Imaginary Constitutions
The Onion nails it, as usual.

2009 – Are We Really Talking About Female Suffrage?!
This is disturbing.

Rachel Maddow on Obama’s Prize
I was pretty skeptical about Obama’s Nobel win, and I maintain that there’s still much more that Obama needs to do, nonetheless I think Maddow makes a good argument in favour of the prize. Good enough at least to post here:

Obama as Nobel Laureate
The Peace Prize? The man has done little to draw down troops in Iraq, he’s toying with increasing the troop commitment in Afghanistan, and he’s still moving very, very slowly to shut down Gitmo. Now this is not to say that it’s inconceivable that Obama will merit the Peace Prize at the end of four or eight years – the man moves slowly on everything it seems – but so far the evidence is just not there. It’s also not to say that I would support anything that the party of Beck and Palin would offer up in 2012. Obama is still probably the best choice from among t

Conservatives Make Some Canadian Heritage
Apparently Conservative Heritage Minister James Moore is trying to bring the UFC to Vancouver. So important is this work that he’s posting Twitter updates on the matter. Wow, well, I guess this is what Canadian “heritage” is for the Cons. What will happen if they get a majority? All of our current cultural activities might have to go in favour of more U