Is this the brightest mind at the table these days? He certainly is the plainest speaking about the non-role being played by Ottawa.  •  “Heading into the summit, Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams criticized "the whole façade of this meeting tonight, the whole way that this is being set up" …

Good thing we didn't get the tornadoes off this front like the good folk further south did. Good thing global warming is a myth.  •  Update: The Scots - US Gospel singing connection explained.  •  Just in case you were wondering, Dice-K is already working out.  •  Boing Boing Bingo. Gold …

This just keeps getting better and better. In a week that the Environment Minister confirmed his depth of understanding with the line "we think a new tax sounds like a Liberal idea" - keeping in mind that the Conservatives have essentially adopted the Liberal fiscal handbook, volumes 1993 to 2006 …

You realize, don't you, that the decade that was brought in with Y2K and all the other millennial whoo-haa is now 80% gone. It doesn't even have a name and it's already a senior citizen. Time is flying. Heck, my holiday week off is almost gone. So we better do some prognostications for 2008 before …

Here we are. Another Christmas is upon us and the worst Friday for the idle clock watcher. What to not do when there may not be much to actually do? Eat candy canes in the morning, feel ill and ridden with guilt in the afternoon.  •  Sad Tech Update: Twitter as best bloggy app thingie of the year …

Hmmm...I wonder...  •  “Asked about Mr. Burns's allegation that the Conservative government had "clumsily" politicized his resignation, Mr. Clement stuck to his script. "I don't want to get into 'he said or she said," I don't think that's what Canadians want to hear about..."”  •  Seeing as …

“Update of Hilarious Consequence: haha-ahahaha-haha-(cough)-hahah-(cough, gasp, cough)-haha-(falls on floor, cough, wheeze)-haha-ha-ha...ha...”  •  This is getting weirder. Apparently the loyal Harper-appointee who was not so well experienced quit so was used by other loyal-Harperites when the …

Interesting to note that the Liberal-appointee, as our rural overlord (singular) describes her, at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission had to deal with a Harper-appointee not obeying nuclear power regulations and that it is the Harper-appointee who has quit over the matter.

The cold is almost gone. The weekend almost here. What have we learned this week?  •  Needle to Buttock Update: best line so far on the Mitchell Report:  •  “His reputation is in tatters. We need to hear from him immediately, not his attorney.”  •  That is Roger Clemens being discussed …