Monthly Archives: January 2009
Change Index: Week One
Sure, it’s simplistic, but I kind of like this way of representing “change” as promised by the Obama administration in form of a file transfer. I hope the folks at “Good News” keep it going over time. “Net Changiness” — … Continue reading
Filed under Obama Administration
Who “Officially” Cares?
Good grief, some people are so pretentious. Update: Oh, I get it now. “Officially” means that you’ve been appointed to be a prattler in the nether cyberegions of the National Post. Check.
Filed under Conservatism, Idiot Bloggers
Superlative News Out of Pyongyang
Kim Jong Il Announces Plan To Bring Moon To North Korea
Filed under Humour
Maddow: Blagojevich Prep Session
Well, this should be interesting. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is going to be appearing on Rachel Maddow’s show tomorrow. In the meantime, she cruises through some of the interviews already carried out on his media blitz while the state Senate … Continue reading
Filed under Media, US Politics
Pamphlet From The Throne
Mr. Grumpypants sits by as the Throne Speech is presented (upside down) to Governor-General Michaëlle Jean. At a skimpy four pages read in just under eight minutes, the speech is believed to be the shortest in Canadian history. Well, at … Continue reading
Filed under STEPHEN HARPER Govrnment of Canada
City of Tunnels
What do you do when you live in a concentration camp? Dig tunnels, of course. Israeli propaganda refers to the network of underground tunnels only in connection with the smuggling of weapons by Hamas, but rarely is it noted in … Continue reading
Filed under Israel-Palestine
The Flipper in Chief
This morning’s Toronto Star provides a handy list of Harper’s most recent “turnarounds”: • The Senate. He was adamant he would not resort to the old politics of stacking the upper chamber with party cronies. But faced with the possible … Continue reading
Filed under STEPHEN HARPER Govrnment of Canada
Gaza & the Warsaw Ghetto
From the YouTube video description: George Galloway condemns the “pathetic” “puppet” Arab leaders and compares the “ineffectual” but essential Palestinian resistance in Gaza to the Jewish resistance against the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. “The Palestinians … Continue reading
Filed under Israel-Palestine
