Which is worse during bachelor week? Talking to the cats or the computer. At  •  least the computer does not run away when it sees you. But being cats they make  •  you do things through the power of staring...like making you think it is Friday  •  and making you want to post stories in bullet …

I know it's just me but, you know, I find these fine points interesting:  •  “"The power to make cabinet appointments is a power that resides in the office of the Prime Minister as the highest democratically elected official in the country and this Prime Minister has no intension of acceding that …

Graceless politicization appears to be the flavour of the day in the new PMO:  •  “"The Prime Minister is loath to co-operate with an individual whose decision-making ability has been questioned and who has been found in contempt of the House," said Sandra Buckler, a spokeswoman for Mr. Harper …

I am still trying to figure out the Harper plan for child care and, without getting political just now, just want to make sure I have the math right. So this is what I understand today:  •  “32,805,041 Canadians  •  2,057,848 Canadians 5 and under  •  6.27% of Canadian population is under six and …

What to do when your surplus reaches 10 billion? If it is in Federal coffers everyone says it's not government money - give it to me, pay the debt, do this, do that. But when it is in Alberta's hands it is not ours. It doesn't really seem to be Albertans given the lack of public use the windfall …

Number 8 is off with Marie Jose as Bunny is off to the desert for a week. Igs is not getting the respect he deserves being made junior to Jack Sprat himself. No props for Slats.

Now is the day. Now is the hour. Chat!  •  There is no link to it yet but CBC radio is reporting that the Harper government has already unilaterally cancelled the child care funding agreement with Ontario by sending a letter. The letter apparently cites the lack of Parliamentary ratification of …

An appointment ripe for Frank magazine if ever there was one:  •  “Fresh faces to the party were intentionally not assigned critics' roles, according to a party spokeswoman, although rumoured Liberal leadership candidate and Harvard scholar Michael Ignatieff will assume an associate's role under …

It is a bit odd to have no idea what is going on. After so much yip-yappery, still silencio. So it is interesting to read this in the Globe this morning:  •  “A week and a half ago, William Stairs, who had just been appointed communications director in the Prime Minister's Office, met Stephen …