One thing that seems to upset people in my peer group and in Ottawa specifically, is the fact that when police get busted for something, something [in this town it is usually bouncing a feller’s head off of the nearest hard object] they are suspended with pay.Me, I have no
Continue readingLeDaro: Fundamentals of procreation
What is in a man’s brain structure and wiring that when he see a beautiful woman he goes gaga. Same goes for a woman seeing a handsome man. One thing is for sure, it makes procreation possible. Obama and Sarkozy (former president of France) going gaga on a lady’s butts.
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6186…JT’s Liberals Breaking Thru In Alberta
Among other places. A piece I grabbed off of the Laurier Institute For The Study Of Popular Opinion And Study [note to the domos at LIFTSOFPAS: you may want to tighten up the name] states that the federal Libs are poised to break thru including Alberta. A seat projection based
Continue reading350 or bust: President Obama Takes First Step On Path To Climate Sanity
As President Obama unveiled his plan of action to address climate change earlier this week, my husband and I were part of a group of 370 citizen lobbyists from across the U.S. and Canada who fanned out over Capitol Hill to make the case for the market-based approach of a
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Corporate money preventing all-out campaign to stop global warming
Highly-regarded former Toronto Mayor David Miller says he is “very excited” about becoming the new President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund-Canada in September. “They’ve made such a difference,” Miller told The Toronto Star, “and to be part of an organization that knows how to make real change is
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: Corporate money preventing all-out campaign to stop global warming
Highly-regarded former Toronto Mayor David Miller says he is “very excited” about becoming the new President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund-Canada in September. “They’ve made such a difference,” Miller told The Toronto Star, “and to be part of an organization that knows how to make real change is
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Video: Fracking, LNG Plans Deserve Same Scrutiny as Enbridge
Damien Gillis ties together a number of historical and current BC issues in this talk at the Village of Gitanmaax (Hazelton) in Gitxsan Territory on May 18. From the province’s colonial, resource-driven past to present-day plans for fracking, Liquefied Natural Gas, Site C Dam and Tar Sands pipelines and tankers,
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Fracking, LNG Plans Deserve Same Scrutiny as Enbridge
Damien Gillis ties together a number of historical and current BC issues in this talk at the Village of Gitanmaax (Hazelton) in Gitxsan Territory on May 18. From the province’s colonial, resource-driven past to present-day plans for fracking, Liquefied Natural Gas, Site C Dam and Tar Sands pipelines and tankers,
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: June 27: "Clouds can be a sign of rain: prof"
That’s so true. I’m a prof so, of course, I speak as an expert (just like prof Savoie) when I say clouds can be a sign of rain. Curiously, the Moncton Times and Transcript has never asked me about it. So I suppose we’ll never see the front page headline that
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Harper Explores Geo-Engineering to Arrest Global Warming
The Harper cabinet has been meeting to explore options for geo-engineering our way out of climate change.On June 5, 2012, then–Environment Canada deputy minister Paul Boothe convened a meeting to discuss geoengineering, according to documents posted online by Mike de Souza, a Postmedia national political reporter. Geoengineering, which has been
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Whipped-Sean Holman on ‘Party Discipline’ CBC the Current
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Friday morning, 8:30AM June 28th, Rick MacGinnes-Rae, hosting CBC’s ‘the Current’, will peer into the secret world of party discipline. His guest will be Sean Holman. a former ‘Public Eye Online’ blogger, talk show host, columnist and the force behind his latest project ‘Whipped! This will be most
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: NDP, Liberals – Your Summer Project
Thanks to Senator Hugh Segal, the opposition parties have a wonderful opportunity to do something useful over the summer recess – they can rally to the defence of Canadian labour and every working man and woman in the country. Segal has reportedly infuriated the Harper regime by introducing an amendment
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Now, Alberta, About That Pesky Carbon Bubble
Alberta is facing three immediate and potentially lasting problems – the prospects of frequent, severe floods; the likelihood of extended periods of severe drought; and the Carbon Bubble that hangs over the provincial economy like a Sword of Damocles. By some accounts, the Carbon Bubble dilemma worsened yesterday with president
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Mystery Station: for train lovers
Filed under: Fun Tagged: Bessarion, TTC charms
Continue readingThings Are Good: How to Get Out From the Invasive PRISM Surveillance Program
Thanks to the brave efforts from Edward Snowden we are now aware of something long suspected: that the USA (and many other nations including Canada) are reading our communications. The program is called PRISM and it monitors your communication. Basically, if you connect to the internet or use a mobile
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On key decisions
I’ll generally concur with Paul Wells’ take on Barack Obama’s reference to Keystone XL yesterday. But it’s worth taking a slightly closer look at both the broad issue framed by Obama, and the Cons’ narrow means of avoiding it. The point of greatest significance in Obama’s speech was indeed the
Continue readingTrashy's World: Cletus, Jethro, Beula and Slim…
… would all be great names for the yet-to-be-born latest British royal anachronism! I listened with disgust this morning as some zombie from the monarchist league of Canada (yes, they’re still around and huffing and puffing their “I love da Queen!” royal crap) was being interviewed on Ottawa morning. He
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Conservatives vs. Conservatives – Anti-union bill gets gutted in Canadian Senate
When the Federal Tories took “progressive” out of their title after merging with the Reform Party, it was inevitable that the radical right wing ideology of the Reformers would come into conflict with the more pragmatic former Progressive Conservatives. This … Continue reading →
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Canadian Labour Congress calls out Jim Flaherty for stalling on his promise to work on boosting the Canada Pension Plan. Meanwhile, in attempting to keep profits flowing to the financial sector, several Fraser Institute drones find that increased CPP contributions…substantially increase
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on some of the next steps Saskatchewan should consider along the path toward the preservation of human rights – including adding “social condition” as a prohibited ground of discrimination, and making private-sector actors accountable for breaches of fundamental freedoms. For further reading…– Leading cases on the “social condition” ground
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