Bill Clinton: If I did not have sax, I never would have been elected President.
Clinton tells Arts Summit that music “taught him discipline and order and made him a good listener.”
Rio: +20, Earth: -20 [“Peter Can’t”]
Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent says the lack of solid commitments, timelines and numbers at Rio Earth Summit is a “good thing”.
Re Summer Re-runs, no Re-Joycing
“Reruns past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of Shaw to bend of BBC brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Downton Abbey and Environs”
Vatican Secretary of State blames Devil, Media, Dan Brown for recent scandals
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone says journalists are “pretending to be Dan Brown”, creating divisions “that come from the devil.”
Nik Wallenda crosses into Canada
“My Passport is in my back pocket!”
Del Mastro of Deception
Canadian Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro insists campaign expenditures showing payment of $1575 to Holinshed are “accurate and complete” despite records showing payments of $75,238.
“Don’t forget about me!”
Britain’s Prince Philip celebrates his 91st birthday today
“Master of the Queen’s Music” storms out of restaurant; objects to background music
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, who’s 9th Symphony in honour of the Queen’s Jubilee will be premiered June 9th, opposes restaurant music.
Rare Occurrences 1
Royal Diamond Jubilees: Queen Elizabeth II, 2012, Queen Victoria 1887
“Sure it’s crow, but it is deliciously cooked by the leader”
B.C. Conservative M.P. David Wilks forced to back-track after saying he wouldn’t support Harper’s Omnibus Bill.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 