Dawg's Blawg

William McGonnagal is, of course, best known as the Bard of the Tay River Bridge. While his imaginatively rhymed celebrations of its design, construction and tragic collapse failed to achieve for that architectural miracle the immortality that Walt Whitman won... Balbulican http://stageleft.info

Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper’s chief of staff, has resigned. This caps what must have been the week from hell for our Conservative rulers. And it has been particularly satisfying, yet galling at the same time, to behold the usually complacent... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

…a diagnosis. OK, DSM-5, if you insist that grieving, child temper tantrums and transexuality are treatable pathologies, let’s add a few more: Obsessive entitlement disorder: Criteria: displays an obsessive appetite for material wealth and socio-political position. Pathological liar. Expresses unusual... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

…are readying the frying pan, I suspect. Michael Den Tandt has never been one of my favourite scribes, but his column on the whole mess is frankly masterful. Go read it.... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

The DSM-5 is out, and it’s a 1000-page whopper. Shrinks have discovered a plethora of new mental illnesses—such as grieving the death of a loved one—and no doubt they have a pill and other “therapies” ready and waiting for anyone... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

If your going to protest, have the guts to show your face.Pretty brave behind the mask. @deniscoderre good on you for ignoring it.— David Wilks (@DavidJohnWilks) May 16, 2013 I have no idea what this is even about, except that... Mandos http://politblogo.typepad.com/

The high-living Daniel Caron, a man with no qualifications whatsoever in library science or archival studies, is stepping down as the head of Library and Archives Canada. But not really for the right reasons. His blithering incompetence wasn’t an issue... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

BC #pollfail, in both senses, just as the Wildrose polling fiasco was beginning to fade from our memories. The Clark enviro-vandals are back in power, even if Christie herself is not, and the pollsters, once again, are left desperately searching... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

…and attempt to apply a shine to the proverbial brown stuff. Nice try, kiddies. Time for your milk and cookies, but please wash up first. The riding of Labrador, by the way, was not stolen. That was last time, silly... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

Like a moth in congealing wax, the independent spirit of young girls is still too often drowned in the sludge of sexist imagery and symbology that defines our “advanced” society in 2013. The picture above is worth much more... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

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An interesting exercise: mapping the sources of hateful Tweets in the US. The results might—or might not—surprise you. Here’s the interactive map itself. I wish someone would do this yeoman service for Canada—and overlap the map with Conservative ridings.... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

Who knew you needed a permit to climb a tree in Toronto? Where does one apply for such a thing?... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

Sometimes life in Amerika verges on the surreal. An army of yokels with AK-47s marching on Ottawa? Unthinkable. Right? [H/t Anonymous]... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

Here’s the entirety of what Globe & Mail cub reporter Josh Wingrove had to say about our pro-choice counter-demo on Parliament Hill yesterday: The crowd drew 10,000 to 12,000 people, RCMP said. That included a much smaller group of pro-choice... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

Today in Ottawa we will be seeing one more reason to junk the Ontario Separate School System: High school students from Ottawa Catholic schools will have time off to join the anti-abortion protesters. Communications officer Mardi de Kemp said the... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

(Ottawa, May 7) DawgNews has learned that famed astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei may soon be out of a job. And he’s not likely to be the only one. In a shocking development, the Vatican announced today that henceforward the... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/

A scant few weeks after Justin Trudeau’s coronation, the new leader voted with Harper in support of the Canada-China FIPA. He voted with Harper again on S-7, Harper’s dangerous new anti-terrorism legislation. Police will now have the right to... Dr.Dawg http://drdawgsblawg.ca/