- Joe Wilson: “You lie” or “just kidding, I lie”
The GOP congressman Joe Wilson from South Carolina who shouted out to Obama during President's health care address to Congress "you lie" has serious problems with his expenses and he is …
- Tony Blair cancels book signing for London
Tony Blair is very unhappy. He had to cancel his London book signing because of the planned demonstrations against him for dragging Britain into the Iraq war. Tony Blair the poodle cries. Read the sto …
- Wow
Received from a friend at CTV – and I am very sad to see my friend Tom go. He will be missed: Tom Clark and CTV to Part Ways Toronto, ON (September 7, 2010) – Tom Clark, host of CTV News Channe …
- Back-to-school bits and pieces
After a marathon journey from Maine (note to file: Border Services regard “puppies” as “goods”), I was able to get oldest child to her first day of Grade Ten. She was disintere …
- 'For the first time ever, Rush Limbaugh is wrong'
Picking up from my posts about Rush Limbaugh, Facebook and Twitter, intrepid reporter R.S. McCain invites El Rushbo to sign up. And yeah, Mark Levin really is a great model for other talk radio guys w …
- Honor killings: the genocide Muslims inflict on themselves
Jonathan Kay writes: …this view of women is not confined to Islam — it typifies all backwards, heavily tribalized societies from Africa to Central Asia. But it is a particular problem in the M …
- Quebec Launches New Right Wing Political Party
Quebec is launching a new right of centre political party. The movement, led by Eric Duhaine, called the Freedom Quebec Newtwork (Reseau Liberte-Quebec my apologies for lack of accent marks) The Freed …
- Charest implicated in judge-naming scandal
A former Quebec justice minister says Premier Jean Charest told him to follow the advice of provincial Liberal party bagmen to name certain judges in the province. Marc Bellemare has, in effect, place …
- The mandatory Economic Action Plan Sign census.
The Conservatives believe the mandatory longform census was much too intrusive for Canadians good (and may also have provided much too much information for the Conservatives good), but when it comes t …
- Very interesting Green things going on in the Saanich-Gulf Islands…
..if this poll is accurate: Of the voters who have decided and say they are definitely voting, 34 per cent said they’ll support Lunn and 32 per cent will back May. Liberal candidate Renee Hether …
- Free Richard Moon
Could it be true? That a human rights complaint has been filed against none other than Richard Moon, law professor at the University of Windsor and hired gun for the Canadian Human Rights Co …
- There is a country out there that is happily taking thousands of Tamil refugees
I bet you didn't know that (I didn't). I wrote my Sun column about it today: Tamils on the rebound Great news: There is a country in Asia willing to take Sri Lankan Tamil refugees by the tho …
- awakening the dreamer, changing the dream
The most moving and inspiring event I' ve encountered in almost 3 decades of working on green issues is the Awakeing the Dreamer, Changing the Dream symposium. www.awakeningthedreamer.org It aris …
- Australia turns Green
Result heralds new era of Australian politics http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b24b992-ba84-11df-8e5c-00144feab49a.html?ftca…
- The Muslim Brotherhood – a primer
The Muslim Brotherhood a primer. Read about them in action in Canada. Note the name Jamal Badawi, CAIR-CAN member.Muslim Brotherhood Hudson Institute
- Mark Steyn to receive the Sappho Award for 2010!
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- Students Return
Well, the University of Regina is entering its Fall semester on Wednesday. Tuesday was orientation for new and mature students, and it’s an exciting time. Free mini-donuts tempt those who enter …
- Vampires
I saw “Vampires Suck” [7/10] Friday night, and it was pretty good for a spoof. I think “Dead and Loving It” made more than a decade ago, was much funnier though. Dragon Boats a …
- Liberal Lemmings 2.0 – Iggy Not Afraid Of An Election!
