the woodshed

"Where else would you go when you have an ax to grind?"

Thursday, June 17, 2010

It could be worse

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Every time I get frustrated and think that Canadian politics are completely screwy and the country is doomed by ignorance, stupidity and apa...
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Because it's done such great things for American politics

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It is unavoidable. Soon there will be a Fox News North based around the Sun newspaper chain . Goodbye reasonable discourse, nice knowing you...
Monday, June 14, 2010

"don't tease the panther"

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Oh dear Ghod, Glenn Beck has committed fiction. Destined to become a masterpiece of accidental comedy.
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the other shoe

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This is bound to work out well for the people of Afghanistan.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

The History of the Blogosphere

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The latest installment of The Maple Syrup Revolution - In which RossK and I discuss the history of blogging  - is now available for your l...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Every time the opposition talks about a coalition...

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...a Tory wets his pants. Given that, I'm guessing the latest stories about a merger between the Liberals and the New Democrats must h...
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A modest proposal

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I don't want to beat this whole "Summit costs run amok" thing into the ground (Ha! who am I kidding? This whole thing is blogg...
Monday, June 07, 2010

The party of fiscal responsibility --seriously?

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A fake lake? Yeah, because that is so much cheaper than just bussing the press to Huntsville and giving the business to local lodges.
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Hooray for Prescott, Az!

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It is heartening to see a community respond to racism in this way, and especially to see the school board and principal realize and publicly...

Prescient? Yes!

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All hail Paddy Chayefsky!
Saturday, June 05, 2010

Is there something in the water supply in Arizona?

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Or are people there just being taught to be racist dingbats? Apparently an elementary school in Prescott, Az., allowed the students to vote...
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RIP Jeanne Robinson

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The wife and co-author of one of my favorite writers, hell - favorite people in the world, Spider Robinson died last Sunday. Godspeed, trav...
Friday, June 04, 2010

Contempt

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That's what I feel for Dimitri Soudas and apparently what he feels for the Canadian Parliament and the centuries-old rules of the Westmi...
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We've been working on the (BC) railroad

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RossK of the Gazetteer joins me on the Maple Syrup Revolution to explain the intricacies of the BC Rail scandal and explore the world of t...
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Thursday, June 03, 2010

Boys and their toys

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As mentioned below, the Canadian government is spending over a billion dollars on security for the upcoming Group of Eight and Group of Twen...

Sound familiar?

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Any resemblance between this list and any comments by the Harper government, Bush Administration or BP management are strictly coincidental...

"Please your honour, have pity on a poor orphan"

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One of the advantages of being a conservative seems to be a willingness to engage in the most shameless of behaviours without the faintest s...
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Brave warriors fighting for freedom -- maybe, maybe not

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History professor and former soldier Andrew Bacevich, a self-declared "conservative Catholic" who served in Vietnam and the Gulf W...
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Monday, May 31, 2010

i think i may have a new favorite movie

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Nominated for best picture in 1965 and beaten by the Sound of Music. "Nick in a moment, you're going to see a horrible thing...
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Friday, May 28, 2010

Getting our money's worth

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I mentioned in an earlier post that for the amount of money being spent on the G8/G20 meetings just for security, the government could build...
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