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I’ve looked. I could only find two companies that will go that high for something other than accidents: Manulife and Union of Canada Life Insurance. And for both of them, the best policy I could find paid out after ten years. And that was [...]

The Queen sends Prince Harry to the front-lines in Afghanistan.

[ NB: this post is an homage to the master ]
As the owner of a box of granola and a copy of Silent Spring that I bought at the Salvation Army, I think I’m well qualified to tell you what Liberals like. Here are the first seven things that came to mind:
1. Ideas.
Stuff [...]

Guess who’s Al Jazeera’s new weekly specialist on the US elections?
One guess. Yep, Avi Lewis.
Favourite quote:
Asked if Al Jazeera Arabic’s reputation for airing terrorist propaganda played into his decision, Mr. Lewis said the question is “absolutely hilarious.”
“What’s the allegation? That Al Jazeera aired [Osama] bin Laden videos? So did CNN, FOX and everybody else,” [...]

From Warren Kinsella yesterday: 
the last vestige of federal Liberal credibility is now gone. As in, Elvis has left the building, gone. Gone, baby, gone.

That’s got to be the answer. This is the second time in as many weeks that an anonymous source has sent him a fake picture. Someone out there with rudimentary graphic design skills and a score to settle must be sending him this stuff.
It does seem likely especially since this stuff has all [...]

He died today - if you’ve never read him, think of an Oscar Wilde witicism, rolled into a sharp point, dipped in lemon juice and jabbed in your eye.
In his words:
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”
“I [...]

The Liberals have backed down again. Dion has opted to vote for the Tory budget.
Why not just get it over and join the Tory back-benches. I don’t know how people of the left can justify supporting the Libs - all they do is prop up our right-wing government.
Seriously Liberals, have you thought about [...]

I’ve been tagged by Darcey - Meme: Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.

NDP Premier Glen Clark had to make a public apology because I lead a bunch of NDP activists into a Liberal event and swarmed Gordon Campbell’s car with him in it.
I walk everywhere. If it’s within 5km, I’ll walk it.
I eat [...]

I got thrown out. I got thrown out of the Library - a first for me.
Here’s the background: fervent anti-”Zionist” (wink wink, nudge nudge) Greg Felton gave a speech tonight at the invitation of the Vancouver Public Library. I’ve written about that here.
My plan before the speech was to crash the party [...]

SEE AN UPDATE ON FELTON’S TALK HERE
Anti-”Zionist” (wink wink, nudge nudge) Greg Felton will be speaking tonight at the Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library. A few of us will be there with cameras and flyers protesting.
The fun starts at 6:30 tonight, and goes till 8 or 8:30.
More details can be found [...]

The title comes from a Rodgers and Hammerstein song from ‘South Pacific’:

You’ve got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You’ve got to be taught
From year to year,
It’s got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You’ve got to be carefully taught.
Last week a resident of Britain, Pervez Khan, was sentenced to life in prison for his plot [...]