Friday digest

- You know, John McCain reminds me of a few jerkstore bosses I've had over the years. Just when you start thinking they aren't that bad, they go and do something that makes you hate them more than ever.

- I have to give credit to Liberal leadership candidate Michael Ignatieff. First, he (diplomatically) told the Maritime provinces to get real about equalization, then he said that he thinks the Department of Indian Affairs should be abolished. It's refreshing to see an aspiring federal leader who doesn't buy into the politics of grievance and victimization, and in public, no less. (You can tell he hasn't been in Canada that long.)

- How is telling sex offenders that they are supposed to stay 1000 feet away from a school going to prevent them from re-offending?

Seriously.

- Yesterday, I wrote about the excesses of what some have called "BDS", or "Bush Derangement Syndrome" (see here for an example). Today, National Review's Jonah Goldberg dissects BDS' cousin, and that's WMDS: Wal-Mart Derangement Syndrome. And speaking of exploitative retailers, Giant Tiger has camouflauge pants (100% ployester) on for $9.99 this week, in four varieties. (Don't ask me how I know this if you don't wanna find out!)

- Finally, here's a sad reminder that when time's up, it's up, so to quote a well-known left-winger, former mayor of Cincinnati and one-time Ohio Democratic candidate for the Senate, take care of yourselves and each other.