Something happens to Mr. Ignatieff each year as summer ends. It is a bravado driven insanity that speaks to the core thinking of the Liberal Party and its misguided sense of entitlement to govern. Go …
- I haven't given Glenn Beck enough credit
He is the ultimate showman. He is crafty, shrewd and at the very least, an Elmer Gantry for the new millenium. He desecrated the hallowed Lincoln/MLK land today with the purpose of …
- “Schools to have faith in”
That’s the tag line over at the Ottawa Catholic School Board’s website.Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell them that, by participating in the Terry Fox run, many of its schools are raisi …
- When The Doctor Says "To The Morgue"…
…Then to the morgue it is: A week ago, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition was successful in helping the friends of Joshua (Kulendran Mayandy) gain permission to have Joshua orally fed. Joshua was t …
- The CRTC chair speaks
Lawrence Martin's column of August 19th produces a significant reaction, albeit delayed: I read with consternation Lawrence Martin's column Is Stephen Harper Set To Move Against The CRTC? (A …
- The critic shuffle
Hola! It's back to school, back to routine and soon, back to Parliament for the big kids. September 20th? How ever do they pull off that delayed return. Anyway, new critics announced by the Liber …
- Reseau Liberte Quebec/Quebec Freedon network on the Radio
We have gotten excellent coverage of our Quebec Freedom Network. Eric Duhaime and Joanne Marcotte and the rest of us have done dozens of interviews. You can listen to a montage of some of these interv …
- Leaving the eu?
It seems that Tory MEP Dan Hannan and Ruth Lea are pressing for a referendum for the UK to leave the eu. I am a eurosceptic and think the UK would be better off with scaling back the eu into a free tr …
- Michael Ignatieff’s Highly Overrated Summer Vacation
“Almost weekly Stephen Harper has tried everything possible to self-immolate, but Mr. Ignatieff has taken advantage of none of it.” [...]"After four years, it's hard to see why Mr. Ignatieff …
- HUH? Ignatieff Says Progressive Conservative Vote Belongs With Him -'Liberal/Tory … Same Old Story'
“Mr. Harper wants to lead by ideology. There was once a proud tradition of Progressive Conservatism in Canada, but under Mr. Harper the ‘progressive’ has disappeared. Where did they go? I believe they …
- Windsor Substance Abuse Emergency
Dear Prime Minister HarperChildren Aid Society Windsor Emergency I fear just returned from Windsor Ontario air is toxic concern for complete society breakdown in Windsor their society seems hopelessly …
- Ralph Benmergui article
The Lack of Real News – nice.3 Vote(s)
- Re: Census Update and other chuckles
Ron – I'm in favour of the registry… but the thrust of my piece is about how public policy gets debated and how you can't say one thing in one place, while saying something else elsewhere. …
- Re: Census Update and other chuckles
“ Sir, I am not sure why you prefer a society with unregistered firearms but I can say that I am relieved that you are not my next door neighbour. My experience as a former police officer is that most …
- The Long Census Goodbye
Yes, it is over: A civil servant in charge of the census says it’s already too late to bring back the mandatory, long-form questionnaire for 2011. Marc Hamel says it’s no longer logistically possible …
- You're in for a Shock: Disturbing New Facts About Ontario's Green Energy Act
McGuinty's Green Energy Act will leave consumers paying the US even more to ditch excess electricity while simultaneously encouraging the construction of even more solar and wind power generators …
- La politique québécoise un 8 septembre
- La politique québécoise un 7 septembre
7 septembre 1995: Présentation à l’Assemblée nationale du Québec de la question référendaire et du Projet de loi no 1 (Loi sur l’avenir du Québec) par le premier ministre du Québec, Jacque …
- Canada's Homegrown Terrorists
I don't condone terrorism at all. But the western military involvement in Afghanistan is a humanitarian disaster, and Afghans who fight to end it are not necessarily in the same class as religiou …
- BRT not a Viable Plan "B"
Now that we know how much the federal government is willing to contribute, it's clear that the Region of Waterloo can't afford the proposed LRT. The combined provincial/federal contributions …