Author: RossK

…..Comes not from proMedia pundits, but instead from our friend Jonku who posted the following up late last night at the Moon of Alabama:”Riots” in Vancouver.Very good live radio, helicopter and on the ground reporting tonight, when the Vancouver tea…

AllAlongTheWatchtowerDisintegratingBluelineVille______Update: OK, maybe they should have inserted both into the line-up….Interesting watching/listening to entire HNIC crew ignore the long, intense boos for Bettman during trophyfest.______So…….Wit…

HeadsTheyWinTailsWeLoseVilleSo.According to J. Fowlie in the VSun, the consortium of business groups that have directly benefitted from the tax shift that is the HST and who have, to the best of my knowledge, not passed along any significant aspect o…

HeadsTheyWinTailsWeLoseVilleFollow The Money…Straight to, as Sean Holman points out, The Lobbyists:The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, the Coal Association of Canada, the Council of Forest Industries, the New Car Dealers Association of B…

AllTheDivingThatFitsWavingFingersVilleA couple of days ago the Globe’s M. Sekeres helped fan the flames of this ‘Everyone Hates The Canucks’ meme by dropping logs like the following into the non-stop chat show fire:…On the Jim Rome radio show, form…

SliceAndDiceOnSloppyIceVilleThe other night I noticed it while watching Ryan Kesler closely to see if he really is injured.And while I couldn’t tell if there is something actually wrong with either the major or the minor of one of his adductors I did …

ExemptionSchmemptionHeadsTheyWin,TailsWeLoseVilleLast night the newly minted Premier of this province who, it turns out (surprise!) now owes the big bossman of (formerly)BC’s Rail a debt of fully indemnified gratitude, told a crowd of 1600 rabidly twit…

HeadsTheyWinTailsWeLoseVilleRemember awhile back when Kevin Falcon, who replaced the shameless Colin Hansen as Finance Minister, would neither confirm nor deny that the previous PST exemptions would return if we, the people of British Columbia, were to…

My oldest kid, the one with the virtuoso voice who can make even her laryngeally-challenged Dad sound good, had her high school graduation yesterday.She won a gold medal.Even better, she let fly with a wicked quote from that crazy, deaf musical genius …

It’sSoHardToBeASaintInThisCityVilleI had never met Ian Reid for real. But I did know of him by reputation. Political reputation that is.Not personal.So when Ian popped-up here, in the comments, after I started writing about the Casino Industrial Comple…

…..We Are Really Big In Taiwan!So…..C’s Mom L. is over for the weekend. And we got to talking about our Busking Project. She asked me if there are any more videos. There are not.Because the kids are off doing their own things now, which is great.So…

.And it turns out the Rapture really did happen.In, of all places, an Scottish schoolhouse back in….1987..

Let’sSayHe’sRealButNotLikeYouSellMoreLikeTheHippyInGodspellVilleSomehow, I figure that the original girl who ‘Kissed A Girl’ and who now completely fan-funds her albums, Jill Sobule, isn’t getting too worked up about it…_____Ms. Sobule, who is a big,…

PostBye-ByeBi-PartisanismIt’sNeverTooLateForRealOversightVilleAnd his name is Keith Archer.And while he comes from the outer reaches of the infamous Calgary School’s eliptical orbit and once co-authored a paper with Tom Flanagan, we won’t hold that ag…

AllTheRidingsThatFitTakeoverVilleWell…..Now that the BC Liberal Party has successfully changed the channel with all that name change codswallop, it would appear that it’s back to business as usual in Lotuslandia.Which is great news for a government w…

…..Compared To This.Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova “Drive All Night” from Patrick Glennon on Vimeo.I know the romance is done. As will all the world, soon. But the music….Jayzus..

ChangeAllTheChannelsSoLucky!VilleNever mind the content consultant and his many, many hats.Because all they need now is…..Moldova!.

…..The BC Liberal Party wants to change their name?Who really knows what is on the minds those pushing the buttons of their animatronic spear carrier from VanQuadra.But it was an interesting point raised by Sean Holman’s rabble-rousers this morning. …

NeverMindTheDeadHearComeTheGratefulLivingVilleMe, I figure Paul Feig and Judd Apatow might just make a movie about it. Lindsay’s so-called messed-up life, I mean.Written, of course, by Kristen Wiig.And while I haven’t seen the film yet (I’ll leave that…

ProMediaLaggingTweetThis!VilleColin Hansen has called on his failing BC Liberal Party to re-name and re-brand itself. Best name so far on #samepartydiffname from Mike Lowe is: “Conservative Liberal Alliance Party”……aka…..”The CLAP”Ha!_____Mine i…