Lawrence Martin writes that the cracks are spreading at Fortress Harper. First it was those ornery backbenchers who refused to shut up. Then one of them, Brent Rathgeber, resigned. And, last week, sixteen Conservative senators joined with their Liberal colleagues to gut a Harper supported private member’s bill which would
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: SFH at the movies
Hollywood, here we come! SFH’s tuneful genius is to be found in Julie Pacino’s (yes, daughter of) latest flick, Billy Bates. It’s being released in the Fall in LA and NYC. The Kardashians have asked us to take them down the red carpet at the star-studded premiere, but we said
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sun Media Shuts Down Three More
The Lac du Bonnet Leader, The Beausejour Review, and The Meadow Lake Progress. The market cannot support and yada yada yada. Its always that. Its never: “We up here in management couldn’t find our ass with both hands”.
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Guest Post: How A Battle With Cancer Made Us Stronger
Cameron Von St. James is a husband, father and caregiver. In this guest post, Cameron shares his family story of caring for his wife Heather through her cancer diagnosis and treatment. Thank you, Cameron and here’s to all the husbands, fathers and sons giving care today. How a battle with
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Did his nose just grow… again? #nlpoli
According to Nalcor boss Ed Martin, the absence of a mere $15 million of old-fashioned 2D seismic was an obstacle to multi-billion dollar global corporations doing business offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. “The strategic investments we are making in our geoscience program in offshore Newfoundland and Labrador is laying the foundation,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Commander Harper and the Guns of June
Well he's been acting a little strangely lately. The stress of watching the flood waters AND the opposition advancing, has clearly driven him over the edge.He's been dressing up in a military uniform and pretending to be Great Commander Leader.But while his pathetic phony photo-ops are hilarious, this is the absolute limit. Read more »
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Union Bill Debacle Shows Why The Senate Should Not Be Elected
I’m intrigued by the battle lines drawn over the Senate’s recent decision to reject a terrible and churlish piece of legislation which would attempt to impose an improper and hypocritical set of financial disclosure regulations onto unions — only unions — that don’t apply to charities, corporations, political parties, or even
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Ashley Wallbridge – Vision
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: No Vancouver Sun, BC residents are NOT split on twinning the Kinder Morgan pipeline
Whenever I see a headline in a newspaper describing a poll, I take it with a grain of tar. For example, a recent Mustel poll about support for twinning the Kinder Morgan pipeline showed that 46.2 oppose the pipeline while 44.4 support it. Close, eh? But here’s the real story:
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6193…Argonauts Be Clever
That would be the Grey Cup Champion Toronto Argonauts. Their mascot’s name is Jason. That rings a bell, eh? WFDS
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Morton’s Musings 2013-06-28 20:32:00
Some can gaze and not be sick, But I could never learn the trick. There’s this to say for blood and breath, They give a man a taste for death. –A.E. Housman
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night blues blogging
According to Janiva Magness, this is a true story: The Devil is an Angel Too. This is the second piece I’ve posted from this session, whatever it is. There doesn’t seem to be a very big crowd but it certainly looks like the musicians are enjoying themselves. We go all
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: A Little Uke on the Side
About 20 kilometres from home, while mentally playing the piece I had practiced all week, I asked myself if I had remembered to pack my tuner. I remembered taking it off the ukulele and placing it in my luggage. I … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6191…Guns, Guns, Guns
As every news source in Canada reported the RCMP went a little Stasi in High River, Alberta today grabbing private people’s legal private guns. When our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, heard about it he told them to bring the guns right back. They said they would. Soon. What I
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s…Another Capitalist Superhero
We are currently witnessing a new golden age of the superhero genre. Since the early 2000s Hollywood has produced over fifty high-profile superhero films that have generated billions at the box office and have been embraced by a new generation of comics fans. But as I suggested last summer in
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s…Another Capitalist Superhero
We are currently witnessing a new golden age of the superhero genre. Since the early 2000s Hollywood has produced over fifty high-profile superhero films that have generated billions at the box office and have been embraced by a new generation of comics fans. But as I suggested last summer in
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz Relies on Dubious Coal Tech for Obama Climate Strategy
The key takeaway from President Obama’s major climate change announcement this week was his intent to batten down on coal. But if history is any indication, the man Mr. Obama selected to run the Department of Energy may have different plans. Ernest J. Moniz has a long history of supporting
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: For Those Who Don’t Mind Gov’t Surveillance Because They Have Nothing To Hide
You might want to take a moment to read Rick Salutin’s thoughts on the implications of living in a country where environmentalists and others who oppose the government’s corporate agenda are regarded as terrorists. As well, this Canadian Dimension piece might also give you pause. Recommend this Post
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: New cell phone rules a welcome step – but more work needs to be done!
Industry Canada has created new cell phone rules in response to 56,000+ Canadians who took part in OpenMedia.ca’s Demand Choice campaign. The new rules will help stop Big Telecom from gobbling up resources that affordable indie cell phone companies need to deliver us services. This only happened because you spoke
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