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BLOODY CAESARS FOR ALL!

HOORAY, WE’RE RICH AGAIN! RECESSION OVER … In Canada

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

You wish!Feeling a little fancy today? You should be! If you’re Canadian, we mean …. Because the Bank of Canada has announced the Horrible Recession is over, done, finished, kaput, était finie. But only in Canada, and only for Canadians. Dang. [Canada.com/Globe and Mail]


DRUGS

Rumors On The Internets: April Still Cruelest Month

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

* Ancient Canadian comic to host White House correspondents’ dinner — thanks, Stephen Colbert! [E&P]
* Attack on Iran, come she will. [Arab Times]
* Don’t ever change, The Note. You’re perfect just as you are. [Think Progress]
* Mark Warner can quit campaigning anytime, really, he just likes it. [Hotline on Call]
* John McCain’s two favorite things: “straight talk” and when Wolf swirls his tongue. [Media Matters]
* Return of the “The Fairness Doctrine” could force all broadcast news to resemble Fox. [Captain's Quarters]
* War on drugs: still the undisputed champion of unwinnable wars. [Hit & Run]


GAY MARRIAGE

Giving New Meaning to the Term “Mountie”

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

While our conservative politicians get their panties in a wad over the HOMO LOVE CRISIS, our neighbors to the north establish that they’re way more progressive than we are: MORE »


AWARDS

Jersey Girl Triumphs Over Canadian Menace

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

katharine%20close%20and%20ken%20lowe%20spelling%20bee%20scripss.jpgWe did catch the Scripps National Spelling Bee last night, televised from its location across town in the belly of the Grand Hyatt. Katharine Close, an eighth-grader from Spring Lake, New Jersey, vanquished Finola Mei Hwa Hackett, from Alberta, Canada. After Hackett got tripped up by Weltschmerz, Close correctly spelled Ursprache for the title. How d’ya like dem apples — eh?

For the spelling bee aficionados among you, a few more comments appear after the jump.

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CANADA

Quote of the Day

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

From our neighbor to the north: MORE »


WASHINGTON POST

Today in Kamen: Canadians, Dictators, Contractors, and the Rest of the Dregs of Society

Monday, April 17th, 2006

neilposter.jpgWe like Al Kamen. But the Post website seems to screw him over — big Milbank pictures on the homepage every other damn day but we have to squint to find Kamen’s byline? The day Dana Milbank proves that a Senator is into fisting is the day that’ll be fair. MORE »


GEORGE W. BUSH

Breaking: Aging Hippie Dislikes President Bush

Friday, April 14th, 2006

neilyoung.jpgYou know, Mr. Young, we may have to revoke your license to rock in the free world if you keep up like this: MORE »