Archive for July, 2004


I Moved 3000 Miles…

…and Celtic Football Club followed me. That’s right sports fans, Celtic FC have invaded Toronto, for no other reason that to force bald, drunken, puking louts upon me once again. My husband and I were on our way home from the movies this evening (M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, The Village, is more of a [...]

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Quote of the Day

Let’s face it, America is the most loved, most hated, most feared and most admired country in the world – hell, we’re Frank Sinatra. And Sinatra didn’t become Sinatra by asking Charles Aznevour how to sing! We’re on our own in this one. Dennis Miller to Asa Hutchinson, on why America can’t depend on Europe.

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Double Standards

Ryerson University hasn’t been aggressive enough in denouncing the “Die Muslim die” graffiti found spray-painted on a wall of the campus’s multi-faith room, says the Canadian Arab Federation. “When these things are kept quiet, they are allowed to continue,” said Audrey Jamal, executive director of the national not-for-profit federation. Whine, whine, whine. How come it’s [...]

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I’ll Stick With The Subway

Stay off the roads, folks.    The number of elderly drivers in Ontario who can expect to encounter dementia will triple by 2028, warns a new study that has prompted calls from health experts for a standardized test to screen Canada’s aging motorists.   This has been a problem for years. For example, my friend’s [...]

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Play It Again, Issam

Casablanca now has a real Rick’s Cafe.   Palm trees flank the entrance. Inside, piano music wafts through white archways into cosy alcoves lit by coloured lanterns and candles. At the bar, waiters in traditional fez caps and wide legged trousers serve cocktails to upmarket customers. “Play it again Sam?… well, yes I do hear [...]

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