As usual, Neil Macdonald hits the nail on the head. In fact, it is one of the most remarkable aspects of this protest that those involved couldn’t, or wouldn’t, harness the power inherent in the name of their movement: Occupy Wall Street. And in their main slogan: We are the 99 per cent. The words […]
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Rob Fuckin’ Ford
A year ago, Toronto elected a village idiot mayor, and this week he added verbal abuse of 911 dispatchers and total lack of a sense of humour to his crimes against the city. The CBC put this little disclaimer atop the story WARNING: This story contains language some may find offensive but published his disgusting […]
and then it all started happening
http://everydaygenius.tumblr.com/post/9335007700 The Leader of the Opposition, Jack Layton, died this week, just a few months after leading his party to the best results they’ve ever seen. I wasn’t a huge fan of the man – he never met a photo opportunity he didn’t take – but there’s no denying that his heart was in the […]
Thomas W. Ewing – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Ewing Thomas W. “Tom” Ewing is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the Illinois State House of Representatives… While a U.S. Congressman, Thomas Ewing was considered to be a Libertarian-leaning Conservative, favoring a smaller less intrusive government, but more on economic issues than on social ones. In December 2000 […]
Colbert to rally against faux nemesis Stewart – Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100918/ap_en_tv/us_colbert_stewart_political_rallies Stewart said Thursday night that his rally would be a “million moderate march.” He suggested a few signs for the rally, including “I disagree with you, but I’m pretty sure you’re not Hitler.” “You may be asking yourself … ‘but am I the right person to go to this rally?’” Stewart said on his […]
Thoughts From Glenn on Church Plan to Burn Koran | Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze
http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2010/09/06/thoughts-from-glenn-on-church-plan-to-burn-koran/ Glenn Beck jaw-droppingly provides a voice of reason on the Qu’ran burning event in Florida. I’d praise him for this, but as he helped fan the all-too-literal flames on the World Trade Centre “Mosque”, it feels more like a shepherd who’s losing control of his flock of zealots. Robespierre much, Glenn? Let us rise […]
Sarah Palin: The Sound and the Fury | Politics | Vanity Fair
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/10/sarah-palin-201010?currentPage=all I thought Sarah Palin was creepy before reading this Vanity Fair piece, but she now seems ripe for a sectioning. Maybe she and Glenn Beck can get a two-for-one-deal.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_go_co/us_arlington_cemetery Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery’s former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster. John Metzler, who ran the historic military burial […]
For a look outside presidential bubble, Obama reads 10 personal letters each day – washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033004260.html?sid=ST2010033004292 Say what you will about his policies (and there are some that will say an awful lot), but there’s no denying that this is a classy President. Hard to imagine Obama wiping his hands on others’ shirts after shaking hands with the unwashed masses. Early in the afternoon, a few hundred “sample” letters arrived […]
Palins Reasons for Stepping Down | 44 | washingtonpost.com
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/07/03/palins_remarks_in_stepping_dow.html?wprss=44 Sarah Palin’s remarks from today’s announcements, as taken from her website. I’m surprised someone had the forethought to remove the 😉 and LOLs, though the remaining text does give the impression it was written by one of her pre-teen daughters. In the words of General MacArthur said, “We are not retreating. We are advancing […]