You Must Be Wearing The Industrial Strength Rose Coloured Glasses
“‘Perfect storm’ dims hopes for summer tourism market
High dollar, gas prices, keep visitors at home”
– Globe and Mail
“Toronto bucks tourism slump
Weather, high gas costs hit other Canadian cities harder this summer”
– Toronto Star
Then, The Recess Monitor Tells His Home Room Teacher, And He Is Given Detention For A Week
“PM dares Dion to go to the voters”
– Toronto Star
The Big Cars Were Secretly Seeing China
“America’s big car love affair hits the skids”
– Globe and Mail
Which, Given The Current Economy, Is About How Long Your Retirement Will Last
“Three-minute visions of your retirement years”
– National Post
It Won?t Really Be News Until He Gets A Faux Hawk
“EXCLUSIVE PHOTO
Clean-shaven Radovan Karadzic to appear before war crimes tribunal”
– Toronto Star
Hip And Sexy IS The New Borderline Creepy
“Beardo cover boys: hip and sexy or borderline creepy?”
– Globe and Mail
C. D. Howe Institute Hurt By High Partisanship, Reality Says
“Ontario hurt by high taxes, C.D. Howe study says”
– Toronto Star
“Global study finds Canadian business taxes among lowest in world”
– Globe and Mail
Considering The City Has So Many Working Moms, It Makes Sense That – Oh, Wait, That’s Not What You’re Talking About, Is It?
“Is Toronto the nanny state capital of Canada?”
– National Post
As Expression Of Contempt For The Legal Process Go, It’s No Taking Boxes Out Of Your Office Despite A Court Order Not To, But I Suppose We All Have To Start Somewhere
“Black’s son fined for fleeing mishap
Chews gum in court as $2,000 penalty levied”
– Toronto Star
Maybe They Should Take A Xanax
“Tensions over drug trade bubble to the surface
Recent meeting at Canadian embassy with impatient U.S. envoy left Afghan politicians feeling bitter and insulted”
– Globe and Mail
It Doesn’t Take Courage, Just A Pulse
“Have the courage to be a fool”
– Globe and Mail
Oh, The Humanity!
“Even rich feeling economic pain
Some are forced to forgo foie gras on private jets for a deli sandwich en route to airport these days”
– Toronto Star
I Wouldn’t Make Facile Comparisons To Score Cheap Political Points – Much – Yet Sometimes Life Makes It So Easy…
“86 per cent of Chinese satisfied with country?s direction, poll finds”
– Globe and Mail
But, How Many Movie Theatres Can A Single Ship Park Outside?
“Canadian warship to guard against piracy”
– Toronto Star
I Take Major Offense At This
“Major offensive against Taliban under way”
– Globe and Mail, August 8, 2008
“Pakistan Routs Taliban Forces in Major Offensive”
– Associated Press, June 28, 2008
“‘OPERATION ACHILLES’ TARGETS TALIBAN
NATO Launches Major Offensive in Southern Afghanistan”
– Spiegel Online International, March 6, 2007
“Coalition troops begin major offensive against Taliban”
– International Herald Tribune, June 14, 2006
So, Put A Bag Over Its Head
It’s Not Like You’re Going To Marry It
“July housing data ‘fairly ugly'”
– Toronto Star
It’s Not A Civil War, But In Times Of Diminished Expectations, What Is?
“Beijing static
Disagreements over whether to watch the Olympic Games or tune them out are dividing families”
– Globe and Mail
And, The Message Is: Don’t Forget To Bring Home A Quart Of Milk
“Moscow sending message”
– Toronto Star headline on an article about the Russian invasion of Georgia
They’re Jerks – What’s To Debate?
“World debates meaning of Spanish team photo
Basketball players, including a Toronto Raptor, draw ire after slanting their eyes to appear Chinese for an ad”
– Globe and Mail
So, That’s Good News…No, Wait, That’s Bad News…But, It Could End Up Being Good…Or, Bad…Or…Where’s My Valium?
“Economic slump takes pressure off oil price – for now”
– Toronto Star
So…That’s A No, Then?
“A rare fumble for Apple?
Strange days for tech titan as loyal fan base questions performance of hyped iPhone 3G”
– Toronto Star
“‘It has certainly changed the game’
Apple has scored a $30 million hit with its App store as iPhone users embrace personalization and developers reap the benefits. With such a head start, can the competition catch up?”
– Globe and Mail
Yes, But How Will They Get Bush And Cheney To Sit For Them?
“Khadr’s lawyers eye psychiatric evaluation”
– Toronto Star