May 1: We get letters
From Fraser Allison, at frasman@shaw.ca: Occasionally, while having a coffee at a Second Cup and having nothing better to do, I have a look through the Calgary Sun ‘newspaper’. I…
Warren
Mulcair and Vegas: down memory lane
…but not down the memory hole. From a year ago: The NDP got its first taste of the perils of prominence Wednesday after being forced to handle two public relations…
Ontario PC MPP Rick Nicholls is a coward
Say what you said in the Leg outside, coward. We dare you.
In today’s Sun: I was wrong – Harper hasn’t attempted to mess with abortion laws
Nearly one year after the election that finally saw them capture their much-desired parliamentary majority, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has become remarkable for being unremarkable. Apart from killing off the…
The Honourable Moron-in-Chief
Check this out: “Mayor Rob Ford says he will work to defeat the Liberal candidate in the crucial provincial byelection in Kitchener-Waterloo. Ford, a proud supporter of the Progressive Conservatives,…
Frank Klees: the Herb Tarlek of Canadian politics
You remember Herb Tarlek, don’t you? Well, Herb lives, to this day, in the Earthly form of Frank Klees, Tea Party North MPP. He does: they look the same, they…
Heather Mallick on Jan Wong
What a load of Deepest Annex bullshit. What a load of crap. Jan Wong wants sympathy, after turning in a student in China to the authorities, which resulted in the…
More from the Wilrose Bozone Layer
Here. H/T BCL, natch.
I will fuck this up, I fucking know it
…after all the good things that have happened so far in April, it’s inevitable. It’s the Irish Catholic Theory of Balance. I’ll explain it sometime. Anyhow, that lyric is taken…
Planning ahead
We’ve got: 1. One daughter, ranked competitive swimmer 2. One son, GTHL “A” forward 3. One son, GTHL “A” goalie 4. One son, snowboarder, swimmer and lacrosse nut I’ve decided…
In today’s Sun (inexplicably): Him Campbell
Not sure why it’s out early, but it is. Linkage here: Question: What does Kim Campbell have in common with Michael Ignatieff? It’s a riddle, of sorts. The answer comes…
Liz Witmer
I always liked her, have I mentioned that lately?
What the Ontario PCs have been up to at those Ornge hearings
I have a conflict, so I haven’t said much on this file, other than to occasionally point out the rank, stinking hypocrisy of the Cons and the Dippers. Or to…
The Hon. Minister of Friggin’ Scary
There is no news-related reason to post this photo. I found it today on the Globe’s web site, and it renews my hope that Jim Flaherty succeeds in driving out…
Steve Nash in Toronto?
My God, that would be so awesome. Will it happen? Of course not. Why would the incompetents at Maple Leaf Sports actually stop offering up stinkers, year after year, when…
The Nanos thing
What’s it mean? Well, after the polling industry’s Alberta debacle, I don’t put much stock in polling, these days. You shouldn’t either. But if it’s true, it means that Bob…
Tea Party North Tempest
I am reliably told that the source of some of this anonymous griping to the Star about Tim Hudak’s leadership comes from none other than Lisa MacLeod, previously Head Kool-Aid…
It’s never the crime, it’s always the cover-up, part ad infinitum
Next time the National Post lectures the rest of us about openness and transparency, blah blah blah, be sure to have this one handy: “In the meantime, there was as…
Vote Shithead!
We in SFH are in a bit of conflict, because Joey’s Sudden Death Records is going to be distributing the CD version of our new record, but we are simply…