Wed Jul 5, 2006 – 8:30 pm
Lou Dobbs, from Lou Dobbs Tonight, is spitting mad at President Bush for “an absolute contravention of [American] law, the [US] constituion, and every national value.” Watch yourself:
All of this hullabaloo over a “trilateral effort to increase security and enhance prosperity among the United States, Canada and Mexico through greater cooperation and information sharing.”
Is CNN […]
Wed Jul 5, 2006 – 1:05 pm
Tory Time has his thoughts on the most recent settlement with the BC Teachers’ Federation.
16%. Not too bad, especially on top of the settlements that the teachers received over the past few years. And really, why expect it to stop here? Teachers can strike every year, the government can legislate them back to work […]
Mon Jul 3, 2006 – 12:48 pm
News like this conjures up such fond memories of the plight of Michael Fay and the efforts of Art Hanger to bring that particular form of punishment to Canada.
Mon Jul 3, 2006 – 7:01 am
Along with picking fights—and winning them—with the parliamentary press gallery, Harper is media savy in other ways. His speeches are now downloadable to iTunes.
The prime minister tops the list of most downloaded podcasts at the on-line iTunes music store, Apple’s popular music download site.
Every speech Harper has made since April 4 can be downloaded […]
Mon Jul 3, 2006 – 6:42 am
Here’s a really interesting article on the shared genealogy of everyone on the planet. Apparently the roots of the human family tree are relatively shallow.
… everybody on Earth descends from somebody who was around as recently as the reign of Tutankhamen, maybe even during the Golden Age of ancient Greece. There’s even a chance that […]
Sat Jul 1, 2006 – 10:49 pm
Believe it or not, the New York Times has decided, in their infinate wisdom, that printing the location and photos of [V.P. Dick] Cheney and [Defense Secretary Donald] Rumsfeld vacation homes is news-worthy. Even taking the time to point out the location of a security camera “in the birdhouse at the driveway of Defense […]
Sat Jul 1, 2006 – 5:23 pm
I tuned into TVO for a moment the night before last. There was a panel of prominent politicians, among whom were Preston Manning, Hugh Segal, David Peterson and Allan Blakeney.
It was an interesting discussion for a moment. It focused on leadership and vision for Canada. One comment stood out and is worth recording here, for […]