Saturday digest

- So Rosie O'Donnell has picked up her marbles and gone home after no one came to her defence after inferring that American troops were terrorists a couple of weeks back. Here's what she said back on May 17.

What's next for the Angry Left icon? I'm not sure, but I would suggest that there's an a opening here. With her "poor, fat, lesbian me" victim routine, she'd fit in quite nicely.

- Continuing the Liberal legacy of overtaxation, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conformatory federal government took in almost $14 billion dollars more than they needed to cover operating expenses last year. As I recall, there were no broad-based tax cuts in this spring's budget and only a token amount of debt repayment, so according to my admittedly amateurish math, that means the feds have basically stolen about $450 from every man, woman and child living in this country for no reason other than the simple fact that they can.

And on that note, here's the Neal Boortz graduation speech, just in time for spring convocation ceremonies that are about to take place all across the land.

- Pathetically, Quebec Premier Jean Charest played the race card in defending his budget this week. I suppose in la belle province, when your back is against the wall, your best course of action is to accuse your political opponent of being in bed with "les anglais".

- Thirty years ago this weekend, the first "Star Wars" movie was released. I wish I was born in 1960 - a summer full of KISS concerts, a brand-new baseball team in Toronto to cheer for, sneaking stubbies into the drive-in to see the Death Star explode while listening to Boston's debut album, Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" and "Hotel California" all summer long?

That's the stuff that dreams are made of for this guy.

- Finally, a friendly reminder that this Tuesday evening, May 29 at 7:00 PM, the Free-Thinking Film Society is going to be showing the hour-long documentary "Mine Your Own Business" in the auditorium at the main branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

Cost is $6.00.