Jon Salmon

Ringo, a rogue hippie gone mad...

Three weeks into the New Year, and I already have my nomination for 2010’s sell-out of the year. And the nominee is… the one and only forgotten Beatle, Mr. Ringo Starr.

Strange ramblings of a disgruntled sports fan

11:42 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 6

Four legs good, two legs better

Well I never thought that I’d see the day where pigs fly, but that is exactly what the world has come to. The swine has sky-rocketed to a household term, and is now soaring high above us on the wings of the media—the real swine that gave it birth.

Have you read the Face Book?

Readers, I have one statement this week that will probably have the youth of today rioting in the streets and falling to their knees in disbelief: Facebook is not safe. Profiles are hacked left, right and centre these days.

Fear and Loathing in Canadian politics

That’s the problem with Canadian politics. We have yet to elect a beast so crooked, so twisted, that the general public has had to band together and demand its head. Kill that and the body will follow, you know?

Financial troubles hit the good, the honest, the pure

Well that’s it. The recession has gone too far. I could handle it shutting down small businesses and affecting many of our day-to-day lives, but this is a leap over the line of decency. The worst of the worst.