Golly. I don't know how I did it. Survived the Great Toronto Snowmageddon.
Because it was brutal eh?
Toronto has not seen a snowfall exceeding 15 centimetres since Dec. 19, 2008, said Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips.
Not the storm itself, which was only a Snowmageddon if you don't live in Alberta, or Saskatchewan, or Manitoba, or Quebec, or the Atlantic provinces, or anywhere in northern Canada.
No, the brutal part was watching Peter Mansbridge making it sound like the world was ending...
It has been said of Stephen Harper, by those who know him well, that he is a man incapable of feeling the pain of others.
A man with no capacity for empathy, a man devoid of human warmth. In short, a clinical psychopath.
So you can imagine how I felt today when I saw him sitting behind the pictures of three dead children, squeezing out a tear, and going after the mentally ill.
Uh oh. It looks as if Senator Brazman's words have come back to haunt him.
One moment he was putting down Chief Spence, and claiming he's a better example for native youth than she is.
The next moment he was telling that one to the police AND Boss Harper.
It seemed like just another day in the Great Frozen North.
A day when Canada looked liked it always does at this time of the year.
But then I remembered it wasn't just another day. It was the seventh anniversary of the day Stephen Harper and his Cons came to power.
The day of infamy, when everything changed, and the Canada I knew and loved started getting old and dying.
They are the most sinister government government in Canadian history. The masters of the Big Lie.
But who will save us from their foul propaganda?
How dare they make us pay for it?
And when is enough ENOUGH?
Just the other day he was cuddling his chinchilla, and pretending to be Mr Nice Guy Leader.
Today he was back in all his fascist foulness playing Great Crime Busting Leader.
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson unveiled a plan Monday for 2013 that includes new legislation to toughen penalties for child sex offenses, create a Victims Bill of Rights and better protect the public from those found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.
Oh boy. To think the Senate used to be known as the House of Sober Second Thought.
But that was long ago eh?
Now it's known as Stephen Harper's House of the Gobbling Con Turkeys. Or just Puffy's Place.
Conservative Senator Mike Duffy’s office contacted Prince Edward Island’s minister of health to discuss expediting an application for a provincial health card after being asked to produce documents proving he lives in the province.
If you don't live in Toronto you probably know Rob Ford as the callous, vulgar, Con buffoon, who doesn't know what he is doing, and is always getting into trouble.
But because he has no effect on your life, you can laugh, or shake your head, or shrug your shoulders at this latest democratic outrage.
Among auditors Bruce Armstrong and Glen Davison’s findings: the mayor’s campaign overspent by $40,168, or 3% of the $1.3-million limit; it received $6,000 in donations made by 11 corporations, but listed them as coming from individuals..
It found the campaign attributed $19,500 to a “Bromell” fundraiser that never took place and that the money was actually raised at a Building Industry and Land Development Association event.
But the sad part is that a lot of people who live in Toronto feel the same way.
OMG. It's true. They really are trying to change Stephen Harper's image. It's the most massive makeover in Canadian history. Even bigger than the last one.
For there he was today making merry with Monsieur Bonhomme. And so soon after cuddling the chinchilla.
Bye bye Mr Nasty Crazy, hello Great Nice Leader.
But of course appearances can be deceiving eh? There is only so much lipstick you can put on Harper, and you can't take the grubby out of him and his Cons.
It is without a doubt the weirdest weather I have ever experienced. One moment the lake was frozen.
The next moment it wasn't.
Toronto and London hit record highs of 14 C on Wednesday morning while Windsor saw a 15 C high early in the day, shattering the Jan. 30 record of 9.5 C set in 1988.
But one thing remained the same. Once Lake Ontario almost touched the bottom of that snowy platform. Now it's down more than two feet, in just two years.
