“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”
When asked about record-high child-poverty rates in B.C. and what his government could do about it, Canadian Industry Minister James Moore,[Scrooge], replied: “Is it my job to feed my neighbour’s child? Is that always the government’s job to be there to serve people their breakfast?”
Benjamin Britten’s 100th Anniversary, St Cecilia’s Day Nov. 22nd 2013
“Blessed Cecilia, appear and inspire composing mortals with immortal fire”
Lessing no more
Famous British author and Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing who penned “The Golden Notebook”, dies at the age of 94
“Off with their heads!” says King Stephen
Prime minister Stephen Harper pressures conservative caucus to suspend Senators Brazeau, Wallin and Duffy in expense-claims-scandal.
The Mad Tea-Party
Michele Bachmann, Allen West, David Koch and Ted Cruz
Congratulations Alice Munro!
Canadian Author Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Wrath of Grapes
In a strange reversal, grapes crush a man in La Mancha. The worker reportedly fell into a holding bay just as 5 tons of wine-making grapes were being unloaded.
“My Kingdom for a Hearse!”
The War of the Roses and the Maple Leaf: The Canadian descendent of Richard III, who’s DNA was used to identify the king’s remains, joins the legal royal-battle over where to bury the monarch’s bones.
Fifty Shades of Red
London Firefighters report a huge increase in calls to free people stuck in handcuffs, which they attribute to the popularity of the book “50 Shades of Grey”
Japan unveils Tiny “Space Robot”
Lilliputian 1-kilogram communication robot ready for space travels
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 