Hey, people. You know that big country to the north? The other foreign country that Sarah Palin can see from her house? Many people - including the Canadian guy I work with and my friend Michael who lives in Canada - don't know that their politics have gone totally crazy recently. I figured I'd post this a brief and inaccurate overview ( Read more... )

With the whole "collapse of the world economy" thing I've been reading up on gold as a "might want to keep a little around unless the shit hits the fan" measure. Several countries mint their own gold coins according to their own standards. The United States and South Africa mint the Eagle and Kugerrand at 22 karat - 91% purity - with a little ( Read more... )

During lunch today I wondered why the McCain campaign made a big deal about Sarah Palin being able to see uninhabited parts of Russia from uninhabited parts of the United States. If she's looking to justify her foreign policy experience with proximity to a foreign country isn't there another one nearby? Doesn't Alaska share not just limited line- ( Read more... )

You think your taxes are a pain in the ass this year ( Read more... )

After my recent complaint about the Quebecois interpretation of Mexican food, matrushkaka bought some tacos from the $1.25 taco window and smuggled them into Canada ( Read more... )

Canadians have no fucking idea how to make huevos rancheros. No fucking idea at all. Seriously, this is the food equivalent of running the recipe from Spanish to English to French via Babel Fish.

( Here, I'll prove it. )

A week or two ago I found a transcript of Bill O'Reilly's greeting to Canada, now that they've started carrying his show. The comments were inflamatory and innacurate - even for O'Reilly - I probably wouldn't have gotten around to writing about this article except that today I found another set of material where Conservative pundits are ( Read more... )

There's a story often repeated in science fiction programs like "Twilight Zone" and "Star Trek": the hero or heroes arrive in a city of happy hospitable people. Though charmed by idyllic village they notice inexplicably impractical quirks in their otherwise normal daily life: huge walls around the city, giant steel doors on all the houses, energy ( Read more... )