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Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: On Owning Canadians – You Could Be Next
A friend sent this along and I thought it too good not to shareOn her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following response is an open letter to
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Alberta Floods: Will this be Stephen Harper’s Katrina Moment?
Remember PM Harper’s response to the 2007 Financial Meltdown? His seeming inability to understand that when crises hit, Canadians expect their federal government to help them? His discussion of the implosion of share prices as being a good time to buy stocks (while many Canadians watched in disbelief their dreams
Continue readingBryan Crockett: HOPE
Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada are focusing on Canadians, while the Conservatives are focusing on attacking Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada. And the Liberals are calling for change: real change and real accountability in Parliament. It should be the place that works for and
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Coyne- Have Tories Lost Their Way or Have They Simply Lost Their Minds?
Andrew Coyne sums up what should be on the delegates’ minds at next week’s Conservative Party convention: Do they get it? Do the delegates understand what a fix the party is in, and why? And are they prepared to push the party to mend its ways? It has become a
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: So what is life, anyway? Bill? George?
Two comedians give their take on the meaning of life, set to music. (Warning: autotune.) Sometimes people forget that comedians like Bill Hicks and George Carlin, for all their savage wit, had a soft gooey center just like the rest … Continue reading →
Continue readingwmtc: rtod
Revolutionary thought of the day: This war is murder, this conquest is robbery… If this war be called patriotism then blessed be treason. Clarence Darrow, 1898, on the Spanish-American war
Continue readingCalgary Grit: Calgary Under Water
My thoughts are with Calgary today in what is, by far, the worst flood to strike the City I can ever remember. Anyone in town should avoid the downtown and other affected areas. Information on evacuation zones and road closures can be found here.
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Worth watching — Andy Griffith on privacy rights and solicitor-client privilege
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Continue readingArt Threat: The Foodies vs. Miracle-Gro: bad advertising only perverted tomato squeezers could love
Advertising can be an annoying, all-intrusive, manipulative way to hock a bunch of crap we don’t need, or it can be an entertaining and necessary cog in the wheel of any business. The most effective ads are the most honest ones (which are also the least greasy). After all, an
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: City of Nanaimo Will Fight Effort to Site a Garbage Incinerator in their City
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The City of Nanaimo, unlike the sleepwalkers at the CVRD, are up in arms over a plan for mainland garbage to be dumped on them and incinerated. They had been told they had no choice. Sound familiar? The difference is that they are prepared to act to
Continue readingBuckdog: Fixing A War Crime From 1885 – The Bell Of Batoche Coming Back To Saskatchewan
“It’s been rumoured all week and now confirmed — the long-missing bell of Batoche will be returned. The bell will be given to the bishop of the diocese of Prince Albert, Sask., during a mass at the annual Back to Batoche Days festival on July 20 (in Batoche, Saskatchewan).The announcement
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: June, Alaska, 96 Degrees
NASA apparently hit a nerve when it released a remarkable satellite photo of the state of Alaska taken June 17. What made the picture stand out is that there are almost no clouds in a state that has the cloudiest areas in the U.S. From SFGate.com: At first glance, it’s
Continue readingTerahertz: Council of Canadians resorts to fear on fracking
I somehow got on the Council of Canadians direct mail distribution list. While I like most of their work, I had to respond to their latest mail out and had to ask to be removed. The envelope featured the iconic flaming tap image as part of their petition to end
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Drivers From Hill: MPs Shouldn’t Drive
MPs should quickly pass legislation to encourage the widespread adoption of self-driving cars, because an increasing number of MPs can not drive themselves properly. They are Drivers From Hill. “Conservative minister Maxime Bernier was arrested Sunday in the county [sic], while driving the vehicle of his wife without holding a
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: A Dozen Reasons why Bill C-377 is the Worst
There has appropriately been a lot a criticism about Bill C-377 at House of Commons committees and the Senate. Hugh Segal has been particularly eloquent as have the many submissions. Graham Cox has a good selection of them on his Citizens’ Press website. Here’s a short summary with a dozen
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6173…Where Is Theresa Spence?
You remember her. She is the Chief who went on a modified hunger strike this winter in Ottawa. I believe the modification was she could eat anything she want coz she left the hunger strike with the same BMI that she came in with. What’s she up to today? Seems
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC NDP Provinical Council to Meet: Will it be a Blame Game or a Real Review?
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger It has been a little more than a month now since the BC election ballots were counted. The shocking results shook the province, certainly the NDP and absolutely delighted the victorious Christy Clark. Her once edgy caucus, many of whom had moved as far away
Continue readingLeDaro: Should Stephen Harper resign?
I strongly believe that Stephen Harper should resign. $3.1 billion missing or unaccounted for. Despicable behavior of Senators that he appointed. I stopped watching news as the Harper government’s behaviour is so depressing. He is the worst Prime Minister we have in my memory.
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