoukian didn’t retrieve emails from…
Globe and Mail columnist on crack?
Metaphorically, of course (it does seem to be going around these days). But I’m not sure what else would explain this piece of tiresome drivel, full of sweeping generalizations, which…
Good luck with open nominations
I said it was dumb before, and I’ll say it again – unless of course, you like running a slate of white guys, or special interest group candidates in winnable…
Hello World!
Meet Sloane. The cuteness is overwhelming. We’re all in puppy love.
Dave from Etobicoke
This made me laugh. Even more because of this. And this.
The PMO needs some adult supervision
The Tories have a lot of problems these days. From Harper’s Chief of Staff writing an ill-advised (and now subject to an ongoing RCMP investigation) $90K cheque to a senator…
A letter from a reformed sexist to his daughter
I liked this so much I’ve posted the letter in its entirety below. Some time ago, while out with friends, one of the men in our group launched into a…
Riot Fest announces the Replacements!
What a killer lineup! Can’t make the Toronto show, so I bought a couple of tickets to Riot Fest’s Chicago gig. The Replacements (first show in more than two decades!),…