Oh sweet lord fellow Canucks! CBC has passed on a new deal for the rights to the Hockey Night In Canada theme song that was used on the broadcaster’s hockey programming for the past 4 decades. That’s right: duh da duh da duh…. gone!

Being that it’s an election year, you knew it was bound to happen. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has written an open letter to US soldiers asking that they stay out of politics this election season. Of course, Mullen didn’t say don’t vote, just don’t talk about it… “As the [...]

It’s no secret that former President Jimmy Carter has his detractors. His more recent attempts to confront the problems plaguing Israeli - Palestinian relations have drawn scorn from many quarters, with many labeling him anti-Israeli. And now, during remarks made at the recent Hay-on-Wye festival, he has done what no American President has ever dared [...]

With help from readers I’ve been able to track down what was said by John Lehman, Senator McCain’s foreign policy advisor, to Wolf Blitzer during a recent interview on CNN with regards to Iran… “They trained some of the 9/11 conspirators. They gave them free passage to al Qaeda.” Rather than simply discarding this for the nonsense [...]

Of all those that served in the military in my family, the one common trait shared by all of them is that they did not like to talk about their experiences. My Grandfather and Great Uncles went to lengths to avoid the topic, and as an inquisitive youngster I was sometimes scolded for my curiosity. [...]

It’s eight o’clock in the morning. I have no idea what I am doing up, other than the fact that I went to bed pretty early. I watched The Other Boleyn Girl last night after rehearsal and prior to passing out. Why is it that no one can portray the Tudors with any historical accuracy? [...]

New reports out of Burma have placed deaths caused by the cyclone that recently hit the country at upwards of 10,000 people, far greater than figures initially released. Some 24 million people live in the five regions of the country that were hit. There have also been reports that that 80% of Laputta has [...]

Andrew Cockburn comments on a new US covert initiative that is truly frightening in its scope… “Six weeks ago, President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, “unprecedented in its scope.” Bush’s secret directive covers actions across a huge geographic area – [...]

When the minority government of Stephen Harper came to power it did so with the promise that transparency and accountability would be its cornerstones. Since that time, Harper’s government has taken various steps in the other direction, the most recent being the quiet dissolution of CAIRS - the Coordination of Access to Information Requests System. Instituted [...]

If you’re labouring under the misconception that the Bush Administration is going to leave office without first confronting the Iranians, it’s time to start paying serious attention. The propaganda machine is in full swing, led by a new report by the State Department that labels Iran the most active sponsor of terrorism. If you can [...]