Because Its Only A Matter Of Drowned Newfies
Bob Zimmer Makes an ass of himself: Because no matter where you come down on the issue once you've considered it soberly, simply poo-poohing the safety concerns of NFLD. fishermen…
Hack Pundit Of The Week: Kelly McParland
In 1949, French-Canadian asbestos miners sought better working conditions from its English-Canadian and American companies. The miners had some basic demands: that the hourly wage be increased to one dollar,…
How humiliating! Veteran Ed Rollins ordered by Michele Bachmann to apologize to Sarah Palin.
Ed Rollins, the veteran Republican political operative who has been charged with running Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign, has been ordered by his boss to apologize to Sarah Palin. Rollins' crime?…
Minister Chickenshit
Municipal affairs minister Kevin “Fairity” O’Brien continues to defend bungled decision-making at the topmost levels of the province’s emergency response system by citing the work done by the hard-working men…
Canada’s New $50 And $100 Bills
OTTAWA - Get ready to have a little more plastic in your wallet.Starting in November, new polymer bank notes will start to replace paper-cotton bills that wear and tear more…
Harper Fires 92 Auditors Before They can Reveal His Military Expenses
After buying the Bush Doctrine and changing a few words (mainly just replacing 'Bush' with 'Harper'), Canadians may never know how much Harper's new 'Democracy' business is going to cost.In…
Creating a Culture of Cycling in Greater Sudbury
I'm not at all surprised that the Greater Sudbury Police have issued a release reminding cyclists that they are not to be on the sidewalks (see: "No bikes on sidewalks,…
QP: A breaking news question
Jack Layton was absent from the House today, which left his deputy Thomas Mulcair to lead off Question Period, kicking off with a pair of questions about news that the…
Here’s one for the books. Miss USA winner one of only two contestants who believe in evolution.
Stunning. Yet not particularly surprising when you think of Carrie Prejean and the level of intelligence at these things. I hate to label all American beauties as somewhat short a…
Oh Great! Conservatives About To Fire 92 Auditors At Public Works Canada
Just as Public Works Canada is about to make $35 BILLION worth of military purchases, 92 auditors who safeguard our tax money from the fiscally irresponsible Harperites are being let…
So that’s why the beach was closed!
The fam and I were going to head off to Britannia Beach the other day for some water-based recreation-type stuff. But, upon checking the City rwebsite, we discovered that the…
Floor-crossing is fraud
NDP MP Peter Stoffer wants to prevent members of Parliament from joining another party caucus without checking back with the electors, and he has just introduced a Private Member’s Bill…
Mark your calendars
We learned this weekend, through the NDP's convention in Vancouver, and the Liberal Party's extraordinary convention held online and over the telephone, that each of the parties will be taking…
The Joys of Mushroom Hunting
It is becoming increasingly clear how important the links between food security, decreasing our carbon footprint, and eating local are. Although for decades industrial agriculture has been touted as the…
George W. Bush knew how to respond to a 2 AM call
He is talking to Putin of Russia. :)The saying applies to him that he does not know which side is up. No wonder that his presidency left the US and…
Oh, they’re really scared of him…
Is it really necessary to spy on Julian Assange every minute of the day?there's so much here related to his status, his privilege, to the privileged indignation and entitlement of…
Rape as Weapon of War is Bigger Issue
During the debate over the extension of the Libyan "mission", NDP foreign affairs critic, Paul Dewar, brought up the subject of rape as a weapon of war.He wanted the Conservatives…
Oh Stevie! One of Your Ex-Cabinet Ministers Wants You To Do The Right Thing
As I’ve mentioned last Thursday, today is the day the UN votes whether or not to include chrysotile asbestos on a list of hazardous products on the Rotterdam Convention. Stevie…
Vancouver Riot 2011: Apologies Not Accepted
To you, it’s just a fight. To me, it’s the ER social worker looking for a teddybear to console a 4 year old girl because she just witnessed her dad…
Civil tort of unlawful conduct conspiracy
Unlawful conduct conspiracy, a civil tort, requires of parties that:a) they act in combination, that is, in concert, by agreement or with a common design;b) their conduct is unlawful;c) &...