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After that last horribly somber note, a more up beat one ( Read more... )

This is a blog story I just received through the CARE communications network, written by one of our workers in the Gaza Strip:

Dad, when are we going to die?My child just started crying - she just heard on the news that Israel will start bombing our neighbourhood, because there are allegedly insurgents living here. She has been having nightmares ( Read more... )

Today I was writing a Facebook note concerning my response to an appeal for money from the Liberal Party. I was responding that I could no longer support as long as Stephane Dion is leader. While composing the note, I remembered the famous quote from Leo Amery to Neville Chamberlain in 1940: "You have sat too long here for any good you have been ( Read more... )

I've never been a fan of Quebec separatism. Not in the least. There's no logic in it... it'll be bad for both Canada and for Quebec. But after this week I am actually starting to feel some sympathy towards sovereigntists ( Read more... )

Brilliant adaptation of an old temperance poster by thespian


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Just give me a keg of powder and point me in the direction of Parliament.

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Make that two kegs.
I'll stop at Liberal Party HQ along the way.

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An actual intelligent *and* entirely sympathetic poly discussion on a mainstream media site:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081030.wlgroup30/BNStory/lifeFamily/home

...is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results ( Read more... )