Bishop Carroll produces notable female graduates and one male dud
I just bought this
Okay, I didn’t. But I’d give a kidney to get it.
That Alberta ad
Canada Live, April 18: the great Taube-Kinsella debate. I naturally win.
Michael Taube looks on in horror as I make yet another excellent point about Alberta’s Sarah Palin, Danielle Smith.
R.I.P. Dick Clark
Before the Internet and MTV and MuchMusic, he was pretty much the only game in town. When I heard, in Spring 1980, that Dick Clark had invited PIL onto his show, I predicted it would be anarchic insanity, total chaos, and that the American Bandstand boss would profoundly regret his decision.
Rotten, as you will see, did his level best to derail the proceedings. But Clark, ever the pro, doesn’t once lose his cool or even blink. He just carried on. Me and my punk buddies, then well aware of Rotten’s bottomless talent for destruction, thought that was the coolest thing.
R.I.P., Dick. You were a punk.
I never thought I’d vote (Alberta) P.C.
We get letters: more from the Wildrose Bozone Layer
“I am a pastor. And in beliefs homosexual are headed for the lake of fire. Now with that being said we have Muslims in public office right now who believe that anyone who does not believe in ala should be killed but far be it for anyone to mention that. That would be prejudice. And as a Christian I have a right to believe in what I believe and for u to attach someone for their beliefs in my eyes is racist. At least everyone knows up front what he believes. There are to many people in government who hide behind a lie to get in and then do what they believe is write regardless of what the voters believe. My beliefs are my beliefs and I should not be persecuted for that and no one else should either. And because of what you wrote today I have decided to vote for her based on the fact she did not hide behind a lie to please the media. But this is my opinion.”
From “Floyd McK.” Wow.
Lib-Dipper merger, etc. etc.
Tim Harper has a piece worth a read. He’s right that the warring conservative factions needed to get their faces rubbed in the dirt a few times before they got their act together – in 1993, 1997 and 2000. True.
It took a decade for the Right to come together, and I think that Harper is correct – it’ll probably take a full decade for the Left to do so, too.
But he’s wrong, I think, on a couple of points. One, Jean Chretien hasn’t tossed a “grenade” at his party over this. He’s simply saying what Stephen Harper, Preston Manning and many others said in a different context: if we keep fighting amongst ourselves, the other guys are going to benefit. That’s not destructive – it’s constructive, and the truth, too.
Two, Chretien isn’t “conveniently ignoring” anything. I know him well enough to know that these things take time; he’s well aware of that. But his point is that, as long Liberals and New Democrats keep squabbling over the same political real estate, Harper will continue to win with his lesser holdings.
I had an espresso with someone very close to Harper the other day, someone who is very loyal to him. Said he: “Harper’s good for at least ten years, maybe fifteen. As long as you guys keep fighting over nothing, he’ll keep winning.”
He’s right.