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Free To Be CBC

On Wednesday, Condoleezza Rice gave a press conference about the South Ossetia war, taking the opportunity to gently chastise Russia on behalf of the American government for not ending military operations in the region. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, like many other news organizations, had a live feed from the White House to televisions across Canada [...]

Propane’s Gonna Get Ya, Air Canada’s Gonna Charge Ya, China’s Gonna Cheat Ya

The Toronto Star discovered that there are propane sites all over Toronto! There could be one NEAR YOUR HOME! In fact THERE PROBABLY IS ONE! Thanks to the Star, you now know that you could be BLOWN UP AT ANY SECOND! Liberal MP Robert Thibault said some pretty stupid things recently, and he has apologized [...]

Nader Pontificates, North York Reintegrates, Arctic Ice Disintegrates

A visiting Ralph Nader said that expatriate Americans living in Canada should tell other Americans about how great our health care system is. He then explained that there was no difference between Barack Obama and John McCain and that people should vote for the 74-year-old vanity candidate because…well, he didn’t actually explain that part, but [...]

Introducing Tourist

RED SQUARE, MOSCOW PHOTO BY SEVENNINE Summer, we’ve heard, is supposed to be the time for travelling the world, seeing new sights, accumulating new experiences, and exploring new places. According to the first Google result for “travel quotations” (the extent of our research), Helen Keller said that “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” [...]

Flaherty Vs. McGuinty, Solid Gold Fever, Serf’s Up

Premier Dalton McGuinty has fired off a whiny letter to the PM complaining about Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s public criticism of Ontario and its tax laws. Flaherty, who apparently counts all time lost when he’s not psychologically bitch-slapping his governmental inferiors, responded by calling McGuinty a “big stupid crybaby.” Time to start prying out grandma’s [...]