Monthly Archives: February 2009

BC “Liberal” Budget Blasted

This is a wonderful rant by Corky Evans, the New Democrat MLA for Nelson-Creston in response to the Budget delivered by the BC “Liberal” government earlier in the month. It’s quite a performance, including being admonished at one point by … Continue reading

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Where Spam E-mail Originates…

The U.S. is considering sanctions against the Eastern European nation of Koy4goff if it doesn’t reduce the number of unsolicited offers for Viagra, “free money” and replica handbags…

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Peter Schiff’s Reaction

The expected negative reaction to last night’s from investor Peter Schiff… As usual, it’s a very concise and cogent takedown on the fundamental premises underlying the plans Obama roughly outlined in his address to Congress. Schiff of course is betting … Continue reading

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“An Unmitigated Disaster”

It seems that Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s response to President Obama’s speech received a universal thumbs down from the panel assembled at Fox News last night, which is fairly surprising to say the least. Over at PBS, New York Times … Continue reading

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Fireside Chat 2.0

Well, what did you think of President Obama’s non-State of the Union speech tonight? With a few exceptions, I thought it was a pretty mediocre effort overall, but perhaps that’s not surprising under the circumstances given the delicate balancing act … Continue reading

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Life-Like Cellphones

Oy. Why anyone would want one of these awful things is beyond me.

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“Outrage All Over the Place”

Sarah Palin apologist John Ziegler, appeared on the Today Show yesterday to discuss his new film Media Malpractice with Matt Lauer. For some curious reason the interview prompted many of Captain Ed’s Hot Airheads to accuse Lauer of being gay … Continue reading

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And… What Was the Answer?

I know that I’ve complained about this before, but what’s the point of just showing the question without knowing what the response was? These videos are incredibly frustrating and aren’t informative in any way at all. It’s completely puzzling to … Continue reading

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Filed under Economy, Liberal Party of Canada, Michael Ignatieff

Deadly Mathematics

The Formula That Killed Wall Street According to the cover story in current issue of Wired magazine, this is the mathematical formula for greed that played a crucial role in the global economic fucktastrophe.

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Depressing

Urgh. I’m getting so sick and tired of reading articles such as the one that appeared on the front page of the Globe & Mail this morning by Harvard historian Niall Ferguson with the lurid title “There will be blood.” … Continue reading

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