“War on Terror” a Failure

And other things we knew — four years ago!
Being thoroughly vindicated by history is probably small consolation for Sen. John Kerry, but perhaps he can take some degree of solace from the release earlier this week of a new report by the Rand Corporation, a think-tank that often works with the Pentagon, entitled How Terrorist [...]

Border Security v. “Sensitivity Training”

The Toronto Star reports this morning that the government is putting up to 500 customs officials at Pearson International Airport through “sensitivity training” so that they can “more appropriately deal with Arab and Muslim passengers.”
Normally, this kind of story would probably raise howls of outrage from the usual suspects, or at least that would [...]

When “Liberal” Scribes Attack

In case you missed the latest bogus narrative being peddled by the pathologically dysfunctional, so-called “liberal” press corps (you know, the folks who are allegedly “in the tank” for Obama), Jonathan Weisman and Dana Milbank, two pseudo-journalists each writing similarly gruesome pieces in today’s Washington Post, were both eagerly flogging it.
The essential gist is [...]

The Ugly Face of “Conservatism”

To employ a hackneyed rhetorical device frequently utilized by our friends on the Right, I can’t for the life of me seem to recall a deranged shooter murdering people owing to a deep-seated hatred of “conservatives and straights” — can you? Perhaps having Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore on one’s bookshelf doesn’t have [...]

Gloria Kovach Isn’t a “Trained Seal”

She’s a sock-puppet.
Sheesh! Don’t recklessly besmirch the good name of seals with your “disgusting mudslinging” you horrid meanie, Steve.
In future, when striving for a comical effect, might I suggest placing a picture of Ms. Kovach in front of a backdrop riddled with bullet holes. Apparently, “Conservatives” find that kind of thing absolutely hilarious. [...]

The Story of One

Here’s another excellent documentary from Terry Jones; this time recounting the history of the world’s oldest and simplest number.

It’s interesting to note that it took almost half a millennium for Indian numbers (commonly but mistakenly called “Arabic”) to finally supplant Roman numerals in the West and the reason they finally did so — or so [...]

Gone Fishin’

Time to catch some rays and work on my backlog of books.

Back next week sometime.

In Other News…

Although clearly not as important as the riveting tale of a teenager who felt “used” by the Liberal Party, yesterday’s news concerning the Tories ad scheme in Quebec being described as “illegal” is something that should make people sit up and take notice. Unfortunately however, it likely won’t and doesn’t appear to be doing so [...]

Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel

It must be a painfully slow news day in Canada when a letter to the editor from a disgruntled “youth” in the Stratford Beacon Herald makes it to the top of the roster on the National Newswatch aggregator.
How it’s “news” at all is somewhat difficult to fathom. Perhaps the folks at National Newswatch will [...]

It Pays to be a Hateful Racist

That would seem to be the take-away lesson from the purportedly successful fundraising efforts of Kathy Shaidle aka Five Feet of Fecal Matter™ — a website that astonishingly, now even features a monthly payment plan.
Evidently, there are “thousands of daily readers” who morally — and in some cases, financially — support the relentless slagging [...]