I figured, what better way to celebrate the Holidays than with a look back at the year that was with a little humour. I hope you all enjoy!
Have a Merry Christmas, A Happy New Year, A Happy Hanukkah, A kick-ass Kwanzaa and to my Atheist friends, have a beautiful… ordinary day!
The Arab Spring
Watch the Dominoes FallOne toppled after anotherWho's Next?
The Economy
2011 was about debt, not jobsNot too fast up the hillCorporations are sitting on close to $3,000,000,000,000...The Republican theory of trickle down economics
Occupy Wall Street
The Occupied and UnoccupiedAmerican Justice2011 was the year of the pepper spray
The Republican Presidential Nomination
We all know Republican ideologyAn endless amount of debatesDoes it matter who is in the driver's seat?Nope, doesn't matter at all
Let’s no forget Canada in 2011
Conservatives win a majority governmentNDP wins over a hundred seats, filled with rookiesThe G20 in TorontoHarper's Crime billHarper on the environment
Deaths of 2011
The Death of Kim Jung IlThe Death of Muammar GaddafiThe Death of Steve JobsOsama Bin LadenThe Death of Jack Layton
Other Events of 2011
The Phone Hack ScandalTwo Down, One to goAccording to some Republicans, Pizza sauce and French Fries are VegetablesThe Tea Party is still "hanging" aroundHaiti's ImprovementThe Devastation of JapanTwo Billion tune in to the Royal WeddingEuro Debt CrisisTerrorism in Norway
In the premier episode of the all-new FTB Podcast, hosts Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney talk about the Outremont by-election and Canadian politics with […]
As the American political landscape continues to show no signs of stopping its descent into what can only be described as an increasingly reactionary and carnivalesque sideshow, one begins to wonder if the more measured and sober voices in Washington have finally decided to call it a day. Even on our own side of the border the divisions continue to grow deeper and more virulent with almost no position free from partisan embelishment. However, to those who would suggest that the truth always lies somewhere in the middleoften with rather…
