Canada is a funny place, where the bits add up to more and less than the whole depending on what week it is in relation to the recycling pick-up. Consider March 2006:  •  “"It is important that all members of our caucus have every opportunity to advance important issues. The regional caucus …

Always good to see someone not turn out to be a party hack. Especially interesting to see someone representing my old hometown of Truro NS take a stand like this:  •  “Mr. Casey said he and Gerald Keddy, another Nova Scotia Conservative MP, have met repeatedly with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty in …

For those of you who rightfully have no idea who Pat Binns is, you can relax now as he is once again someone with a bunch of bad ideas who is now without the power to implement any of those bad ideas. Ruk - who we popped in on at Dublin NH on the way here - made sure it was done right.  And I am …

Howdja Like The Tie...I'll Be Here All This Week...Thank you...You've Been Great...  •  ...Have You Ever Heard The One About The Commons Committee...  •  No wonder it's all gone goofy on Parliament Hill. It's the Prime Minister's brilliant plan:  •  “The handbook, obtained by National Post …

In this edition, I review what I did this week and find it lacking. After being confused and disappointed by Twitter, I was simultaneously invited to Facebook by men in Alberta and Norway and I took the bait. Now I have 18 friends. I wonder whether I really had friends at all before that point …

That is sort of what this is all about. Wake up. Read the news. Figure out what is whacky and see if I can write something. It's not so dumb.  •  It's a bit interesting that the Prime Minister has used Parliamentary privilege to suspend a court case. I would presume, as an election is not strictly …

One last look at Coco before the drive home  •  A huge thank you to Chris whose extra tickets gave me and the lad an unforgettable evening. And it was not just having the tickets. It was not that the tickets were in the sixth row. It was not Tina. It was not that the Sox hammered the Jays 8-0. It …

Jay poached the photo so I don't have to. Aside from his sad lapse into phoney baloney snide conclusion, it really points out a very interesting fact - Canadians like the Stanley Cup more than canoes, more than a Tim Hortons outlet located in a Canadian Tire - more than even the NHL who only hold …

How to get one party rule? Don't fight the power! Share a big hug over a nothing issue. Make it all bland and, like, righteous so that everyone wants the same thing because its all about what is right and it is never right to say bad things...especially when it's based on made-up stuff.  •  “In …