Canada is Having a Moment

Last night was all about Canada.  Drake's video release was the hottest thing to happen to the music industry since Bey dropped her digital album.  

The Blue Jays rolled over Kansas City to get back in the ALCS down two games to one and looking to equalize tonight. 

The Liberals seized a majority government in an historic election. Pretty boy Trudeau was all over the New York Times home page this morning 

Toronto voters elected all Liberals in their downtown riding.  Prompting the above image from Liberal Blue Jays fans. 

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This guy knows where's it at.  

Political Moments of Joy

A Part of Our Heritage

Or This Guy!  

Too Little, Too Late Diane

ChangetheMascot.Org

Changethemascot.org

Happy Earth Day

How Do You See Toronto?

SOTU 2014

If you missed Barrack's call to action you can watch it here.  

This

Our illustrious Mayor Ford

These People are in Charge

Chris Christie - of bridge scandal fame.  Also the Governor of NJ. 

These delicate flowers are the Mayor and First Lady of Geelong, Victoria in Australia.  These two were recently voted Dlisted.com's Hot Slut of the Day - Classy. 

 And Toronto's very own Mayor Rob Ford.  Have a great weekend!

Check out this great Tumblr

Awesome People Hanging Out Together 

This is the best part of the DNC

"Put that in your pipe, you left wing kooks"

If you haven't heard it yet, you simply must click here to listen to Don Cherry's speech from the swearing in ceremony of newly elected Toronto mayor, Rob Ford. It is a thing of comic beauty, and a little bit scary. The Sun would approve. Welcome to the Mayor's office Mr. Greedly.



And thanks Don, nothing expresses a collaborative attitude quite like calling everyone pinkos and lambasting the left. That is the way to motivate urbanities and get them behind the new administration.


You know what would be fun, and might also help to eliminate bullshit bureaucracy in Toronto? Getting Don Cherry and Rob Ford to go down to Metro and pay off some parking violations. Good times.

"I'd rather be out here, being free"

Did you know TLC used to be the learning channel? O well, this is gonna be super entertaining.

My favourite transgender is in the New York Times

Theresa Sparks, of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, and former CEO of Good Vibrations, is running for City Supervisor. And according to the paper of authority She's gonna win. I first came to admire Ms. Sparks when my mother was up for the Commissioner position at the Office of Citizen Complaints, a police oversight board. That's right she was gonna be the COCC. Theresa was part of the hiring committee and mum told me all about her. I had originally assumed she was black, I mean Theresa Sparks kinda sounds black. But my affection for her has not been diminished by learning that instead she is a WASP-Y type with an affinity for right-leaning social values - anti-loitering anyone? Way to go T-Sparks!

A Sign of the Times

Opps. At least he rolls with it. "Was that my... you all know who I am." The man can think on his feet. But that doesn't mean he is gonna have many Congressional legs to stand on come November. And that is precisely what I feared would happen. If you build the man up to be the next Messiah he has got nowhere to go but down.

In honor of my birthday!

October 1st was a wonderful day this year. Not only did I celebrate my birthday but David Johnston was sworn in as Canada's Governor General. Sources report, "Prep has returned to Rideau Hall with the swearing in yesterday of Canada's new Governor General, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Lloyd Johnston (Harvard, Cambridge, Queen's) and his wife, Her Excellency Sharon Johnston (UofT, Western, McGill)."

And he has impeccable credentials

"At Harvard he was the captain of the varsity hockey team and she is an avid horse-riding enthusiast. Together the Johnstons own Chatterbox Farms, an equestrian center outside of Waterloo... he had a sterling career as an academic and author (prior to taking office he was the President of the University of Waterloo and the Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill before that. He has also served on the boards of directors of numerous corporations including Seagram's and Canada Trust.

O yea and they don't like him in Quebec, labelling him an "adversary" to the Independence movement. Boy they are really testing the mileage on that old joke.

So it seems the position of Governor General is secure again. We wont have to worry about any more questionalble outfits at State funtions. Happy Birthday indeed!

God Republicans are so clever

How do they come up with this stuff?

Shatner and Palin

Rack 'em up - Obama to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/world/asia/01orders.html?_r=1&hp

As expected Obama has decided to increase the American military presence by 30,000. It shouldn't come as a surprise since it was a campaign promise to increase focus on Afghanistan. This despite a recent, loud, rethinking of the Afghanistan strategy by the President and the press. The only part that surprises me is that Obama is said to have asked major allies, France and Britain included, to up their troop numbers but there is no mention of such a request of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Guess Obama respects the fact that Canada is committed to a 2011 withdrawl. Or so we hope.

California Legislature finally passes budget.

blah blah ... wait open primaries, that's interesting. Who is this guy Abel Maldonado? Sounds like he is running for higher office