Hey! Look what just came in by courier!
…and, as far as I know, it still isn’t on sale until the first week of October.
Musings
In case they try to send it down the memory hole
Like they did in this case.
I’ll never diss Hummers again
When we heard this story on CBC this morning, we all got a bit sniffly. This guy is a hero – and in a Hummer, no less!
A media cautionary tale
The polling firm that says the NDP is way ahead… …is the same firm that declared the Parti Québeçois was headed towards “a comfortable majority.” Why does the Star do…
Jean Charest, le chef
I’m starting the Jean Charest for Liberal Party leader campaign, right here. Who’s in?
Québec
Winners: pro-Canada parties. Losers: pollsters, pundits, PQ.
Tuned out
Steve, whose stuff I read religiously, had this amazing tweet a few minutes ago: Canadians spent 28.5 hours a week watching TV last year, says CRTC, up half hour from…
In Tuesday’s Sun: the separatist Trojan Horse
As of Tuesday night, Canadian politics is going to change for the worse — for Conservatives, for Liberals, for independents. But the New Democratic Party won’t give a damn. As…
Help wanted
A group we do work with – one focused on gender issues – is looking for an entry-level female writer, one with writing samples, great attitude, etc. Full time post.…
“Liberal Who”
Seriously, why does anyone give a rat’s ass? The North of the Queensway commentariat are all a-Twitter about it this morning, comme toujours. (Their bitchy solipsism drive me nuts, which…
Today
Today is: 1. A great Smashing Pumpkins song; 2. The day before school starts; 3. The day before the anniversary of Brian Mulroney’s 1984 win, and the last time folks…
That voice!
…is leaving The Current! Will be weird, now. Anyway, I can reveal now that said voice attended a couple SFH shows. Should’ve got him to intro us when we had…
in Sunday’s Sun: leave Joyce alone
Agency Files) Non compos mentis is the Latin term. It means “not of sound mind.” It’s a legal phrase, mainly, although physicians use it as well. If a person is…
Sun site still down?
Can’t post my column until it is!
On Stockwell Day on Trudeau and Obama
Truly, this was a pleasure to read. Didn’t know he had it in him. Hope he keeps at it. Can’t believe I wrote that, can you?
What-ever
Says the guy who gives paid speeches to the Manning Institute. When will the clichéd MSM understand that no one thinks they don’t have an agenda? NO ONE. That’s why…
Harper had pizza with someone who calls Muslim children “parasites”? (updated)
Really? UPDATE: Other things Harper’s house guest has said, here: Muslims are “ungrateful beligerent foreign savages,” Indians are “parasites” who “extorted tax dollars booze, smokes and junk food,” blacks are…
Goth alert
My youngest – blonde-haired, freckled, skateboarder – is into (wait for it) Bauhaus. And not just the dark British band’s well-known stuff: he’s into B-sides, like ‘Crowds.’ Wow. From seeing…