In a surprise move, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) released a heart-felt apology and clarification of his earlier statement about the consequences of rape directly to the website of America's Finest News Source. Recommended reading.

-- Steve was deeply moved.*

* in the sense that I was laughing so hard I nearly crapped myself

Separatist Sovereigntist party Parti Quebecois considers halal meat a slap in the face of Quebec Family Values. Also, complains about Jewish religious festivals blocking traffic and why can't these furriners just speak French like decent folk ( Read more... )

Dick Cheney cancels speaking trip to Canada though the fig-leaf used is not, alas, our laws on deporting war criminals.

-- Steve has very little interest in attending in any case, so perhaps he's not the best judge on the merits of the cancelled speech.

The National Post cites a confidential source that call centre employees knew they were giving false information about polling stations in the last Federal election. More damningly, several employees of the centre apparently contacted Elections Canada with their misgivings ( Read more... )

I use my bus ride into work as time to catch up on podcasts, including the excellent series by TVO's The Agenda public affairs show. They take the episodes aired the previous evening and put them online for download in the morning... and the hour show is about long enough to last the ride to work and back.

Last night they had an interview with ( Read more... )

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More taxpayers' dollars wasted by the anti-fluoride movement. Y'know, the guys who've been the butt of jokes for the last forty or fifty years... Dr. Strangelove, for example ( Read more... )

Just a quick note before work really gets rolling; the Agenda's item on pension plans this week has me rolling my eyes vigorously enough that I'll probably never get astigmatism. The combined cost of wardrobe on this expert panel probably exceeded my pension contributions for this year, but pensions cost too much ( Read more... )