AndTheCircleGoesRound AndRoundVille Came out of the woods by the daycares this morning. As I waited to cross the street while the German SUV’s dropped off the highschool kids who live 600 yards away I noticed one of the young guys I work with. He was carrying his little girl, a
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On standards of disproof
In keeping with my own admonition, I won’t spend too much time amplifying the messages the Cons want to send in attacking NDP leader Thomas Mulcair. But I do think it’s worth pointing out how the main theme could prove to be self-defeating. One of the points which worked well
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Back to Short Stories: The Dubliners Is the Best
Now that the NDP convention is over and the manuscript for River Music has been delivered, I’m back working on the collection of short stories I got a grant to write last summer. Some of what I have so far is all right, but in order to hoone my critical
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Seismic Activity Reported In Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England
In one of the best examples of doublespeak I have encountered in a long time, Ontario Finance Minister had this to say about wage freezes and bargaining rights yesterday: “Bargaining in good faith is not only the right choice to make, the Supreme Court of Canada requires it,” the finance
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: March 28: less and less about less and less….
In recent weeks, The Moncton Times and Transcript has become noticeably worse, even by Irving press standards. It is coming close to having no news whatever. The reasons are surely obvious. The major issue in New Brunswick is shale gas exploration. The TandT, despite promises of intense coverage and information-gathering
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: The Current Account Deficit
The National Bank have published a very useful and interesting report on the current account deficit, which is now running at about 3% of GDP. They argue that the deficit – largely driven by a huge fall in our manufacturing and wider goods trade balance – has now become structural,
Continue readingBuckdog: Brad Wall’s Closed Mind Closes Door On Sask Film Industry And Drives Hundreds Of Jobs Out Of The Province
“The puzzling thing about Brad Wall’s decision to cut the film tax credit (albeit, after a three month extension to July 1) is the unusual stridency we’re hearing from the Saskatchewan premier. After all, this is a premier who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from policy positions
Continue readingcartoon life: Ocean view #7
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Alberta Votes Day 3: Time to bring back Ed?
In retrospect, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea for Alison Redford to call the election after a month of wall-to-wall scandal and controversy. Two more polls have been released today – let’s start with the bad news for Alison Redford. Leger Marketing confirms the statistical tie we saw in
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta election 2012: an early wildrose wave.
Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith and her candidates across Alberta will be cheering this morning when they see the results of a Forum Research poll showing their party with 41% support province-wide. Another poll, released by Leger Marketing this morning, shows the Wildrose Party with 34%, closely trailing Premier Alison Redford‘s Progressive Conservatives,
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Austerity: The High Cost of Tax Cuts
Austerity is a most vile concept, particularly when you think of just how rich Canada is.
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, March 28, 2012: Unlawful arrest for video recording of Boston police nets attorney $170,000 settlement Toronto doctor can’t be faulted for making profit from forms, disciplinary hearing told – Toronto Star Tax-evading Windsor lawyer loses licence Man
Continue readingThings Are Good: Bus 52: Travelling Good News
Bus 52 is a bout telling people the good news that’s out there across the USA. They are trying to give hope to the youth of today by celebrating how people can make a large difference in their community by focusing on doing good work. Bus 52 is made up
Continue readingLeDaro: Harper to scientist: “Shut your mouth up”
It is a very sad state of affairs. Only one who needs to be muzzled is moron Harper. He is doing too much damage to Canada and our reputation internationally. Read the story here .
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Wizard Of Austerity
Like Dorothy and her companions, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives and Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals are skipping down that yellow brick road, hoping that the Wizard of Austerity will take them back to the good old days. The Canadian Press reports this morning that Jim Flaherty will take $7 billion dollars out of
Continue readingYou Want The Real Dope On Van Dongen’s Bounce Off The Ropes?
AllTheRealAnalysisThatFits SlivervilleTimesVille …Go Read Mr. Beer N’ Hockey. Honestly. His screed starts like this: I live way the f*ck out here with John Van Dongen. He could be my MLA for all I know… …Van Dongen, as everybody who lives in my once heavily treed province knows, jumped from one
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Obert Madondo’s Crime Bill C-10 Hunger Strike: Open Letter to Parliament of Canada
I delivered the letter yesterday afternoon. They wouldn’t let me hand in the letter in person. Said to sent it by mail. My MP, Paul Dewar (NDP, Ottawa Centre), saved the day. He delivered the letter on my behalf. The … Continue reading →
Continue readingTrashy's World: Gettin’ outta Dodge…
… while the gettin’ is good… Trashy’s World will be going back to travel mode for the next week as I’m off to Paris later today. I’ll post pics and snippets when I get a chance to do so. Yeah, I’ll be missing the BUDGET FROM HELL!!! And that’s a
Continue readingFar and Wide: New Liblogs
The new Liblogs site is up and running. I’ve been brought on board as an admin, along with Nancy Leblanc. David Graham remains as an admin, and Adam Miron( former president of the Young Liberals and currently involved with iPolitics and the Wellington Street Post) now owns the site. You’ll
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: One Piece At a Time
… and it didn’t cost me a dime. – Johnny Cash I went to the latest Design Regina public forum Tuesday night, at Artesian on 13th Ave. That building is quite impressive inside, including a clever use of bathroom space downstairs. Check it out sometime. Anyway, at the meeting the
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