Monthly Archives: August 2008
Stephen Harper: “A Straight Up Guy”
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Yeah, “he’s a straight-up guy” alright. One who is currently in the process of weaseling out of his own “fixed election” legislation that he and his MPs were so proudly crowing about not … Continue reading
Brown & Out…
It’s hard not to speculate about what might have happened had the attempted assassination of Gordon Brown by “Taliban fanatics” on his recent stop-over in Afghanistan not been narrowly averted. It would surely have dealt a huge psychological blow to … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan War
He’s Called “Dick” for a Reason
Seriously not worth the effort, so… what he said. And just for the record, Bob’s always been well regarded here, that’s why he’s on my blogroll. Perhaps if Evans wasn’t a severely retarded dirtbag he might have noticed that instead … Continue reading
Filed under Idiot Bloggers, Wingnuts
By-Election Fever Hits Guelph
I can’t wait for some feculent “Blogging Tory” to suggest that the anti-Liberal vandalism and sabotaging of vehicles owned by Liberal supporters was the work of agent provocateurs trying to make the Conservative party look bad. Wanna bet? You know … Continue reading
The World According to Kory
On “dysfunctional” government: Kory Teneycke, PMO media director, says “this shouldn’t be a huge surprise to anyone” and reiterates Harper’s position of Parliament being at an impasse. He argues there’s a complete lack of common ground with the Opposition and … Continue reading
Bill C-16: That Was Then
Glenn Hubbers, the Green Party candidate for Newmarket-Aurora takes an hilarious trip down memory lane with a number of Conservative luminaries speaking out on issue of fixed election dates. Here, for example, is Peter Van Loan from February of last … Continue reading
Real Time with Bill Maher is Back!
Yay! Sanity to the rescue. Thankfully, the long summer hiatus is finally over. Catch the rest of the show here.
Filed under Humour
Manifestly Unserious
That’s how Steve Bennen described McCain’s pick for vice-president and I think, aside from anything else (and I’ll get to Palin’s whackaloon religious affiliations in due course, I promise), that it’s an extremely cogent point to make with respect the … Continue reading
Filed under 2008 US Election, John McCain
“An Army of Locusts”
It’s stunning to me that in a world where radical jihadists “inspired by God” can send planes hurtling into skyscrapers killing thousands of innocent civilians and setting off a deadly so-called global war against terrorism, where intractable inter-religious conflicts have … Continue reading
Sukkot This
It’s hardly a secret that I take a generally dim view of religion, so it should come as no surprise that it strikes me as a little irksome that the timing of Stephen Harper’s upcoming “Fixed Election Spectacular” might be … Continue reading
Filed under 2008 Canadian Election, Religion
