In light of the news (using the loosest possible definition of the term “news”) that ritzy menswear store Harry Rosen sent out cards to preferred customers with a picture of Stephen Harper on them, we had a thought: really, Stephen Harper? While the issue of whether or not it’s appropriate to use a sitting Prime [...]

Re: the last post.
It’s more awkward than you imagined!

Alright, let’s break down the players in this story in case you’ve been in a coma for 23 years:
This Hour Has 22 Minutes was a popular CBC news-parody political-satire series. About 10 years ago. Apparently it’s still on! Honestly, have any of you watched 22 Minutes lately? It’s basically a horrible, walking zombie corpse of [...]

You’ve all heard about this already, right? Probably, since you’re a politics wonk. But here it is anyways: Janine Krieber, the lovely wife of a Monsieur Stephane Dion (remember THAT guy?) has some beef with Michael Ignatieff, and posted a nasty little diatribe about him on Facebook, the popular friend-stalking network. We’re not gonna acknowledge [...]

Here’s a game for you, MapleRag reader: we present a series of quotes, and you have to guess if they were comments posted on a story at Nationalpost.com, or if they were posts made on the Canadian section of Stormfront, the internet’s most well-known white-nationalist skinhead site. Should be tough, let’s see how you do!
#1: [...]

Our stunning realization that Dean Del Mastro was a distant relative of Peter Griffin made us think about how it would be a great way to have fun (and make fun!) if we started a series where we found the long-lost relatives of Canadian MPs. Here’s part one in our new favourite game! (It’s also [...]

So Canada’s hosting a G7 conference in February – that’s G7, “the finance guys and Russia’s not invited”, not G8, “the actual world leaders and Russia’s totally invited” – and guess where they chose to host it? I mean, it’s February in Canada, and you’re gonna want to be hospitable to the world’s financial leaders, [...]

This is why this blog was started. For moments like this. For Dean Del Mastro.
Summary, if you’ve been oblivious to hilarious current events: Conservative MP for Peterborough and known lardbutt, Dean Del Mastro, was being a dick to some Liberals in a committee where he insisted that the Sponsorship Scandal (hey, remember that? Retro!) be [...]