Sun Dec 31, 2006 – 6:23 pm
Strip off the Michael J. Fox mask and see what kind of evil is leering back at you:
The Drudge Report recently highlighted a shocking story from the BBC that centered on “disturbing video footage” of “dismembered tiny bodies.” “Healthy new-born babies” in the Ukraine, “the self-styled stem cell capital of the world,” have allegedly […]
Sun Dec 31, 2006 – 1:47 pm
Jeffrey Simpson apologises (subscribers only) for a whole lot of things, except for having directly and indirectly called Ralph Klein and Albertans bozos. Prolific apologies are offered to Ignatieff, however, but none to Albertans.
Simpson doesn’t quite succeed in getting himself out of the gutter-press category that he condemns.
crossposted from civitatensis.ca
Sat Dec 30, 2006 – 4:02 pm
Go read, The Death of a Tyrant:
And so we can rejoice in the execution of this tyrant. We can rejoice that justice has been done. At the same time, we must not rejoice wrongly. We must take no wrongful pleasure in the death of another person. Death is an unnatural state for humans and […]
Sat Dec 30, 2006 – 12:38 pm
While the bureaucrat who videotaped Saddam’s execution thought he was relatively humble and afraid, I suspect John F. Burns’s description of Saddam’s pride is probably the greater truth about the tyrant. His reflections are fascinating, especially the degree to which even during his trial he kept his companions (who were also on trial) in […]
Wed Dec 27, 2006 – 10:09 pm
We haven’t heard any major news stories on gas prices lately. They haven’t been rising or falling precipituously and we are all getting used to prices in the buck a liter range.
However, it is always something I pay attention to. It is the most visible weekly expenditure for me, and it is displayed […]
Wed Dec 27, 2006 – 12:31 pm
Complements of the NYT, a good assessment of the virtues of Gerald Ford:
Mr. Ford’s presidency was an extension of his own political personality: reactive rather than activist, instinctive instead of intellectual, humanistic but within the fiscal limits of conservative dogma.
Mr. terHorst, the biographer, puzzled over the seeming contradiction between the president’s personal and professional philosophies: […]
Fri Dec 22, 2006 – 12:42 pm
Along with the entirely coincidental news that Mark Marissen has been appointed as the Liberals’ national campaign co-chair comes this revelation of renewed Liberal dirty tricks:
Yesterday, we got a fishy e-mail purporting to come from Jennifer Bernier, Présidente, NPD Abitibi—Témiscamingue, calling for Jack Layton’s resignation. Today we find out from the real Jennifer Bernier that it […]
Thu Dec 21, 2006 – 11:17 pm
In the aftermath of Meech Lake, the shattered old Progressive Conservative organization was a zombie – dead, but still staggering around. Mulroney had lost two-thirds of his record-breaking mandate, and gone from 211 seats down to 2!
Yet with Charest as leader, the PC’s could still command 2,400,000 million votes in 1997. […]
Thu Dec 21, 2006 – 11:22 am
Speaking of heads on sticks: Listen and learn, feminists of Canada. Step out of line and you will deal with the wrath of The Rebick.
By the way, I enjoyed this passage:
Since you have so little respect for me or for the women’s movement which mobilized for so long to win this hard-earned right, I hope […]
Thu Dec 21, 2006 – 9:40 am
Amongst news of Taliban atrocities and Canadian troops being welcomed into formerly Taliban strongholds, Stephane Dion has announced that he will not vote against the mission because doing so may trigger an election that the Liberal Party is not yet ready for.
It’s good to see that he’s keeping his priorities straight. I wonder how many […]
