Friday night Jimmy Rushing blogging
Anybody asks you, baby who sang this song Yes anybody asks you, baby who sang this song Tell them Little Jimmy Rushing, he's been here and gone...
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Mostly competent government
It's been almost exactly a year since then Industry Minister Tony Clement announced that the census long form would no longer be mandatory. Among the lies he told us at…
Simple Answers to Simple Questions
This could also be titled: Can't anybody here play this game? There's a post up at Let Freedom Rain based on a media story announcing the intention of the Liberal…
QotD: On Peter MacKay
The whole column by Paul Robinson is worth a read but I was particularly struck by this part: When Peter MacKay is, as so often, praised for being popular with…
Mostly competent government
Since the Harper Government™ spent as much money on security for 2010's G8/G20 summits as any other ten countries would have, you'd think they'd at least have earned high marks…
Friday night blues blogging
Happy Canada Day. Here's Roy Rogers with a performance of Robert Johnson's Terraplane Blues that he gave as Artist in Residence at Mendicino College....
Friday night Blue Harlem blogging
Regular visitors may recall that I'm a sucker for a good horn section and this one certainly qualifies. Besides, I'm in the mood for smooth and relaxing. Incidentally, Blue Harlem…
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Friday night Johnny Adams blogging
Johnny Adams started out as a gospel singer but soon switched to secular music. He ended up doing R & B, jazz and blues. All at the same time. This…
Fire them all
This isn't the first time I've suggested we should just turf everyone in the House of Commons and start over. But this is a brand new parliament and it only…
"The Conservative government’s position on asbestos is morally bankrupt."
And the editorial board at the Ottawa Citizen isn't mincing words on the issue. On June 20, the Canadian government will have a chance to do again what it has…
QOTD
John Cole at Balloon Juice translates the latest White House attempt to explain why the Obama administration doesn't need congressional approval to continue military action against Libya: We're not engaged…
Friday night: slow blues
Todd Park Mohr is normally found fronting Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Here he is performing solo on Robert Johnson's All My Love In Vain....
Friday night
Good evening, everybody. Tell me how do you do Roy Rogers kick things off with King Biskit....
Paging John Baird
Abdelrazik can't get child benefits while on terror list The Quebec government has told a Montreal man that he cannot receive child-assistance benefits because his name appears on a United…
Another myth in the making?
Jason Kenney made an appearance at the Ontario Progressive Conservative convention yesterday to promote his own brand of politics. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says immigrants allowed the Conservatives…
QOTD: The Worst Outcome of G20 Policing
This is just one paragraph plucked out of the middle of a long post at A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land. The post makes the case for this conclusion and…
Friday night foursomes
Johnnie Johnson, best known for his long collaboration with Chuck Berry, was reputed to be the inspiration for the song Johnny B. Goode. Here he is leading a foursome on…
All your information are belong to us
There's an interesting report in today's Telegraph — the one in England — that's filed under Travel News. British airline passengers flying to the United States face having their personal…
QOTD
Twitter is in the midst of a minor nervous breakdown so I can't tweet this post from Josh Marshall. But that's what blogs are for. I'm going to gamble that…