Cathie from Canada

We've see Harper the Kitten Whisperer, then Harper as Mr. Blue Sweater and the Piano Man. Now he's becoming the Great Humanitarian....

Four wingnuts wearing phone company costumes were arrested the other day for trying to bug the offices of Louisiana Democratic Senator Mary...

Rev. Paperboy calls bullshit to the decision to take away Steve Fonyo's Order of Canada and so do I: I still think this is unfair, hypo...

A peculiar but compelling countdown

Andrew Sullivan writes a profound post about Obama's State of the Union speech and what it means for the future of the United States : I...

I've always regretted that they had to call the reclusive author in Field of Dreams "Terrence Mann" instead of J.D. Salinger, ...

xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe

I can't tell you how pissed off I am at the gutless congessional democrats who are scurrying away from health care reform as fast as th...

This is laughable -- Jane Taber reports on the list of Conservative activities today which supposedly demonstrate just how darned busy the C...

25,000. That's the estimate of how many Canadians gathered on a cold and snowy Saturday to protest Harper's prorogue of Parliament. ...

And now for something completely different: A History of Evil by Norweigian animator Ole Magnus Saxegård h/t Drawn .

Not a throwdown this week with POGGE -- just me chiming in with another Kate and Anna McGarrigle song, the Log Driver's Waltz

Just checked and Google lists more than 2,000 news stories about Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament, including lots about the protests...

Jon Chait tells the democrats don't panic! The difference between the parties is that Republicans ignore the establishment’s advice. Aft...

Jon Walker at Firedoglake writes If Coakley loses in Massachusetts, I don’t see how health care reform passes without reviving reconciliatio...