(With an apology to pinball machines everywhere.)That @cityslikr fella can be wonderfully succinct sometimes. I retweeted this earlier, but it deserves a whole blog post.Word. If you're ever curious about…
While QMI outlets brag about Fox News North's 'walloping' of its news rivals on certain days, things aren't looking so rosy for the right wing propaganda channel in future days.…
BigCityLib Strikes Back: In Case You ARE WonderingDon't know why BCL isn't on the Tweeter, but that's up to him. In the meantime, seems the Venomous LoserTM is perfectly happy…
Oh, Mr. Gerry Nicholls, what have you done? Do you live or work in an Ivory Tower, completely isolated from any sense of reality? I know I don’t live in…
Fern Hill captures a delicious slice of unintended truthiness from the Toronto Sun. Lord knows, you wouldn't find it any where else at the Sun other than in the subconscious…
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Miscellaneous material for your long weekend.- I'll agree with pogge that Tabatha Southey's latest is well worth a read. But while it's worth recognizing the differences between the respective priorities…
Not much to add on this end to the news that Jack Layton is taking a temporary leave of absence to deal with a new form of cancer. But let's…
Al Queda has been the go-to boogieman when acts of violence are perpetrated in western countries. The media, fed by right wing pundits and bloggers, does the full knee-jerk reaction,…
Assorted material for your weekend reading.- Paul Wells puts his observations about Stephen Harper's inexplicable warnings about Canada's eventual disappearance into column form. But I have to wonder whether Harper…
I'm sure Terence Corcoran thinks he's making a brilliant sarcastic point of some sort. But ideology aside, is there actually any reason to disagree in the slightest with his portrayal…
Assorted content to end your day.- Charlie Angus is leading the charge against the Cons' plan to ram through lawful access legislation, labeling it as warrantless snooping and spying on…
Sad, isn't it. When this is what occupies our imaginations and dominates public discourse, is it any wonder that so many people don't bother to take the responsibilities of citizenship…
I'll give Sun Media this much: they're being slightly less partisan than I'd have expected in their bombast, following up their demand to fire a diplomat for the crime of…
Just as we wind down the first half of 2011 in preparation for Canada Day, three disparate blog posts are jumping out at me:At Sixth Estate, Government of Canada Issues…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Yes, plenty of attention is being paid to Canada's weak ranking when it comes to innovation. But it's well worth noting that the failure…
First, Remember this? If you don’t care to view all of it, it was basically Krista Erikson in her best Harper blue dress berating Montreal dancer and long time cultural…
