Just in case you don't have enough things to be afraid of this summer
Hey Billy, Is Your Foot Tingling To?
2.9.10
Abolish The Party Whip
1.9.10
As difficult as it is to accomplish sometimes there is a discussion happening in the Canadian Twitterverse regarding whipped votes that arose as a side discussion to the CPoC plan to kill the long gun registry.
Eventually enough people became involved in the discussion that I decided to post on it here (and tweet the post) because more than half the 140 character limit for tweets was used up by the names of participants.
The discussion that developed is whether or not party leaders should have the power to compel, on threat of punishment, caucus MPs to vote on a given issue the way they are so ordered by the party leader; regardless of what their constituency may think of the matter.
First They Came For the Muslims.
31.8.10
I try not to sound like a broken record, I really do. But there's one truth that just doesn't seem to be getting across to the pundits, bloggers and advocates who are currently reveling in, and stoking, hatred of Muslims for political gain.
And that is: the hatemongers who are now calling for the banning, or the exile, or the internment of Muslims in Canada are EXACTLY the same people who called for the banning, or the exile, or the internment of Jews in Germany.
Different Day, Same Old Story
30.8.10
-- especially when the driver of the full sized vehicle was at fault.
When was the last time you heard a media outlet reporting on an accident involving a Honda Civic and a full sized car/truck where the driver of the Civic ended up in hospital with life threatening injuries and the news segment finished with something like
Drivers of small cars are not doing themselves any favours when what they drive is "drab coloured", if they painted them lime green and put a big reflective "X" on each side door, and the hood, they could be seen easier.
-- especially when the driver of the full sized vehicle was at fault.
And Here Was Me Thinking That The Onion Was A Satire Site
Local man Scott Gentries told reporters Wednesday that his deliberately limited grasp of Islamic history and culture was still more than sufficient to shape his views of the entire Muslim world.They've obviously made the move to factual reporting.
Gentries, 48, said he had absolutely no interest in exposing himself to further knowledge of Islamic civilization or putting his sweeping opinions into a broader context of any kind, and confirmed he was "perfectly happy" to make a handful of emotionally charged words the basis of his mistrust toward all members of the world's second-largest religion.
"I learned all that really matters about the Muslim faith on 9/11," Gentries said.....
WFT Is Wong With Some People?
29.8.10
Seriously, WTF?
A motorcycle passenger was killed Friday night in a disturbing accident on the busy 401 in which the body was hit by an unknown number of vehicles, none of which stopped to help.[ h/t Jacks Newswatch ]
Nostalgie De La Boo
28.8.10
No, it's not a typo. It's a lament for the sad decline of the Ghost in fiction.
Not So Sorry for the Jaworskis
27.8.10
In a surprising turn of events this week, Rush Limbaugh announced he would be inviting President Obama to stand as godfather for the child he and his new wife are expecting. Pamela Geller withdrew her opposition to the not-mosque at not-ground zero. And, oh, yeah, Dr. Dawg and Kathy Shaidle agreed on something.
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