From a recent episode of one of my favourite satirical podcasts by the darkly hilarious stand-up comedian and comedy writer David Feldman ( Read more... )

Interesting story in this morning's news about an NDP candidate who resigned after extensive (and I mean, extensive) video footage was found on PotTV.com which shows him smoking pot while driving, taking LSD, and so on. The CBC reporter presenting the story said something like, "This information could have been found easily enough simply by ( Read more... )

Reading Peter C. Newman's scathing review of former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's autobiography, My Years As Prime Minister, in this Saturday's Books section of The Globe and Mail had me laughing out loud this morning. I wanted to put some of the highlights of the review in here for posterity ( Read more... )

Americans over 45 are probably more likely to remember George McGovern, the Democratic presidential candidate and Vietnam war opponent who lost handily to the incumbent, Richard Nixon, two years before Nixon's near impeachment for Watergate. According to McGovern's Wikipedia entry, he now sits as global ambassador on hunger for the UN ( Read more... )

Colbert denounces the results of yesterday's elections and laments the downturn that America will surely experience as a result of electing a Democratic majority...

http://colbertondemand.com/videos/The_Colbert_Report/Colbert_Calls_it_Quits

So the Democrats have won the House and may also take the Senate. Much back-slapping must have been had last night. It would be my hope that the Democrats perform strongly enough in the next two years to take the Presidency in 2008, although who knows what might happen after that ( Read more... )

This made me chuckle a little bit. It's from an e-mail newsletter Michael Moore sent out this morning. As per his norm, he's nothing if not dramatic.Friends ( Read more... )

Via aldoushuxley, I believe, this op-ed piece issues forth a concise and directed indictment against the G.W. Bush presidency. The following excerpt sums everything up nicely:There may be little Americans can do to atone for this presidency, which will stain our country’s reputation for a long time. But the process of recovering our good name must begin ( Read more... )

This is kind of amazing...

My favourite quote:When Harper exits a caucus meeting it’s not entirely clear if the title “smartest guy in the room” immediately shifts to his parliamentary secretary or the jade plant.
Too funny! The rest of the article is worth reading too, and it gives resounding applause to Bob Rae in reference to the current federal Liberal leadership race. ( Read more... )