Sometimes, we just have to share. No lead in really necessary: That’s right ladies. Fugitive Craig Cobb is single and ready to mingle. And, if you aren’t ready for a commitment, Craig appears ready to rent love for a while. We can only assume that he upgraded to a three
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The Annals of Politics in St. Albert: Hold Page 1! Big city newspaper mocks local Conservative MP!
Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgaber wonders why Rick Mercer got the job, or something. Alberta politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Brent Rathgeber as he really appears; Globe founder George Brown. St. ALBERT, Alberta There’s an old saying in politics that goes, “it doesn’t matter what they say
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Smashy smashy
As disappointed as I was to find out that some of the leading G20 protest leaders I had defended for the last year actually did endorse the juvenile and pointless Black Bloc “smashy smashy” that undermined the credibility of the whole G20 protest movement, I still can also understand why
Continue readingLawrence Martin on Harper’s proto-fascism | #cdnpoli
Under this PM, the state is everywhere – The Globe and Mail: ‘via Blog this’ It doesn’t make up for the fact that it still publishes Wente, but every now and then the Globe manages to do something worthwhile. My only quibble with Martin, other than that he still hasn’t
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Emphasizing neutrality with respect to the progressive/regressive spectrum
Deficit neutral bills are a stalwart tool of the savvy politician. They allow for the sidestepping of the often raucous and partisan debates about the size of government and the size of deficits. With deficit neutral bills, there is a sense to which the policy can be considered on its
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Congress in Action!
While the U.S. economy is verging on the brink of another recession, unemployment is mired at 9% (the actual rate being much higher), multiple wars are still being waged around the world costing billions of dollars per day, and with a national debt of $14 trillion looming ever more forebodingly
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Snoozing, slothful syndicate of political poodles…
At the Rafe Mair birthday celebration last week, we got to hear Rafe tell an anecdote about writing for Ryerson School of Journalism a piece that celebrated free speech, one Ryerson refused to publish. I suspect Rafe got more than a few requests to write the story for the website
Continue readingHarvey O’s Prescription For Revitalizing Occupy Vancouver…
InvolvingAll99 PercentVille …Is a pretty darn good one: “…Revive the protest outside the Vancouver Art Gallery … which IS front and center …in the city, where the action will draw the most attention. BUT do it only one day a week …. say every Friday. That’s every Friday, all year
Continue readingcmkl: Attawapiskat: don’t much care who’s to blame, I would like to see it fixed
An odd choice of headline on Heather Scoffield’s item today about the housing crisis in Attawapiskat. And it’s particularly odd because Scoffield doesn’t actually get to the issue that the editor saw as headline worthy until paragraph 24, two from the end.
Continue readingMind of Dan: The Debunking Handbook
Debunking myths and falsehoods is not always as straight forward as it might seem. Thankfully John Cook and Stephan Lewandowsky have produced a Debunking Handbook that is straight forward. Related posts (randomly generated) UK Woman Charged As Terrorist For Computer Files Quote of the day Climate change: A guide for
Continue readingA Blog By James Curran: Bob Rae Then and Now
What a turd this guy is turning out to be. Here’s what Bob said then: “This is a job that needs to be done now … this is just my chance to serve,” Mr. Rae said. “I think there will be a broader chance for renewal in the search for
Continue readingPaper Dynamite Online: On Primaries: Liberals Have A Weight(ed) Problem
Even if you don’t support the National Board’s proposal for phased open primaries, the current leadership selection process will likely have to be changed.According to the current rules for selecting the next leader of the Liberal Party, each riding is to be weighted equally. Regardless of the number of members
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Liberal MLA’s search for the BC Rail story
Premier Photo-Op assigned her minions to look for clues in the BC Rail case. Drawing from DFO resource: SALMONIDS IN THE CLASSROOM: PRIMARY Don’t miss Bill Tieleman at The Tyee, Railgate? Asked and Answered, Says Clark A great reader comment at the Tieleman article linked above, from ‘metacomet’ By Audit
Continue readingwmtc: soliciting quebec travel information
Last time I asked for Canadian travel advice was 2008 – too long ago! That ended up as 16 days exploring Newfoundland. This trip is more modest, but I am very excited. We haven’t had a good holiday in so long. In 2007, we spent our 20th anniversary at the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: No decision yet on telecom spectrum rules and foreign ownership by Steven Chase and Rita Trichur
Columnist says Industry Minister Christian Paradis offered Canada’s telecom industry some guffaws but no clarity as to how Ottawa plans to loosen foreign investment rules in the sector.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Pro-CBC group goes to the mat against potential Tory cuts by Kim Mackrael
FRIENDS says that nobody can watch what’s going on on Parliament Hill without realizing there’s a threat to public broadcasting.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Release of CBC salary information Mansbridge’s prerogative: Moore
Columnist says the Broadcasting Act makes clear that there is nothing to compel the CBC to publicize the salaries of its employees.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Ottawa can’t compel CBC to disclose Mansbridge’s salary, minister says
James Moore says it’s up to CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge to tell Canadians his salary, but legislation prevents the government from doing so itself.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Heritage Minister talks CBC, Mansbridge salary by Susan Delacourt
James Moores says FRIENDS does a disservice to both the CBC and to everyday taxpayers with the way they approach the conversation of CBC funding.
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