Monthly Archives: December 2008

Our cups runneth over

As you sit amid the wrapping paper and debris on Boxing Day, picking your teeth with a wishbone, I want to ask: What if that was it? Would it be enough?
I don’t mean what if you were struck down tomorrow, … Continue reading

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Ho Ho Can

It seems more peaceful when the politicians are away, doesn’t it? Except of course they never really are. Just in time for Christmas a cabinet minister attempts to drag Santa into squabbles over polar sovereignty by declaring him a Canadian … Continue reading

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La-la-la-laaaaaaaaaa

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It’s the pits

Prime Minister Harper now says the $4 billion the Canadian and Ontario governments have offered GM and Chrysler is probably just the beginning of the ill-considered dumping of public money into companies with bleak long-term prospects. If you’ve been enjoying … Continue reading

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Would you buy a used car from this plan?

So George Bush has decided to go ahead and dump a preliminary $17.4 billion in public money into the two least successful “Big 3″ North American auto makers. It’s not obvious where that is in the Constitution but the President … Continue reading

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