4676…Stephen Harper Says
It wasn’t us that were cheating on this Robo-call thingy. Or may be it was. Not sure and we, the Stephen Harpers, are not about to address this issue directly.…
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4675…This Is How You Get Fired
From Deadspin.com via Gawker: Newspaper Reporter Fired For Leaving In Bit About “Coach’s Bullshit And Laziness” Wasn’t that a fun time, when a reporter at a little Louisiana newspaper accidentally…
4674…Michael Harris Update
My dear friend Anonymous updates the saga that is Michael Harris, ex CFRA Ottawa talker: Here is a small comfort for those who miss Michael’s brilliant and balanced program on…
4673…Hugging RC Priest Forced To Fist
What is this world coming to? John Bry of WOOD radio in Grand Rapids, Michigan tells all that “The priest at St. Patrick and St. Anthony Parish at Grand Haven…
4672…New Orleans Times-Picayune Dying
From The Huffington Post:The New Orleans Times-Picayune, the paper that became internationally famous for its courageous reporting during Hurricane Katrina, is facing steep cuts and will end its 175-year history…
4671…Jean Charest Makes Someone Else Jump
The boss is not taking the fall for the mini revolution on the Island of Montreal. But, as The Globe and Mail reports, “Luc Bastien, who was appointed Premier Charest’s…
4670…A Prog View On The New EI Regs
From my soon to be mustached friend Joseph Roman: Joseph RománOh look! Workers at the bottom end of the labour market can now get screwed even more. Not only can…
4669…Where The MP For Outremont?
Thomas Mulcair. On the subject of civil unrest in his riding for the last 100 plus days? Where is he? WFDS
4668…John Baird Wot Were You Thinking
In our town, Ottawa, it is rumoured, and has been since his days at Bell High School in the Ottawa ‘burb of Bell’s Corners, that John Baird plays for the…
4667…On The Other Hand The Beer Is Cheap
In Montreal. Sure the State Department is warning Yankees to be careful visiting Montreal but they left the above fact out. And you can bring wine to many restaurants. WFDS
4666…Okay Say You Are On This Island
An island with a little under 2,000,000 people. Let’s say 50,000 or 250,000 have been demonstrating against the sitting government. For over 100 days. I would think that having between…
4665…Mitt Romney New York Times Quote
Not by Mitt Romney but about Mitt Romney. “Tracie J. Walker, 48, of Washington. ‘I think he’s a strange character. He got confused by money, I think. So he doesn’t…
4664…Don’t Be Afraid To Quit
Boing boing reminds you that “In case you need an antidote to commencement speeches that tell you to follow your dream to attain success, here’s Bobcat Goldthwaite’s 2009 Commencement address…
4663…Day 101, Day 101
101 is a pretty important number in La Belle. Today marks day 101 of the student’s protest in Montreal, Quebec. Apparently the 250,000 on the street yesterday did not, as…
4662…Excepting Gay Bars And Bathhouses
Quote of the day from Joseph Roman: If there are no ladies, there will be no gentlemen. He’s as good looking as he is smart.WFDS
4661…Stupid People Amuse And Scare Me
As I have said to my dear friend Dan The Bus Driver many times one cannot win an argument with a stupid person. Which is one of the things that…
4660…All They Wanted To Do Was Get Drunk
They would be the graduating class at Virginia, a university that has been referred in Sports Illustrated as “…a four-year cocktail party.” But no. They had to listen to former…
4659…Price Of Pizza To Rise
Horrible news for pizza lovers out of Italy via Agence France Presse. Sunday’s quake in northeastern Italy destroyed more than 300,000 wheels of Parmesan and Grana Padano, a similar cheese,…
4658…No Bad Jobs
That is what Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said last week. Why is it the people who have jobs that they like always say stuff like that? Trust me Mr. Hon.…
4657…Montreal Hits Saturday Night Live
Arcade Fire were the musical guests on NBC’s Saturday Night Live and they wore red squares on their clothes in support of the student strike In their hometown of Montreal.…