A card carrying liberal? Oh spare me your phobias.

Lately I’ve noticed an increase in the use of the term “card carrying liberal”, invoking the horrors of the communist scares of the past. Right wing talk show hosts love throwing this phrase out – I think they are genuinely afraid of ideas that run contrary to their own narrow views. But Canadians are starting [...]

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Must be an election in the air

Julian Fantino – that brave right wing Conservative politician who quivers in fear at the thought of lefties, won a seat in Parliament in December. The rookie politician was immediately promoted to cabinet as Minister of State for Seniors. Now his riding will receive $15 million in federal funds towards the cost of a community [...]

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Pearls from our revered leader

Canada did not get a seat on the UN Security Council this week, for a variety of reasons, including Canada’s woeful attention to the UN in the past 4 years. This hasn’t stopped Chairman Harper’s fan club from reading a tired old line from his Little Blue Book of Quotes “The Libs done us wrong [...]

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Time to write to Santa!

Don’t forget – send your letters to Santa soon. Send your letters to Santa Claus NORTH POLE H0H 0H0 CANADA The jolly old elf and his minions will read your letter and reply – last year over 1.6 million letters were answered. That’s a whole lot of ho ho ho’s… Oh and you don’t have [...]

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Haiku time – aren’t you thrilled?

It is winter I am so thrilled with the cold Stupid ancestors It is cold outside I curse my ancestors as I shiver Why not move to New Zealand I saw snow today I shivered in my jacket Come back summer Stupid fecking ancestors just had to choose a cold country, didn’t they? Why not [...]

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Another journey along Canada’s Highway of Heroes

Two Canadian soldiers and their interpretor were killed in the early hours of the morning today. While we slept soundly here in Canada, Corp. Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp of the 5th Field Ambulance in Valcartier and Pte. Michel Levesque of the Royal 22nd were killed when their light armoured vehicle hit an IED. Three other soldiers [...]

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