One of the most frustrating aspects of the recent shenanigans in Toronto and Ottawa is the indefatigable support of the so-called base. In Toronto, it goes by the annoying and narcissistic name Ford Nation, but the concept is the same: a group of followers who seem blindly loyal and unfazed by scandal.

Moderator Mardi Tindal is scheduled to be on CBC radio's "As It Happens" this evening, responding to Sen.

 Hi!

I follow the General Concil from home. It's look more like a political party than a church. 

So UCC want to change is name and NDP didn't boycott Israel?

Bush sneaks through host of laws to undermine Obama (click for full article)

The lame-duck Republican team is rushing through radical measures, from coal waste dumping to power stations in national parks, that will take months to overturn, reports Paul Harris in New York

Paul Harris, The Observer, Sunday 14 December 2008

Canada criticized for lax approach to environment

MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT

From Thursday's Globe and Mail

December 11, 2008 at 3:43 AM EST

For years, the Bush administration was lambasted for its role at UN climate-change talks, but environmentalists say Canada is at risk of becoming the developed country most criticized for its lack of interest in tackling global warming.