Another Installment of, How Stupid Can They Get?
From the morally and cognitively impaired Florida Family Association comes the following news, news that consumers may wish to bear in mind at this most holy time of the year.…
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My Letter to David Caton and His Florida Family Association
I just tried to send the following letter to the Florida Family Association’s David Caton. After hitting the submit button, the message was that my message could not be sent,…
More on American Doofuses
Last night, in high dudgeon, I wrote a somewhat intemperately-worded piece on American ‘intelligence,’ (prompted by Lowe’s dropping its sponsorship of a TLC show, All American Muslim, due to pressure…
How Stupid are Our Neigbours to the South?
While that question may seem redundant, I offer for your consideration more proof of how benighted our American ‘cousins’ (in the same sense that homo sapiens and neanderthals were cousins)…
Another Message From The Ministry of Truth
To all Canadian Consumers: Season’s Greetings. All is still well. Shop until you drop. We repeat, Season’s Greetings. All is still well. Shop until you drop. Your dollars help to…
There’s No Business Like Snow Business
When I was young, there used to be a polite term for B.S. We called it a snow job, and that seems as apt a description as any of the…
U.S. Steel Loses Its Appeal, So Harper Government Capitulates
Those who think that unfettered capitalism is the greatest gift to humanity imaginable will rejoice in the news that even though American steel giant U.S. Steel lost its appeal against…
Doug Ford Rarely Disappoints
The Star’s Christopher Hume has an amusing column on the other (better?) half of that dynamic duo known as the Mayors of Toronto. For those who enjoy their political theatre…
The Star and Its Readers
If the Harper government keeps an ‘enemies list‘, which, quite frankly, I have little doubt that it does, given its infernal embrace of ‘values’ that are repellent to Canadians who…
The Soul of the Nation
Last April, as part of a larger post, I write the following about the pernicious effects of bad political leadership: If we consider, for example, the widespread cynicism and disengagement…
Will I Be Deemed High Risk for Terror, Crime or Immigration Fraud ?
I have a confession to make. Since January of 2010, my wife and I have visited Cuba four times. So what, one might ask? Cuba has always been a popular…
Rick Salutin Skewers the Mythology of the NDP and CBC’s Leftishness
My favorite columnist, Rick Salutin, has a brief video on The Star website in which he asserts that the NDP and the CBC are no more leftist than Rex Murphy,…
This Just In From The Ministry of Truth
Citizens of Canada: All is well. Return to your workstations and your reality shows. We repeat, all is well. Return to your work stations and your reality shows. Pay no…
Chris Hedges and Christianity
Echoing the thesis from his book, Death of the Liberal Class, a work that excoriated traditional liberal institutions for their failure to hold true to their values, instead essentially selling…
Doug Ford Enhances Brother Rob’s Reputation
Despite the way it may appear in some of my blog postings, I really take no particular pleasure or delight in pointing out the deficiencies and foibles of most of…
A Disturbing Article on Cell Phone and Wi-Fi Radiation
While I have written before on the link between cellphone electromagnetic radiation and cancer, I just completed an article by Christopher Ketcham entitled Radiation From Cell Phones and WiFi Are…
Rob Ford Continues To Make An Ass of Himself
While the title of this post might strike many as redundant, even I, despite having borne witness to a great deal of asinine behaviour over the years, was surprised to…
Apparently They Don’t Hold With That Readin’ Thing Either
Or that might be the easy inference to draw about Mayors Rob and Doug Ford. As reported yesterday, The Toronto Star is filing a complaint with the City of Toronto’s…
The Toronto Star Fights Back
Because the ever-petulant Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, backed by his always doting and sycophantic executive, continues to boycott The Toronto Star on all official notices and pronouncements from his office,…