The Trouble with Liberal-Lite

Adam Daifallah wrote a great column in the National Post on Friday. He argues that Conservative Parties in Canada have a bad habit of electing some leaders who will be non-threatening to the centrists and who will run and get elected on their personalities while eschewing conservative principles. Daifallah argues that this almost always ends badly for said Conservatives. You can read it yourself here. Highly recommended.  My usual neutrality disclaimers about Ontario politics apply.

Double Standards

QFT as the internet kids say... which means Quoted For Truth... which means I agree... which means...oh just go read this link.

Daily Show Junkies! And that means everyone reading this... Look Here!!

No not here. HERE.   www.Dailyshow.com has gone live with a video archive of the entire history of the show. Look at it. Love it. Live it!

Not Politics but too cool not to post: Science Fiction... Science Fact

We've actually - for real - found a second earth. Go look.

A Colbert Interview at Harvard

I thought people that look at this blog might enjoy this. It is an interview and open forum with Stephen Colbert at the Kennedy School of Government. He is out of character and gives some candid insight into a lot of aspects of doing his character/show. It's google video. It's more lighthearted than the 60 minutes piece and less awkward than the Larry King piece from the other night where he seemed to be ducking in and out of character all the time.

Stephen Colbert Writes Maureen Dowd's New York Times Column

Funny stuff. What great times we live in.

...and on the other side of the Al Gore / Climate Change Love Fest...

... THE BRITISH JUDGE!!!  Man... what a killjoy. Stupid judge... goin'... assessin' the evidence n' shit... frickin' bullcrap man. This is Al Gore's day, dude.

 

 

Bonus link: Doris Lessing's priceless response to winning the Nobel Prize for literature.