Canada, H1N1 and athletes

Evidently a number of Canada’s professional sports teams have employed pregnant women, children under 5 and seniors to play on their teams. How else would you defend giving healthy, young hockey players preferential treatment? Canada’s H1N1  vaccination program is a complete shambles. The Canadian government didn’t just drop the ball on preparing for this epidemic, [...]

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Satan made me say it

I’ve been having so much fun with the UK political scandals that I put my observations on a host of other stunningly silly moments on the back burner. Time to trot them out. I don’t watch beauty pageants or fashion shows – I can hear you all saying “REALLY?” But the yes, the truth is, [...]

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Dear Burger King

Dear Burger King, I’ve written before about your ill advised advertisements and the lack of judgement shown by both those  who create your ad campaigns and by those who approve them.  Your company shows an appalling insensitivity and astounding lack of common sense. Your latest ad, showing a Hindu Goddess floating atop a hamburger simply [...]

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Oh it comes in a shiny Canadian Edition

Some days I don’t even have to put any effort into being sarcastic. The Gods of Sarcasm simply deposit outrageous stories on my doorstep. Toronto and the outlying urban areas has seen more than their share of handgun violence. Quite a few bystanders have been caught in the crossfire as idiots with guns shoot at [...]

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File this under delusional thinking

The Pope is at it again. Evidently condomns cause HIV and AIDs: “You can’t resolve it with the distribution of condoms,” the pope told reporters aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde, Cameroon, where he will begin a seven-day pilgrimage on the continent. “On the contrary, it increases the problem.” Nice to know the Pope [...]

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