Yesterday, I received in my mailbox a tabloid sized, eight page newspaper printed on rather expensive paper. It purported to come from Robert Goguen, our Conservative MP. In fact, it was obviously put together for all Conservative MPs by a PR firm, then customized for each riding. The first page
Continue reading350 or bust: Canadian Oil Waste Blackens Detroit
* The Koch brothers are about their usual dirty business, this time in Detroit: WINDSOR, Ontario — Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline. Lately they’ve been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of petroleum coke covering an entire
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6037…Most Boring City In Canada: Ottawa
Your capital is number one!Yahoo! Canada News reports that the first annual Boring Awards were held in Toronto the other night and Ottawa received the award as the most boring city in your home and native land.I would post a complaint about this but I have to take my nap
Continue readingCalgary Grit: Cone of Silence
Rob Ford and Stephen Harper are about as different as two politicians can be, but the one thing they have in common is an uncanny ability to brush off scandals before they stick. Harper entered the 2011 election facing a “controversy of the day” – from Bev Oda’s orange juice,
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Harper Government Keeps Details Of $16.5M Oil Industry Ad Campaign Under Wraps
This week, under questioning from opposition MPs, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver confirmed that his department intends to spend up to 16.5 million dollars on advertising in the upcoming year. Further details on how this taxpayer-funded PR campaign for Canada’s natural resources will be run were lacking. Mike De Souza
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The Hot Nasties in NME!
I have arrived – about three decades after the fact. Check this out: “Penultimate song ’14′ saw a mass stage invasion, followed by Harry Violent rejoining the band on stage for a cover of The Hot Nasties’ ‘Invasion Of The Tribbles’, which concluded with all members of the group, except
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Internet As Lie Detector
Funny thing about the Internet, isn’t it? Almost everything that is uttered or printed by public officials cannot, happily, be rewritten à la Orwell’s Nineteen -Eighty-Four. But then again, the government depicted within the novel must have felt the need to guard against uprisings by the people and so relied
Continue readingLeDaro: Mike Duffy has his own barber
With Senate salary, travel claims and other perks he can afford his own barber.:)
Continue readingcartoon life: Living on the edge
How to learn to draw? Make a mark. Then make another one. Keep going. Yesterday’s post was a sketch from Impress. Here’s more. Popsicolor for savagery and simplification. Procreate for more precision and randomness. Pfloumpf cat. I love the vigourous, coarse, clumsy cartoon lines. Like a comic panel from some
Continue readingThe Wingnuterer: #RobFord and the Butt of all Crack Jokes
Long time no blog, I am not going to blow smoke or crack any jokes,…. ok maybe a few jokes. it has been a long time since I have blogged, but this whole Rob Ford/Crack story has me jonesing for fix so lets begin. 1) The background Unless you have
Continue readingThings Are Good: 3D Printing for Peace
3D printing got a lot of attention recently because an American organization found a way to print a handgun. A direct reaction to that has been to launch a contest to promote the true potential of 3D printing by having a contest which encourages people to create designs that better
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Broadbent Institute has released a new set of polling (PDF) as to Canadians’ values. And it’s particularly worth noting that even on the Cons’ signature issues such as tax cuts, austerity and crime – where millions upon millions of public dollars
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: It just doesn’t stop. #nlpoli
There’s a new anti-Conservative picture around town. This one is via Twitter (@openionated ). -srbp-
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Rob Ford rap sheet, and the conclusion
Forget about the conflict of interest allegations, and the slurs against minorities and gays. Forget about the appalling lapses in judgment, like passing out fridge magnets at Peter Worthington’s funeral yesterday. Forget about all of that. In researching my Sunday column, I marvelled at how much shit this bloody fool
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 23, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 23, 2013: REMINDER: Toronto Law Blogger Meetup: Thursday May 23, 2013, 7:00 p.m. at P.J. O’Brien’s Irish Pub, 39 Colborne Street, Toronto. Practicing Courage (Slaw) Law Society Awards 2013 Rob Ford fired as Don Bosco Eagles
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, featuring my suggestion to minimize the damage done by the Senate even if constitutional change isn’t on the table. The column was intended largely to respond to the camp whose every reaction to Senate issues is to declare there’s nothing we can do but put up with the status
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Falling EI Benefits Amid Rising Unemployment
Statistics Canada reported today that 5,200 fewer Canadians received Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in March, even though 6,800 more Canadians filed EI claims. The Labour Force Survey indicates that 42,100 more Canadians were unemployed in March. In other words, the federal government provided benefits to fewer workers despite a spike
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Michael Corleone In Ottawa
Stephen Harper says he knew nothing about Nigel’s Wright’s cheque to Mike Duffy. That’s probably true. But Harper’s plea of ignorance does not preclude his giving Wright instructions to make Duffy an offer he couldn’t refuse. Harper learned long ago that, like any good don, he had to insulate himself
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: FOIA Facts 4 – George Mason Takes The Money And Breaks The Rules
New Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) replies (1, 2, and 3) expose worse misbehavior at George Mason University. GMU badly mishandled simple plagiarism complaints, including one on a Federally-funded paper, retracted in May 2011, finally ruled as misconduct in 2012. Federal rules required notifications to several agencies earlier, but FOIA requests
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