I'll never understand why it took so long for so many Canadians to understand the true nature of Stephen Harper.Or the horror of his twisted mind.And to what nightmare place it might lead us.But now surely they must see the danger.Understand that if you dare to disagree with his plans
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Young raven asks for human help
Gertie Cleary compared the experience to a child with a splinter. “[W]hen you pull a splinter out, they holler and screech and pull their hand away,” she told CTV News. The young raven fledgling who visited Cleary’s Nova Scotia home last month had just borne the brunt of a porcupine
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Liberal operatives and Whac-A-Mole
Premier Photo Op’s deputy chief of staff resigned over her role in the Liberals’ ethnic outreach artifice. The Liberals and their faithful media partners emphasized that Kim Haakstad took no cash on her way out the door. Clark said, “She… didn’t take a penny of severance…” Of course, this is
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Ill wind blows no good for Alberta PCs: caucus member arrested on U.S. prostitution rap
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA Mike Allen and Alberta Premier Alison Redford in happier times (Edmonton Sun Photo). Below: Mr. Allen’s Minnesota police mug shot; the former Wildrose MLA for the riding, Guy Boutilier. The sordid arrest in St. Paul, Minn., of the Hon. Member for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo puts the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: MLA Bill Routley Calls On Minister Mary Polak To Protect Shawnigan From Contaminated Soils
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Yes, it is still the ‘Dog days of Summer’ and Cowichan MLA Bill Routley is up on his feet again. This time he is questioning Minister of Environment Mary Polak about the unconscionable notion of allowing the BC Liberal government issued ‘Draft Permit’ to be converted into
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Syria – Is there nothing we can do?
In the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, as the world collectively tried to parse the abhorrent barbarism and purposelessness that had occurred, a new foreign policy doctrine was proposed: liberal interventionism. It was a policy that advocated for military intervention by the powerful west in situations where the humanitarian crisis was
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: This guy was as big as my hand, just about
Landed on a dock chair as Son Two and Son Three and me were trying to figure out how to get cool (there ain’t no AC at the cabin). Amazing, eh? What a beauty. Unless he’s eating you, that is, in which case he’s a mean looking bastard.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: MLA Bill Routley Questions Forest Minister About River And Watershed Issues
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger During these ‘Dog Days of Summer’ political life at the BC Legislature continues. Below find a series of questions from Hansard where Cowichan MLA Bill Routley raises a number of issues of concern to Cowichan residents. DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (HANSARD) ________________________________ HOUSE BLUES
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Zimmerman travesty and the profiling of black youth in America
The acquittal of George Zimmerman on charges of murdering Trayvon Martin may have met the requirements of law in the eyes of some Americans, but was nonetheless a travesty of justice. The not-guilty verdict saw the self-appointed watchman-on-a-mission walk away a free man – his hands forever stained with
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The PMO enemies list
If I’m not on it, I’ll be fucking pissed off. Who’s with me?
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Confirmed: Canadians pay some of the highest prices for some of the worst telecom service in the industrialized world
The OECD have just released their 2013 Communications Outlook – a heavyweight independent report that offers a detailed examination of the state of telecommunications across the world’s leading 34 industrialized countries. The report confirms what pretty much everyone already knew – that Canadians do indeed pay some of the highest
Continue readingSudbury Steve May: NDP’s Anti-Democratic Practices – Not Corrupton – Probably to Blame for Giambrone Nomination
There’s been a bit of an interesting development in the provincial by-election taking place in Scarborough-Guildwood. It has nothing to do with the on-going subways vs. LRT debate, and everything to do with how former Toronto City Councillor Adam Giambrone, was able to claim the Ontario NDP’s nomination in the
Continue readingA Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Keeping Us From Knowing How Stuff Works
The idea that we are miseducated by the mainstream media, both its “news” and its “entertainment” divisions, is a pretty common one. There are lots of different ways of filling in that idea’s substance, each with a range of strengths and weaknesses, and I don’t intend to go through it
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: PC MLA Caught in Prostitution Sting Operation
Resigning from the Conservative caucus today Ft. McMurray MLA Mike Allen now sits as a independent in the legislature after being arrested in Minnesota due to being caught in a prostitution sting. According to the Edmonton Journal he approached two undercover police officers and agreed to exchange money for sexual
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6248…The Golden Age Of TV Continues
Season debut of Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo tommorrow on TLC. Quality TV on your flat screen, smart phone or lap top. Tomorrow turned out to be as promised. Wunnerful. WFDS
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Hanging Out and Having a Laugh
Out in the Hood Photograph by David Alan Harvey The sidewalk outside a liquor store doubles as a front porch for two Harlemites. Rather than sit in stifling apartments, many residents hang out on the street, where they can catch up with friends or just take in the scene.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver Changes Colours-Green Mixed with Red Makes Brown
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Andrew Weaver is not wasting much time putting his oar in the water. As the only and BC’s first Green MLA he is under a lot of pressure. I wish him every success pushing both the Liberals and the NDP into greener pastures. Some of
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Fort McMurray MLA Mike Allen arrested in U.S. prostitution sting
TweetMike Allen is the second MLA to resign from the Progressive Conservative caucus since last year’s election. The Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA resigned today from the Tory caucus after he was arrested in a prostitution sting in St. Paul, Minnesota. The first-term MLA and former Wood Buffalo municipal councillor was in St.
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