February 2011
Friday Bullets For The End Of Another February
Posted by on Friday, February 25, 2011 in - 1 comment
There should be a holiday for the end of February. Not a first signs of spring party like St. Patrick's or Easter but a "screw you winter" one. Die winter die carols. That sort of thing. What would we do? People already lose it and take axes to iced sidewalks in a fit of winter hate. We would have …
If Allison Happened To Be Happening... What Then?
Posted by on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in - leave a comment
One of the finest songs of half my life ago.
Gee, We Actually Do Want Ministerial Responsibility
Posted by on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in - leave a comment
Funny, as with prorogues of convenience or at least the first, Canadians seem to have a decent measure of respect for Parliament. Again, badly played Steve.
Friday Bullets For February's Melty Week
Posted by on Friday, February 18, 2011 in - 4 comments
Melty week. Is there any better week? Sure, it'll be under zero again tomorrow but today it's all a-melty. There should be melty week carols that we sing openly in the streets on our way to work. There should also be carols for Wisconsin state democratic senators who stay away from the assembly …
Not Quite The Final Straw But Straws Nonetheless
Posted by on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 in - 12 comments
A cabinet minister doctors a document? Who cares? Secrecy about the budget date so as to not affect markets? Who bothers with that? Me, I see this as the final days of the irrelevancy of Ottawa and apparently more and more Canadians are fine with that. I can't think of another nation whose … read more »
Friday Bullets For Truck Week
Posted by on Friday, February 11, 2011 in - 2 comments
It was "Truck Day" this week and so by extension this is Truck Week. Is February Truck Month? It's not a bad idea. The beginning of the end of winter. You can see it in how the sun melts the road cover even if you can't feel it in a skip in your step. A few short weeks are left. Lawns shall be …
Speaking Of Bubbles, Let's Go China!
Posted by on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 in - 1 comment
A very odd article in the Financial Post this morning in which an economist says Canada's situation is a fluke: • Canada is being feted in international circles after coming through the financial crisis relatively unscathed, but the accolades may be unwarranted. That’s the conclusion of a … read more »
What Is Canadian Exceptionalism? ["Rimshot"!]
Posted by on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 in - 6 comments
I watched a biography of Ronald Reagan on PBS last night and was reminded of a lot of things. He was my high school to my getting into law school. He did come across as an old stuffy bumpkin know it all as well as your favorite uncle. All anyone had to do back then was to say "wehhlll" and toggle …
Friday Bullets For Sticks And Stones Do Break Bones
Posted by on Friday, February 4, 2011 in - 1 comment
It's odd watching people get clubbed, pulled off horses and beaten, run down by a fire truck or having bottles filled with gasoline on fire dropped on them. But that has been what's on CNN at ten pm each night this week. I now follow Al Jazeera on Twitter which is a sentence that makes no sense …
Do Rocks + Internet = Freedom + Democracy?
Posted by on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 in - leave a comment
The same photographer a few days later saw protester gathering rocks even as the blessed internet was revived. Molotov cocktails were in the air, too, some being thrown on the crowd from rooftops. What is it all about? Surely Syria won't get caught up in this, too?
