Listening to: Metric

Okay,  so that's not exactly an accurate interpretation of the meaning that could be derived from the below, but I'd like to think so cuz it's just so, so FUNNY!

British kids say Cowell is more famous than God
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Listening to: The same...

Reposted from euro|topics 16/12/2008...

A journalist has hurled his shoe at George W. Bush during the outgoing US president's parting visit to Iraq. The European press comments on the incident and takes stock of the US intervention in the country.

Večer - Slovenia
The daily Večer writes about Bush's policy in Iraq and ( Read more... )

Listening to: A time-zoned tummy grumble for dinner...

Reposted from an email from MichaelMoore.com sent on Friday, December 12th, 2008

Friends,

They could have given the loan on the condition that the automakers start building only cars and mass transit that reduce our dependency on oil.

They could have given the loan on the condition that the ( Read more... )

Listening to: Nothin', but I still have a combination of And One and Sarah Brightman in my head. Huh? Anyone wanna mash that up n' see what happens? ha ha!

Ten arguments against a coalition, and how to debunk them

1) The lib-ndp coalition is a 'coup'.

Actually, a coup is an illegal seizure of power. A coalition government is not only legal, it's ( Read more... )

Listening to: The video below

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Listening to:  The Strokes

It's obvious to so many of us, but so many more of us have yet to think about what is described below. Suzuki has such a massive audience and I'm really hoping that, for most of them, this is "new news" cuz if it is, they might start thinking differently... :fingers crossed:

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The behemoth that wouldn’t stop growing
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Antonia Zerbisias, Toronto Star, November 19, 2008
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/539189

Stephen Harper can put on all the warm and fuzzy sweaters he likes, smile and say soothing things to politically moderate Canadians but, every time his base speaks out, the Prime Minister's carefully crafted image begins to unravel.

This was evident during ( Read more... )

Listening to: BRMC

Reposted from: euro|topics: 13/11/2008

"Here's to bent cucumbers"
Hospodářské noviny - Czech Republic

For a long time the permissible curvature of cucumbers was for many Europeans a symbol of Brussels' frenetic regulatory zeal. Now the EU has repealed the aesthetic regulations that apply to a number of different fruit and vegetables ( Read more... )

Listening to: Lansing-Dreiden

Reposted from: I Blame The Patriarchy by Twisty

"How, one asks, wiping a drip of spittle from lips slackened in disbelief, do American voters simultaneously elect a black dude president and ban gay marriage in a single swipe of the always-reliable electronic voting machine? Well, I am the world’s foremost authority, so I ( Read more... )

Listening to: who cares...

We protested today. We were loud. We shouted for equity and progressive policies. We were peaceful and articulate. And they gave us "the finger". Their true colours are disgusting in every way. 62% of Canadians voted AGAINST these hate-filled troglodytes, yet they won, anyway. Our utterly dysfunctional electoral system ( Read more... )