Credit where due…
I’m becoming increasingly impressed with the degree to which some public and private organisations are using social media to improve customer service. Case in point: the hydro pole in my…
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Yeah, yeah…
… I KNOW that the only poll that matters is the one held on E Day, but for Libs like me, this is encouraging: The latest Nanos tracking numbers reveal…
So. My conservative friends…
… ex PC PM Brian Mulroney… I guess he was a real asshole, eh? A lefty pig? Never agreed with everything BM the PM said or did, but I do…
To clarify…
… Something about my post yesterday about ex PM Thatcher’s death… I admired her as a leader of conviction, as a woman who was a trailblazer for female politicians everywhere,…
Margaret Thatcher was a leader…
… if nothing else. And she helped to pave the way for other women who wanted to pursue politics as a vocation. She will be remembered fondly by her allies…
Liberal leadership race – Joyce Murray for PM
As much as I’d like to believe that Joyce Murray can pull off an upset and win the LPC leadership, I cannot realistically expect this to happen. Trudeau has the…
Kim Jong-un…
… reading things… Probably written in English. (17) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Say what?
The Canadian government is OK with drought and all of the human and environmental tragedies that go with it? Really? What is Stevo thinking? We can get a higher price…
Shows in technicolour…
… that some members of the ReformCon caucus are regressive throwbacks to the 19th century. I’m sure they prefer “their women” to stay in the kitchen too. Freaks. (2) Trashy,…
Satire…
..or reality? You be the judge. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/01/nra-defends-right-to-own-politicians.html?mobify=0 (1) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
The danger of religion…
…the harm that Stone Age thinking has done and continues to do. Here is a great article penned by Neil MacDonald, who discusses a new book (Lawrence Wright’s investigative book,…
Hit gun manufacturers’ cash flow…
… hmm… Not a bad idea. The Mayor of Chicago has sent a letter to the TD Bank, and other financial institutions to withdraw Smith and Wesson’s revolving line of…
Friday miscellany…
… colder than Vic Toews at a homeless shelter edition. Robbie’s Follies… Will he stay or will he go? We’ll know this morning. ================================================================================== As I am apt to do…
Tuesday…
…shorts and sandals temps! (3) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Network television, and remembering…
… why I gave it up in the first place. I made a conscious decision quite a few years back to shun network TV. The interminable and juvenile ads bugged…
Friday miscellany…
… the “Ah!”, edition. Saturday is Gun Appreciation Day in the U S of A! No, this isn’t an Onion article. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Like a million monkeys hammering in a million…
Changed the temp unit of measure…
… To Fahrenheit to show my American friends how trippy Canuck weather can be. Yup. A 30 degree swing in 24 hours or so. It’s all good. (2) Trashy, Ottawa,…
A classy move to honour one of the best…
… Musicians ever. Props to Granada, Spain for naming one of its squares in honour of the great Joe Strummer. Awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qcy0-7ngw (2) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
While I really don’t understand…
… why the Lance Armstrong thing has touched a sensitive chord for so many people, his coming-clean has inspired me to follow his lead and publicly admit to the following:…