Author: RossK

Deficit YouKeepOnUsingThatWordVille And, as Charlie Smith makes clear, even if the the $25 billion is not a low ball (which I am convinced, based on AG Ferguson’s own words, that it is), the overrun is already bigger than everything. Ever. Combined. .

AllTheState(r)giesThatFit BraintrustVille I think I get it now. The fine folks behind the curtain don’t want the things the (not)Premier says in front of assembled pseudo-throngs of party still kinda/sorta faithful to be reported in the public prints. Why? Well, apparently, they want to make sure that the screeching of

YouWillNotReadThisInTheProMedia SaveYourScheckelsVille Dave from the Galloping Beaver has it going…. Chapter 1 explains how the thing got rolling: …The problem (in 2006) was the projected lifespan of the Harper government. Inside DND and the CF bets were that it wasn’t going to last…. {snippety doo-dah} …So … they made a

OurReadersComment AndSometimesIMissThemVille In our breakdown of the David Loukidelis statement (that Geoff Plant pointed us towards) about how the deal went down (Mr. Loukidelis says plea and the legal fee waivers were done separately. Now, the assumption of course is that plea deal was first and then the waiver was

Nevermind that socialist piker the Easter Bunny. I mean, what are a few chocolates for all once a year anyway? Especially now that the Lotuslandian Engineers (Road Division) have put up signs everywhere telling everyone to read. And worse, they’re telling everyone to read commie-stuff. 24/7. Clearly, it is high

There’sNoUkeLike CoverUkeVille First, ‘The Original’, by a real original…. And now, ‘The Cover’, which was found so serendipitously that I can’t even begin to explain it, except to say that I looking for the antithesis of the thing when I stumbled upon this… _____ You want the real, and more

AWordsmith’sRight ToWriteVille ….The Reverend Paperboy. Particularly if you are wondering what the really big deal is about succumbing to the faux ‘reasonableness’ of the wedge issue that is being falsely-foisted upon an unsuspecting public as ‘debate’ regarding the long-settled issue of a woman’s right to choose. **** Now. Put down

HeWillNotSay WhoKnewWhatWhenVille According to Auditor General Micheal Ferguson it is. He said so specifically and explicitly to the non-anime version of Evan Solomon this morning. You can listen to it here. ______ Please note that, despite what is written in the report, the AG will not explicitly or specifically say

JournalismWithoutColours StrippingAwayTheBananaPeelVille ….Is Going On At Postmedia News? First it was the decision to give McGregor and Maher the time and space to go after an old story, hard. Which became what we all now know, at the very least, to be ‘The Robocall Scandal’. And now, we get stuff,

BeVeryVeryVery CarefulWhatYouWishForVille Is Ms. Clark incompetent? In my opinion, yes. Will Ms. Clark lose the next general election? In my opinion, yes. Must, as Rafe Mair just implored, Ms. Clark go? In my opinion, most definitely… No. Why? Because, as Norm Farrell suggests, by way of Justine Hunter’s work in

AndTheSeasonsThey JustGoVille There is an Easter dinner from when I was a kid, a very small part of which I can remember like it was yesterday. Looking out the big dining room window above the backyard… At the horizontal sun and billowing high-sky block ominous clouds with rainbow and green

…Here Come The Flip-Flops. Because they start popping up everywhere as you get closer to campus these days. Especially prominent on Frat Row as the pledges get ready to really start studying for finals. Or whatever the heckfire it is those kids really do this time of year. .

HeDippedTheLightFandango ALongLongTimeAgoVille Joan Bryden, of the Canadian Press, zooms in on the present day Bob Rae: The (recently-released) Harris-Decima survey conducted for The Canadian Press indicates the New Democrats surged into a statistical tie with the Conservatives, with the parties at 32 and 34 per cent support respectively. The NDP

What,SheWorry? AlfredE.PremierVille “I will only preach about that which I cannot do anything about*.” Shorter C.Clark Re: FauxTranslinkExecBonusOutrage Ian Bailey, in The Globe, has the story: B.C. Premier Christy Clark says she is opposed to TransLink awarding bonuses to its executives, but her transportation minister says there may not be

BigWheel’sSeasons GoRoundAndRoundVille “Don’t Look Back, Something Might Be Gaining On You…” …Satchel Page. +38, 307 .

AllTheClarificationsThatFit BlindfoldedDucksInParallelRowsVille Last week we disagreed with former BC Liberal Government Attorney General Geoff Plant who insisted that, despite the fact that there was an ‘understanding’ (Mr. Plant’s term, not mine) that legal fees would be waived after the fact, that there was no prior inducement for Mess’rs Basi and

BigWheelsKeepOnTurnin’ SodOnPublicLandsVille Had to stop to take a picture of good ol’ Riley Pa(rk) (I)ce Rink, and its sad sign, this morning. The pool and nearby buildings are slated to come down soon. After all, the mega-rec complex, which is a GordCo legacy project that is actually being put to

…A Vote For The Christy Party Is A Vote For The NDP! Heckfire. Rod Mickleburgh, in The Globe even managed to sneak this nugget, soft, gooey and staight out of the Angus Reid easy-bake oven, onto the point of his latest inverted pyramid late last night: “Premier Christy Clark’s mantra-like

TheBlogsTheyMustBeCrazy Long(time)WavingVille Yesterday, tongue-stuck firmly in cheek, I wrote a post-script (to this offering) that some may have construed as a quasi-suggestion that two of my favourite commentators on all sorts of things, mostly because I see them both as honest brokers, have been stealing my HR Puf’nStuf. In reality,

AllTheDeservingWhoFit ManganatorVille Because Juno Has Not Heard This One Before… From noted music critic Charlie Smith in the GStraight: Vancouver heartthrob Dan Mangan has officially become a member of Canada’s music establishment. That’s because the indie songwriter picked up two Juno Awards this weekend in Ottawa—New Artist of the Year