The legendary Cuban revolutionary leader, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, had Irish roots. Che’s grandmother, Ana Isabel Lynch, was the daughter of one Patrick Lynch who lived near Claregalway. Lynch is a well known Galway name. Che who was close to his grandmother, Isabel Lynch, had a keen interest in his Irish
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Major Test for the Auditor General Tomorrow
Tomorrow, one of two things will be reported by the Auditor General of Canada: that the minister is responsible for misleading Canadians about the procurement process of the F-35, or that the defence bureaucracy is responsible for misleading the minister about it. Only one of those things can be in
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Who wins if the Alberta Legislature’s fit to be tied?
Strange Bedfellows: Danielle Smith and Brian Mason imagined discussing voting strategy in the Legislature… Alberta politicians may not be exactly as illustrated … or as weird as reality! If you think the Alberta election campaign has been exciting up to now, just wait. Any minute now, someone’s going to start
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Why aren’t heterosexual couples from Alberta good enough for the Wildrose Party?
Happy heterosexual families from Alberta: May not be exactly as illustrated (see below). Just the other day, Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith was assailing Premier Redford for not loving Alberta sufficiently, you know, ’cause she wants to change it.So if the Wildrosers love Alberta so much, how come they used
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: True Grit: Why a meaningless boxing match just might mean everything
Voters are a fickle, shallow bunch sometimes. The least little thing can put them off. Nixon’s sweaty lip during his televised debate with Kennedy. Stephane Dion’s sad sack shrug. Stockwell Day’s jet ski ride to political oblivion. Political history is littered with the corpses of promising careers brought low by
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: True Grit: Why a meaningless boxing match just might mean everything
Voters are a fickle, shallow bunch sometimes. The least little thing can put them off. Nixon’s sweaty lip during his televised debate with Kennedy. Stephane Dion’s sad sack shrug. Stockwell Day’s jet ski ride to political oblivion. Political history is littered with the corpses of promising careers brought low by
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: True Grit: Why a meaningless boxing match just might mean everything
Voters are a fickle, shallow bunch sometimes. The least little thing can put them off. Nixon’s sweaty lip during his televised debate with Kennedy. Stephane Dion’s sad sack shrug. Stockwell Day’s jet ski ride to political oblivion.Political history is …
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: There but for the grace of God…
Emergency Blues analyzes the tragic, needless death of Anna Brown who died of in a St. Louis jail of a blood clot because doctors, nurses and police officers wouldn’t believe she was sick: I will let the public in on a little secret. We all do it. Each and every
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: danielle smith is ‘out-ralphing’ alison redford.
Recycled 'Ralph Bucks' could become 'Danielle Dollars'. Eight years after the last round of provincial rebate cheques, popularly known as ‘Ralph Bucks‘, were mailed to Albertans care of Premier Ralph Klein, Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith is proposing a similar ‘energy dividend.’ While ‘Ralph Bucks‘ were popular among most Albertans
Continue readingMama Mia, Half-A-Cuppa..
TheBlogsTheyMustBeCrazy Long(time)WavingVille Yesterday, tongue-stuck firmly in cheek, I wrote a post-script (to this offering) that some may have construed as a quasi-suggestion that two of my favourite commentators on all sorts of things, mostly because I see them both as honest brokers, have been stealing my HR Puf’nStuf. In reality,
Continue readingImpolitical: Late night
Pro-penny elimination video: Study that says consumers will be bitten: A 2001 economic analysis by Penn State’s Raymond Lombra found that a post-penny economy—in which we round to the nearest nickel—would probably hurt the poor disproportionately. In theory, rounding would balance itself out over time—with some transactions rounding up and
Continue readingCanadian Trends: #Budget2012 Analysis – Part 4 – Supporting Jobs and Growth – Supporting Entrepreneurs, Innovators and World-Class Research
We’ll now cover section 3.1 of the budget. The highlights are as follows: Creating Value-Added Jobs Through Innovation $400 million to help increase private sector investments in early-stage risk capital, and to support the creation of large-scale venture capital funds led by the private sector. $100 million to the Business Development Bank of Canada
Continue readingHubris leads to incompetence: the Rowe & Krugman edition
Well a strange lull has fallen on the battle field this evening as the respective sides dig in and at least one side licks its wounds. To keep reading click here Filed under: Canadian Politics
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics, April 2nd
Welcome to April! We’ve got an exciting show lined up. At 8:30, we’ll speak with Ian Lee about a recent move by Canada’s yogurt cartel to stop a competitor from setting up shop. We’ll also touch on some of the following: Say goodbye to the penny, the notion that you
Continue readingHubris leads to incompetence: the Rowe & Krugman edition
Well a strange lull has fallen on the battle field this evening as the respective sides dig in and at least one side licks its wounds. To keep reading click here Filed under: Canadian Politics
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Fasten your seat belts, here comes the abortion debate…
In just under three and a half years I have written or touched on the topic of abortion 21 times. In fact the most often read post on this blog is “Abortion in Canada Legal – Right Up Until Time of Birth“. Well, here goes number 22. Canada is about to
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Suicide and teenage females
It appears that the suicide rate of teenage females has risen by over 50% since 1980. This is especially striking as the rate for teenage males has dropped by about 40%. While the total numbers are still fairly low the increasing rate among females is suggestive of a broader societal
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