On that Blatchford column
There has been lots of ink, tweets and blogposts written and spilled over Christie Blatchford’s rather controversial National Post column about the public and media reaction to Jack Layton’s death…
There has been lots of ink, tweets and blogposts written and spilled over Christie Blatchford’s rather controversial National Post column about the public and media reaction to Jack Layton’s death…
The Israel/Palestine issue is a particularly difficult topic to talk and write about simply because it is such a poignant, polarizing and established issue. Within a few sentences, western commentators…
A turtle. I remember as a child reading about turtles (or tortoises) in England, where all proper gardens seemed to have one — and being rather charmed by the idea.…
I didn't get around to commenting on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' last loss before its implications were overtaken by subsequent events. But with the 'Riders still having another week and a…
The proposed 2012-14 Capital Plan for the City of Vancouver has gone out for public consultation. You can join in the conversation here - but only until August 31st. This…
His book “Fed Up” was published recently. In this book he writes “Social Security a “failure and an “illegal Ponzi scheme,”.. Some say his book will haunt him and he…
The deepening economic crises in Europe and the United States are provoking contrasting socio-political responses from the working and middle classes. In Europe, especially among the Mediterranean countries (Greece, Spain,…
xstrata test pit at wandoan.jpg A GIANT mine planned in Queensland, Australia, is facing a court challenge over the impacts that burning its coal will have on rising sea-levels, global…
God, how I love breasts. Got your attention now, don’t I? Bwahaha. SO not going where you were hoping. No, I mean, yeah, they’re aesthetically pleasing if you’re into that sort of…
Jack gets Marg’d. And other choice moments. Lots of Canadian politicians have been great sports about the merciless satire this CBC fake-news show dishes out on their (usually) all-too-deserving heads,…
ForAConfederacyYouNeedAFewDuncesVille ....When The Flipping Results Will Be Announced Seriously. It's Wednesday, and the results are supposed to be released Thursday, but now they are saying it may be Friday. Or.…
i'm cross-posting these from my okcupid journal. heh. :) i don't think these kinds of posts are helping me meet any "nice" men. ;) hehehehe Disgusting happy deep south racist…
What a huge loss. I had heard the news early Monday morning from a loved one and then my blackberry started flooding with notes from various political types of the…
www.liberalsbuiltthis.ca Had a great time this weekend taking part in the province wide Ontario Young Liberal blitz showing the great investments that the Ontario Liberal Party has made in families…
From artist Alex Féthière: “Don’t think Sinkhold is a bookcase because of its shape and contents. Owing to its stainless steel construction from a series of sinks, it holds many…
i like the song. just not sure i need to see that many white men running around completely amok in the world. sort of scary. :) if what you're reading…
We got used to it after WWII, governments borrowing money to be repaid by taxpayers in the future. In an era of foreseeable, sustained growth that wasn't so bad. The…
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/08/24/north-harper-tour.html
ABC reports that Phillip Seaton went into Louisville Jewish Hospital for a circumsion and came out sans le penis. Dr. John Patterson found inflammation on Mr. Seaton's little head back…