Statistics Canada reported today, “Manufacturing sales fell 2.4% in April to $48.2 billion — the fourth decline in five months and the largest monthly percentage drop since August 2009.” That gets the second quarter off to a bad start. Strong economic growth in the first quarter of this year (January,
Continue readingRedBedHead: The Fall Of The House Of Ford
Taking a moment to pray for peace You gotta admit that it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Rob Ford is a bully and a hypocrite – quick to condemn the perceived weakness of others, to pounce on the supposed privileges of unionized workers or the effete absurdity of riding
Continue readingRedBedHead: The Fall Of The House Of Ford
Taking a moment to pray for peace You gotta admit that it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Rob Ford is a bully and a hypocrite – quick to condemn the perceived weakness of others, to pounce on the supposed privileges of unionized workers or the effete absurdity of riding
Continue readingRedBedHead: The Fall Of The House Of Ford
Taking a moment to pray for peace
You gotta admit that it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Rob Ford is a bully and a hypocrite – quick to condemn the perceived weakness of others, to pounce on the supposed privileges of unionized workers or the effet…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Well, Ladies, He’s Back on the Market
Get him while he’s hot – or at least still warm. 82-year old media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, has filed for divorce from his wife of 14-years, Wendi Deng. Murdoch, who is a sprightly 38-years Deng’s senior, cited “irreconcilable differences” as his grounds for divorce. What that means to a guy
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: What’s Bugging The Great Lakes?
GLEAM, the Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and Mapping Project, has a series of interactive maps of Great Lake Stressors. I’ve included a couple related to Global Warming: Water Level Change Water Temperature Warming Decreased Ice Cover As you can see, T.O. and surrounding gets off pretty easy in regards to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Michael Harris tears into the Harper Cons for their compulsive dishonesty: Everything in the Westminster model under which we are supposed to operate depends on information, debate and verification — all of which are missing in ‘Harperland’, to use Lawrence Martin’s ringing coinage.
Continue readingcartoon life: The queen of our house. Red #2.
Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, furball, matted lump of fur, queen, red, tuxedo
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, June 14, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 14, 2013: Soccer turban dispute affecting players of all ages Failure to pay annual bonus may be constructive dismissal in BC Biotech industry says Supreme Court’s gene ruling hurts innovation Ford scandal deepens with Toronto raids
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: "I Take Full Responsibility"
There, Pam Wallin said it, and like all politicians who trot out what has become but a tired platitude, she would now like all of us to tune in to another channel. (How about we devote ourselves to really serious matters, like that dastardly Mulcair showing such flagrant contempt for
Continue readingwmtc: healthy slow-cooker recipe of the week: vegetarian chili
This has turned out to be one of our favourite slow-cooker meals. It’s delicious, incredibly easy to make, super healthy, and inexpensive. Adapted from nowhere: it’s my own. Canned beans, properly rinsed and drained, have the same nutritional value as dried beans. They’re much easier to use and work well
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Sneaky Steve
You have to admit, the phrase has possibilities, partly because of its alliterative panache. But, Michael Harris writes, the real strength of the phrase comes from its accuracy: Sneaky politicians are a plague on democracy — the dark avenue to something sinister. The prime minister of Canada is the Wayne
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – “Only” by NIN
This space usually hosts a classical selection of music that I find appealing in one way another. But the genesis of today’s video lies in the dark sorcery better known as the CD wallet the resides i my car. As I was driving to my voice lesson I was perturbed,
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: The ultimate Venn Diagram
Naturally, Steve Miller sits at the very center of this one. The only issue that I have with it is that Miller’s identities are all self-identified, while the others don’t seem to be. Now we just need to wait for … Continue reading →
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Korean war veteran, 87, dodges mandatory 3-year prison sentence; but what if he was Black and 23?
The result here is the right one (although to my mind the charges should not have been laid). But the problem is the result came because a Crown exercised an unregulated and non-transparent discretion. Crowns generally act responsibly but as my title suggests, what if all the facts were the
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Heartland Institute/CAS Story Makes UK Guardian
And the story links back to me, so you know its got cred.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Ministerial Whimsy #nlpoli
Ever wonder why the provincial government passes laws and then never puts them into force? Like the Sustainable Development Act that the Conservatives pushed through the House in 2007 and then abandoned. Or the Court Security Act they passed in 2004, ignored for six years, then brought back with a
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6139…May Be It Coz He Sucks
Much chatter and hand wringing among the latte sippers and hipsters here Our Home And Native Land about the apparent failure of their beloved George Stroumboulopoulos’ new self titled show in America.The Huffington Post reports that the show, Stroumboulopoulos, sh*t the bed when it debuted last week on CNN. Big
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Scandalous Cons
Well there there they were today, driving through the streets of London, England, in the getaway limo.John Baird and Stephen Harper doing their best to try to escape the Senate scandal.But sadly for them the stench followed them everywhere, even into the British Parliament. Read more »
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Is massive Alberta Health Services entity about to be re-reorganized, re-regionalized?
Paralytic chaos as it affects Alberta Health Services. Actual gargantuan provincial health care agencies may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: AHS “Official Administrator” Janet Davidson, Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne, former Calgary Health region boss Jack Davis. Is it possible to be chaotic and paralyzed at the same time?
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