Archive for the 'Canada' Category

The Tinhorn Torquemada strikes again by denying the U.S. sent Maher Arar to Syria in a rendition of the Beau Brummels’ ‘65 hit–LAUGH, LAUGH.

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

That was Tuesday. The Justice Department had to change the record by sending a mouthpiece out to say basically, “Oh. that rendition!!”
Please find the story here.

Cowboy W wants to return to the Good Old Days of King Philip’s War, Wounded Knee and the Trail of Tears

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

The Geneva Accords’ Article III is almost six decades old. W wants to clarify it by changing it. Is this not called breaking a treaty?
Could the charges brought by the Canadian government not be the real reason for W’s need of clarification?
Please find the article here. 

(Use announcer’s voice from trailer for a Doris Day/Rock Hudson comedy) What happens when Dudley Doo-right & The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Meet the Keystone Cops…

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

RENDITION
with a 300 day/299 night stay
at the beautiful Damascus
Dungeon Coffin Suites Resort
featuring
our famous Horizontal breakfast
with its bottomless cup of bile
and our renowned stress room
with Olympic-sized Pool of Sweat.
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Maher Arar is still able to smile…at a freakin’ airport, no less.
(CP/Jonathan Hayward)
OOPS! They got their wrong man and gave him to the Decider for fun ‘n […]

Another issue of Ernie Kovacs’ Strangely Believe It…

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Scientists say Erie mirage could be real
Sun Jul 30, 5:59 PM ET
Scientists say it’s a mirage, but others swear that when the weather is right, Clevelanders can see across Lake Erie and spot Canadian trees and buildings 50 miles away.
Eyewitness accounts have long been part of the city’s history.
“The whole sweep of the Canadian shore […]

Today marked the beginning of the annual slaughter of harp seals for the dictates of fashion. I once made the mistake of having not closed my eyes quickly enough during a documentary about the hunt. Today, I wondered what would happen if the seals had decided to defend themselves as best they could.

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

“As they stand up, we’ll stand down.”–Gunnery Sergeant Peter P. Penguin
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REUTERS/Paul Darrow
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(AP Photo/Christopher Brown)
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REUTERS/Paul Darrow
Penguin/Gun/Armor images from:
hi.is; army-technology.com; usc.mun.ca; felixsalmon.com; uscg.mil

I was going to comment on this story the day it appeared, but getting it funny is usually better than getting it fast. Besides, the story falls into the “Page Three” category designated by my friend John and me…

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

A Page Three story is one which is front-page material when it hits. Then, anywhere from a month to a year later, the story re-appears–but on page three where scientists, researchers, historians, astronomers change their original theory. Often, competing scientists, researchers etc demonstrate another, all-together different theory.
The subject can be anything under and beyond the […]