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Let the trials begin Depending which version of events you believe Donald Rumsfeld has resign or been fired in disgrace over the blazing clu...

The genius of Brian Mulroney Admittedly this is not a phrase I ever expected to type, but this week I've been listening to the 2005 Mass...

Electoral Crystal Ball In the U.S. Senate elections, Joe Lieberman will squeak out a narrow win (not more than 5%) against Ned Lamont and jo...

What's Farsi for "Last Stand"? By the end of the year, at least 3,000 U.S. soldiers will have "died with their boots on....

Media Matters vs. the MSM Hacks This plea for less crapulous horserace coverage and more (any) substance should be nailed to the door of eve...

More Spankers! "Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV" has drawn over 12,000 hits to this blog in the last month (and over a quarter...

True punditry, thy name is Billmon Sometimes, I write something and read it and pat myself on the back. Other times I read what someone else...

Wavy Gravy alway says: If you remember the 60's you weren't really there, but this study on Alzheimer's and marijuana indicates ...

The Hockey Sweater One of my all-time favorite stories -- I love the narration by the author, Roch Carrier.

Over the hill and picking up speed Okay, I've been 40 years old for about 99 minutes now. I don't like it, but I suppose it beats th...

Dilbert's Unified Theory of Everything Financial Everything you need to know about money in under 130 words. From Scott Adams' ...

Guilty until proven innocent Ex-con (1) and Canadian Justice Minister Vic Toews has brought in a bill to establish a U.S. style three-strik...

So it goes Another day, another Republican accused of nepotism and corruption . Seriously, if the Democrats can't turn all this into a c...

Religious round up Salon has an amusing juxtaposition of articles this week: A story on Steven Baldwin , who has morphed from C-list actor i...

Sweet Jesus And they wonder why there is a problem with obesity in North America? As a bit of a lardass, I suppose I'm not in a great p...

Rae makes splash in leadership race Many Ontario voters would like to tell Bob Rae to "go jump in the lake" - Rick Mercer seems to...

Readin' Ritin' and Rithmatic Linwood Barclay in the Toronto Star on the Tories brave new literacy plan . Next from the Conservative ...

Awww, isn't it cute... We've had our first troll! 15,000 hits - about 5,000 in the last week or so thanks to the Asylum Street Spank...

Putting the Dick in Dictator From the New York Times (via Bilmon): Talk to the Vice President, go to jail. " Mr. Howards, 54, said at a...

Spookily compatible Bill Keane meets Friedrich Nietzsche . Yes, it is as weird as it sounds, but in a good way. A hat to to Lawyers, Guns an...