Wiarton Willie, in Wiarton, Ontario, did not see his shadow this morning which means that there will be an early spring. The National Post also reports that Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam also did not see his shadow, another vote for early spring. In PA the news was not so good.
Continue readingSun News Network + Jason Kenney = frothy mixture
If you ever wanted to combine the worst of Conservatism – that frothy mixture of deceit, barely-veiled racism and amoral opportunism – look no further than the perfect marriage of the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism and Fox News North. Six federal bureaucrats were drafted to pose as new Canadians for a citizenship reaffirmation
Continue readingLeDaro: Fracking is frucking too dangerous
A revealing piece by Ed Shultz of MSNBC. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4177…Mitt Romney Sounds Like Tim Hudak
The man who would be President of the United States, heaven forbid, Mitt Romney, told Soledad O’Brien on CNN that “…he’s not concerned about the very poor…” Sounds a lot like what the Ontario Tories believe. I recall in the run up to the Oct ’11 election interviewing a Conservative
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Jury verdicts to be set aside rarely
Gutbir v. University Health Network, 2012 ONCA 66 is a sad case about medical negligence. As part of the decision the Court ruled on the standard to met setting aside a jury verdict: [5] It is well-established that a jury verdict may be set aside only if the verdict is "so plainly unreasonable
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Washington Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Great news for our friends in Washington, today! A bill legalizing same-sex marriage was passed by the state Senate this morning. The bill, which was voted in 28 to 21 against now heads to the House, where it is expected to pass.
Continue readingVic Danger – Third Eye. Toews doesn’t know ‘statistics’. But he sure knows fear.
Vic Toews doesn’t let reality get in the way of a good ideology (emphasis mine). “I don’t know if the statistics demonstrate that crime is down,” he said. “I’m focused on danger.” Toews said his concern is that the public is in danger as long as criminals walk the streets. The government’s crime .
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4176…Fab Is Back
As in Melo. WFDS
Continue reading"And yet, it moves"
“Eppur si muove,” Galileo is reputed to have grumbled sotto voce as he formally recanted his claim that the earth orbited the sun instead of the other way around. He was on trial for heresy: these days, in Harper’s Canada™, you merely get shushed by your bosses. And sometimes your
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC Licence Renewals Postponed Indefinitely as Criticism, Consultation Grows
The CRTC has received a letter from the CBC asking for hearings regarding their license renewal to be postponed, in large part due to the fact that the Corporation’s operating budget is open for discussion.
Continue readingAll About the Timing
The movie “Pink Ribbons“, which explores breast cancer fundraising by groups like Susan G Komen, is being released tomorrow. Komen’s decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood has been in the works for some time now; one top Komen official quit over it in December. As Dave suggests, the Komen
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Time to tune out Minister Moore
Columnist calls for Stephen Harper to remove Heritage Minister James Moore from his portfolio over comments related to the appropriateness of the CBC’s French affiliate showing foreign pornography on its website.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Competitive Carbon Footprint: GreenPocket
A German company had created a ‘game’ called GreenPocket that aims to make shrinking your carbon footprint competitive and fun. I’m quite curious how this will actually work, but I’m happy to see that the idea of making energy conservation entertaining is gaining steam. Based in Cologne, GreenPocket is a
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CTF cries foul on CBC link to ‘Friends’ By Kris Sims
FRIENDS disputes The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s claims that steering committee members are on the CBC’s payroll.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Weathermen For Republicans
Most people don’t trust their weather forecaster celebrities to be correct more than 50% of the time. I just made up that statistic, the same way many weathermen have done with comments about climate change during their forecasts. 2011 broke nearly every storm record there was to be broken, and
Continue readingFaux News North fakes it
Who’s the “state broadcaster” now? Unable to pull enough new Canadians away from their gainful employment to take a citizenship oath for a video clip, the folks at SunTV enlisted the help of their good friend Jason Kenney. Some hand-picked, suitably brown-skinned bureaucrats were duly sent over to the studios
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Federal cuts could push unemployment to 8%
Now that the government is planning for an $8 billion cut, the potential job losses could drive job losses to between 99,000 and 108,000 full time positions across Canada. At this much higher level, the federal government could be single-handedly responsible for pushing national unemployment from its current 7.5% to
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Raising The OAS Eligibility Age Would Raise Poverty in Old Age
Canadian Press have put out a story based on a research paper by Richard Shillington which was commissioned by HRSDC from Informetrica, and obtained by the CLC through an Access to Information request. Receiving OAS is required to makes seniors eligible for the GIS top up, which provides one in
Continue readingCanadian Country singer comes out in new video
A Canadian country singer Drake Jensen has come out. His latest video is in memory of Jamie Huberly and all the young people that have taken their lives as a result of bullying and homophobia. “As a child I always knew there was something different about me above and beyond
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase "political theatre"
I’m sure a lot of my fellow bloggers will be all over this story but I wanted my own copy to refer back to. I expect to get a lot of mileage out of this one. Federal bureaucrats pose as ‘new Canadians’ on Sun News Six federal bureaucrats were drafted
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