Conservative Canada: Nova Scotia cops can now taser mentally illl
Jodie Emery: more and more like the US every day. HALIFAX — Police in Nova Scotia can now use stun guns on people with mental illnesses under new provincial guidelines.…
Musical interlude
BT feat. Jes - Every Other Way (Armin Van Buuren Radio Edit)
3851…This Is Canada
Vancouver Canucks; Boston Bruins.Van scores in the third to make it 1/0.Camera shot of the bench and on the ledge behind the bench, behind the glass behind the bench, a…
Anderson Cooper’s Ridiculist features William Tapley, crazed evangelist, misoginist, falace noticer and kind of a funny guy
Religious, secular, non-believing or otherwise, one cannot help but laugh at William Tapley's, a veritable youtube evangelical celebrity and "Third Eagle of the Apocalypse", explanations about revelation and the demonic.…
Bike to Kingston? Why on earth would anyone want to do that?
And yet every year thousands do. It's the 40th running of the Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour tomorrow and this year, I will be among them. First time in five years.…
Friday night
Going with this full version of a remix that was given mucho attention this week by one Pete Tong: Also kicking around from the last week of listening, Example, some…
Alf Apps – Not Such A Bad Guy
At the very least, he's got the right priorities in mind as continuing President: Mr. Apps proposed what he called a long-term project for the federal Liberals: to create an…
T.F.G.I.F! New world order edition….
Thank the Fucking gods it's Friday. I have not had the opportunity to go through all the news of the day yet, but I found this article about the Bilderberg…
Friday night: slow blues
Todd Park Mohr is normally found fronting Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Here he is performing solo on Robert Johnson's All My Love In Vain....
A Proposal for a Canadian National Hockey League (CNHL)
I post these thoughts as I wait in an airport watching everyone gear up for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup. I’m not a hockey fan. I think I’m one…
3850…Phil The Greek: The Big Nine Oh Today
Prince Phillip, that is Mr. Queen Elizabeth II to you, is 90.It seems like only yesterday he was 89.Those Royals, OMG, dey live forever.WFDS
3849…You Wouldn’t Know It If
You went to a CRTC meeting but radio is doing very well in this country thank-you very much.Here is a cut and paste from Taylor on Radio-Info:Private-station revenue did 3.2%…
3848…The Next Federal Election Is In Four Years
So of course the Stop Harper folks are out frigging up traffic on a getaway Friday in your nation's capital.Yes, yes, yes I get it. The Conservative Party National Convention…
Banned By Ontario Catholics
While most people may see rainbows as a good sign because the rain is ending, some Catholic schools in Ontario have banned visual references to the iconic colourful arch. Its…
Liveblogging Harperpalooza gloat-a-thon 2011
7:01 PM: I've settled in on press row for the evening keynote by Stephen Harper. I'm a little late but, thankfully and true to form, Harper is even later and…
Conservative notions of free expression, Ch.529
To juxtapose—but not to contrast: 2004: Build new residental schools, if that’s what it takes and tell the detractors to go to hell. I changed my mind. We don’t need…
LBJ haterade and Iggy
It looks like the Diva isn't the only one who developped a strong case of haterade for LBJ (NBA star LeBron James) when he cheated his way to the NBA…
Chumba-dumba
Leave to the ever charming labradore to remind everyone that the financial mess Danny Williams left behind is actually something he made clear he would do in 2008. The quote…
Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Brigette has NOT left Ottawa yet!
Here she is, speaking at today’s “Stop Harper” rally: Photo courtesy Dylan Penner, via Twitter.