Word is it will be a Canadian production. From Montreal Simon
Continue readingLeDaro: Sugar is toxic for you
Pretty well every food includes some sugar. What is left to eat??? 🙂 Source: CBS
Continue readingA New Progressive Narrative: What Could Be Part Of It, And What Should Not
In the last couple of years, various Canadian commentators have remarked on the new conservative narrative of Canada that Stephen Harper and the federal Conservatives have been creating. Much of this narrative centres around a new form of patriotism that emphasizes support for the military, the Canadian North, hockey and
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Wingnut alert!
REPLAY: First published Oct 22, 2010, this small piece, with minor updates, remains apropos. BC Liberals Keith “Fore!” Baldrey and Bill “That’s an old story” Good, with Mr. “I’ve Seen No Evidence” Palmer, said on Corus Radio that bloggers are anonymous “wingnuts” writing “things they don’t know.” I might be
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Conservative attacks on eco groups should give LPC an opportunity to reach out
A lot has been written about the attacks on environmental groups in the recent Conservative budget, most of it negative, such as this Globe and Mail editorial: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/budgets-new-rules-unfairly-target-environmental-groups/article2387590/ While the Conservatives are wasting your tax dollars to go after legitimate environmental groups (full disclosure: I am currently working part time
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4422…Cool April Fool’s 2012 Joke
JUPITER, Fla. — A lucky fan was about to win a truck, and Adam Wainwright thought it was pretty cool. Until the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher realized it was his white pickup being driven onto the field. Cardinals teammates Lance Berkman and Skip Schumaker pulled off an April Fools’ Day
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4421…Thirty Years Ago Today The Men With The
Really cool hats got their heads handed to them. The men with the really cool hats were the leaders of Argentina. The person that metaphorically handed them their hats was Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.The Atlantic reports that on this day “In 1982, Argentinian junta leader
Continue readingSudbury Steve May: What Does Thomas Mulcair’s Leadership of the NDP Mean for the Green Party of Canada?
I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to what Thomas Mulcair’s recent ascension to the position of Leader of the New Democratic Party (and to Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition) might mean for the Green Party of Canada. What I’ve concluded after considerable thought is that there are too many
Continue readingthe woodshed: Signs of spring
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Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: A fundamental lack of competence #nlpoli
One crowd can’t even successfully rig a process they set out to rig from the start. So now the Premier wants to have a debate she earlier rejected as unnecessary in a legislature she once called dysfunctional. Meanwhile, another crowd of politicians decides to frig off to Ottawa to support
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Kitchen table talk: food in the schools
Here’s a really great event taking place Wednesday evening, for those interested in food policy and promoting healthy eating in our schools. How do we create healthy school food environments for our kids? You are invited to participate in a kitchen table talk about Creating Healthy School Food Environments in
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4420…My Crush Got Arrested
Lisa Robin Kelly. She is semi famous and now looks soooo cracked out. She was Eric Forman’s sister on FOX’s That 70’s Show. Ridiculously hot and fired for being ridiculously high Ms. Kelly surfaced on my radar a few minutes ago. TMZ reports that “The former “That ’70s Show” actress…was
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Still Learning
It’s important to keep learning things. Whether those things are new routines or sub-routines, or new choreography, or reading new books, I don’t think it’s the *what* that matters. I think it’s the *doing* that matters. This is important. I … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: The Assault on Statistics Canada Continues
Soon we will live in a world where we lack an empirical basis for policy and political debate, leaving everyone even more free to invent their own facts. The Globe has a story today on the impact of the Budget. “Statistics Canada, the national statistics agency, informed its staff late
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4419…Fab Melo Going Pro
He’s seven feet tall and if the ex Syracuse centre can stay away from the buffet he should have a nice Eric Montrossesque NBA career. He says he hasn’t signed with an agent but my sources tell me that he has been hooked up since he was 12. Ever the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4418…Your Tax Dollars In Action
The Ottawa Citizen reports that an Ontario study “…conducted by researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Public Health Ontario, the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute — found that 60 per cent of deaths in Ontario can be linked to smoking, alcohol, poor diet, lack
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Who Is Chris Vander Doelen?
He’s some Conservative-oriented hack who works as a “columnist,” and I use that word lightly, at the Windsor Star. Here’s what he had to say two days ago on the two budgets – Ontario’s and Canada’s: The Ontario budget of Finance Minister Dwight Duncan went short term, abandoning good sense
Continue readingThe State Of The Rusted Out, Fools’ Gold Era…
. …Who’s Crazy Now? A couple of months ago, when the all three polling sub-categories (eg. LINO’s Down/Dippers Up/BCCons Way, Way Up) first made it readily apparent that the BC Liberal Party, at least as currently configured and branded, was doomed, we wrote the following: “What if the (Fed) Cons
Continue readingMy two cents on Calgary’s Peace Bridge
It’s finally done. Over budget and overdue, but it’s done. One of the most controversial pieces of infrastructure in Calgary’s history, the Peace Bridge, a pedestrian walkway over the Bow River, is finally open for traffic. I am a strong supporter of the compact city as a more efficient city,
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