The “Magic Underpants” Factor
As a non-believer, I have to admit that it’s absolutely hilarious to watch the various candidates for Republican nomination frantically dancing around the comments made by Southern Baptist Convention Leader…
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Occupy Bay Street?
The launch of Canada’s “revolution” against the “1 percent” is planned for October 15th. Unfortunately, they can’t even seem to get the URL of the website correct… So, not off…
Michele Bachmann: Bad Lip-reading
The crazy-eyed congresswoman from Minnesota tries to stay focused while outlining her campaign “strategy”… I’d love to see some Canadian versions of these BLR videos. Come on tech-savvy political junkies…
Liberal 3-Peat in Ontario!
Seriously? That is a somewhat amazing result given the three-way nature of the race and how close the polls were in the run-up to election day.
WPITW
A trifecta of sexism, ignorance and paranoia today: In fairness to Republican hopeful Herman Cain, at least he had the decency to preface his crackpot theory with the caveat of…
Fair & Challenged
Fox News dispatched their fatuous cub reporter Griff Jenkins to Liberty Plaza recently to interview some of the dirty hippies and bizarre characters at the Occupy Wall Street protest, but…
Candle Power!
Who knows where our power is coming from in the future? Canada’s candlelight providers: ready to meet the surge in demand that comes from people wanting to turn the lights…
Dept. of Unintentional Irony
Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae speaks out on the issue of suicide prevention as an important public health matter. Needless to say, committing suicide is a topic about which the…
Manitoba Election
Not exactly a buzz of excitement here in Winnipeg about tomorrow’s election (contrary to the Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em Sun News promo). Both the NDP and PCs have run quite…
Inequalistan
Chris Hayes dismantles the Republicans’ favourite new talking point that “the top 10 percent of ‘wage earners’ pay 70 percent of the income taxes.” You have to hand it to…
Jesus and the Dinosaurs
A wonderfully illustrated version of Eddie Izzard’s great comedy bit, this one covering dinosaurs, Jesus, and communion.
No More Palin to Kick Around?
We can only dream… But Lawrence O’Donnell gives us some hope by quite plausibly suggesting that Palin’s recent “mean girl” scraps with other Fox News talent may well be foreboding…
بعد أنور العولقي
Of all the coverage given to Anwar al-Awlaki’s targeted assassination this morning, I liked the almost Onion-worthy take Wired magazine (via Gawker) had regarding its consequence: Yemen Strike Leaves Misfit…
The Pyschology of 9/11 “Truth” Denial
Various psychologists talk about the different reasons why people accept the official version of events surrounding 9/11 as opposed to the theories of those who dispute the now generally accepted…
ManBearPig, Climategate and Watermelons
Nick Gillespie of Reason TV talks with British writer and journalist James Delingpole about his new book Watermelons: The Green Movement’s True Colors. A self-described conservative libertarian, Delingpole claims that…
The Magic of Reality
Richard Dawkins talks to Thom Hartmann about his new book The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True. The first part of the interview can be viewed here…
Protests: Now & Then
The team at Fox News attacks the “radical left-wingers” and “nutjobs” currently protesting the fraud, corruption and lack of accountability on Wall Street (amongst other things the participants see as…
Sun “News” Drinking Game
Okay, so here’s what I propose… Take a shot every time you hear execrable termagant and furious runt Kathy Shaidle casually tell a blatant LIE during this 7:00 minute interview…
Debating the Debate
Not sure that anyone gives a toss, but here’s a panel of “experts” TVO rounded up to discuss who “won” and “lost” last night’s leadership debate. If nothing else, it’s…
Ontario Leadership Debate
Shorter version: Blah, blah, blah, blah… I have to confess to finding these “debates” to be incredibly tiresome affairs. After listening to an hour and a half of dubious promises…