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Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
Only the indefatigably optimistic Shawn Graham could interpret a comment like “we never say never” as definitive proof that his genial negotiating style is winning friends and influencing people among ... Read more..Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in Humour, Politics | 1 Comment »
(Aired: CBC Information Morning, Moncton, Thursday, August 30, 2007) Those who still fight to retain the 40-year-old causeway display a stunning lack of imagination. After all, the federal government has no ... Read more..Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in Humour, Society | No Comments »
Charity goes begging in TO Toronto Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente entreated her fellow Torontonians last week to “deprive able-bodied beggars of a decent living.” Writing in her regular spot ... Read more..Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »
The death of irony In a stunning reversal of fortune, one of the top tabloids in North America announced last week that it’s shutting down. The Weekly World News – famous ... Read more..Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »
The road not taken At the tri-lateral gab-fest involving Prime Minister Stephen Harper, U.S. President George Bush, and Mexican President Felipe Calderon in Montebello, Quebec, last week, angry protestors from ... Read more..Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »
Brison gets hitched Federal Liberal top gun Scott Brison made history last week when he became the first member of parliament to marry his same-sex partner. Nevertheless, the famously low-key politician ... Read more..Monday, August 20th, 2007 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Parsing statistical reports from Canada’s leading number-crunching agency is a little like reading hieroglyphics without the Rosetta Stone. If there is meaning, sense and logic somewhere between the runes, I’m ... Read more..Monday, August 20th, 2007 Posted in Humour, Society | No Comments »
Anthropologists recently discovered that human beings are inveterate, unredeemable liars. Apparently, our compulsion to prevaricate is some sort of evolutionary defence mechanism superseding all of our nobler urges. Naturally, this ... Read more..Monday, August 20th, 2007 Posted in Humour, Society | No Comments »
(Aired: CBC Moncton, Information Morning, August 20, 2007) Forget football, soccer, baseball, and golf. Forget fly-fishing, basketball, road-running, and bungee jumping. Forget all the typical summertime distractions of the super-enthusiastic, boardroom-bored, ... Read more..Friday, August 17th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Any way you cut it (referring, of course, to Peter MacKay’s new hairdo), the freshly minted Minister of Defense still looks like a navy ensign on steroids. Clean-shaven, well-spoken and ... Read more..