Monthly Archives: October 2009
Liberal QP Videos: Finally!
After much whining about the issue from this quarter (amongst possibly many others), kudos to the Liberals for finally getting around to posting a video on their YouTube channel that properly reflects the full back and forth exchange in Question … Continue reading
Filed under Liberal Party of Canada
The Disgraceful Cheney Clan
On last night’s Countdown guest host Lawrence O’Donnell ripped into Dick Cheney’s loathsome spawn. Mendacity it seems doesn’t so much run as gallop in that family.
Filed under Wingnuts
Michael Moore on Afghanistan
Appearing on Larry King Live the other night, Moore said that it’s time for President Obama to wind down the war in Afghanistan. “It’s unwinnable. It’s immoral. It’s illegal. It’s wrong,” he said. “We need to leave.” “There is no … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan War, Obama
Driving With Cox
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Watching young Dr. Cox last night on The Colbert Report talking about his new book Why E= mc2 and debunking the notion that’s been floated by some physicists that people from the future may be influencing … Continue reading
Faux Outrages Du Jour
It’s difficult to understand how spray painting graffiti over an image of an American flag can be considered desecration in the technical sense, but unsurprisingly, the usual suspects are exercised over one of the advertisements submitted to a contest sponsored … Continue reading
Filed under Right-Wing Blogs, U.S. Economy, Wingnuts
Iggy on “22 Minutes”
Another attempt to humanize Ignatieff (aka “the John Cusack of Canadian Politics”). Kinda cute, if not that funny. The behind-the-scenes version can be viewed here.
Filed under Humour, Michael Ignatieff
Look Over There… Shiny Thing!
A couple of great bits from this week’s Mercer Report dealing quite funnily with the Conservative Elect A Stephen Harper Majority Government Fund, err, I mean “Economic Action Plan”… It’s terrific that the Conservatives are doling out buckets of taxpayer … Continue reading
Filed under Humour, Michael Ignatieff, STEPHEN HARPER Govrnment of Canada
Healthcare in Pottersville
This feature from CBC’s The National the other night will likely be condemned by so-called “conservatives” who pine for privatization of the healthcare system and practically drool at the prospect of people getting ruthlessly screwed over by insurance companies. Good … Continue reading
Filed under Health Care & Medicine
And Now For Something…
Completely Python I’ve been somewhat distracted over the past few days by the new Monty Python documentary “Almost the Truth” made by the son of Terry Jones that the Bravo! network has been showing, providing as it does wonderful insights … Continue reading
Filed under Humour
Adventures with Iggy: Sweater Guy
I really don’t know what to say… But here’s a question for the kids: What does “Big Bear” think about coercive interrogation in the context of a “lesser evil” moral analysis vis-à-vis the global war on terrorism? Well, give Ignatieff … Continue reading
Filed under Michael Ignatieff
