House of Cards – American Style
As an inveterate fan of the original 1989 BBC series “House of Cards” I was highly skeptical that it could be successfully adapted into an American context. It had some…
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God Made a Farmer…
Standing out by a country mile from the slew of rubbish advertisements sponsoring this year’s Super Bowl broadcast, The Richards Group agency down in Texas crafted this perfect, brilliant little…
Get Out the Vote!
Well, we’re down to the wire here, folks. My daughter has made great strides over the last few days, rocketing up from 268 to 539 in the Harper-Collins “Share the…
Survey Says…?
A recent bullshit survey by Nanos Research asked a thousand or so random people online to describe the “personality” of the five federal parties using a single word. Just for…
Rally for Zzzzzz…
Can one really call ten people gathered on Parliament Hill a “rally”? Perhaps a more concerning issue than the “robocall” scandal and the minimal effect some purport it may have…
A Red Tory Victory in Alberta!
Well, go figure. Who would have thought that a resurgence of the “Red Tory” political brand would occur in, of all places, Alberta? For weeks now, right-wing pundits across the…
Time for a Change
After four continuous decades in power during which time the ruling Progressive Conservative party was virtually unchallenged in any serious fashion, is it any wonder that so many Albertans are…
Mitterminator
Seeking to dispel accusations of pathological flip-flopping, “Mitt” Romney unveiled plans to use a time machine to kill earlier versions of himself who believed in universal health care and gay…
Game Over for Santorum
At Gettysburg, PA (of all places!) Rick Santorum announced today that he’s throwing in the towel on his bid to become the Theocrat in Chief of the United States. No…
The F-35 Boondoggle
I know we’ve been over this ground before, but remind me again… why does Canada even need this heinously expensive new class of fighter jet at all? What possible military…
Olbermann: A $10 Million Chandelier
Appearing on Dave Letterman’s show last night, Keith Olbermann talked about being fired by Current TV the other week. “I screwed up really big on this,” he said. “It’s my…
The Pursuit of Happiness
Thom Hartmann just couldn’t resist drawing some obvious conclusions the first World Happiness Report released earlier this week showing that the world’s happiest countries are all in northern Europe with…
Liblogs – Minus One
Hey, did you notice that Liblogs got a cool new make-over recently? Almost a year after he went down in flames (sadly, along with most of the party) and then,…
“This Will Always Be So” (Or Not)
Some readers may recall a post from a little while back featuring Richard Dawkins appearing on MSNBC’s weekend “Up” program where he floated the provocative idea of taking politicians to…
Parliamentary Fight Club
Irrespective of the supposedly worthy fundraising cause involved, what an utterly bizarre and unseemly event this past weekend’s charity boxing match was. Hard to believe that we’ve actually sunk lower…
Different Messengers, Same Story
A “conservative” speaks out about the controversial shooting of “gangsta hoodlum” Treyvon Martin. While it’s easy to dismiss the commenter given that he’s a 400 lb. redneck with a drawling…
Subliminal Frames
If you’ve watched Santorum’s “Obamaville” web advert once or twice, it’s easy to miss a number of what can only be described as “subliminal” images as they appear for only…
“Obamaville” Examined
Wow. I’d heard about this attack ad put together by the Santorum campaign and finally saw it last night on Hardball. Chris Matthews and his fellow chuckleheads all seemed to…