Tory Redux

Author: Jon Siemko

  • Man Marries His Dog

    file this under believe it or not.

    Joe Guiso, 20, married his 5-year-old pet, who was dressed in a white cape, in an elaborate ceremony in his local park in the Queensland town of Toowoomba.
    “This was just an event for my friends and I to get together,” he said. “It really was fun. We all dressed up in suits and everything.
    “But you can’t actually marry a dog.”
    Mr Guiso said while he loves his dog, it is purely “platonic”, adding that he hoped no one was offended by the unconventional union
    He admitted however that it is not all going smoothly for the new couple.
    “I think [Honey’s] a bit angry about all the publicity; she’s been giving me the silent treatment,” he said.

    I’ve heard of a dog being a man’s best friend but this is a bit ridiculous.

  • Conrad Black on Pope John Paul II

    imagine if Conrad Black had the chance to defend the faith against the likes of Christopher Hitchens that would be something to see. [click here]

  • Salvation Army Bells Silenced at the Edens Center

    Tis the season of wrapping paper and red tape. The sound of the famous Salvation Army bells have been silenced in many Toronto area malls including the Eaton center. Another quintessential Christmas tradition ends.

    From CBC online

    Eaton Centre spokesman Brian O’Hoski points out the mall is an indoor environment with no overhead music or competing noises.


    A few years back, he said, management asked the Salvation Army to stop ringing the bells because of noise complaints from some of the mall’s 230 tenants.


    “In order to try and appease everybody and accommodate everybody, we’ve asked them not to ring the bells,” O’Hoski said.


    Eaton Centre shoppers were surprised to hear that noise complaints could shut down the Salvation Army bells.


    “But it makes no sense,” said Tristan Mitchell.


    “It’s Christmas,” Iman Mahdi said. “It makes no sense.”


    And Bonnie Vivier said the bells were never very loud — “it was just a little tinkle.”

    In the next generation we will probably see a slimmed down version of the shopping mall Santa, who only eats gluten-free cookies and of course does public service announcements for PETA on the side.

    If this week couldn’t get any worse here is more bad news for the Salvation Army. [click here]