But then along came the postal labour dispute. With their obstructionism in the House of Commons, the NDP lurched left, and gave us every reason to believe they still favour union power over people power. The New Democrats may remain popular in Quebec – but I guarantee their one-sided filibuster tactics did them no favours in the rest of Canada.”
My sons and I saw Super 8 on the weekend (me twice), and the best part of both screenings was this – the new Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer! Woot!
As a boy my sons’ ages in Texas, I told them, I saw the very first Planet of the Apes movie, and have been cheering for the ape side ever since. Moreover, in the intervening decades, and without warning, I will regularly quote key lines from Ape movies. (Best ever found here: “God damn you all to Hell!”)
Anyway, here’s the newest trailer for Rise. I’ll be camped out on the sidewalk on day one, quoting Charleton Heston to passerby.
It’s Star Trek Day in Toronto!
(And, yes, as regular readers know, I am an unabashed Trekkie. If you find that amusing, say it to my face, and I will phaser your keester into smithereens!)
In 1971, a Canadian politician could probably get away with snubbing the gay community.
In 1981? Probably then, too.
1991? Getting tougher. 2001? Getting a lot tougher.
2011? Pretty much impossible.
That’s why the decision of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to skip the city’s annual Pride parade attracted a lot of attention last week. It’s the first time in a long time a Toronto mayor has snubbed the powerful gay community. Among other things, it’s kind of bizarre.
Ford’s excuse — he’s continuing a 30-year family tradition of gathering at the cottage in Huntsville.
Jack won’t be riding one to Toronto, turns out. He’s bailed out of attending the Ontario NDP convention. What a disappointment!
I guess they should have told him their convention was being held in Vegas!
…(see on page 25) except when it comes to their own platform, apparently! Throughout it, pictures they pass off as Ontarians are really pix taken of Americans, by American photographers!
Page 13 of her just-released platform: now she says canceling the HST “might cause problems.”
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