It’s not often that malfunctions of a political mind are put so obviously on display. Well, expect for perhaps our dear friend, Hugh McFadyen. OK, we all know that on May 2nd, 2011 Stephen Harper got his majority government. In large part, Sir Stephen was given his coveted majority because farmers in Western Canada voted […]
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Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Arms Race Update – India Urged to Deploy ICBMs
The head of India’s Air Force is urging his country to build and deploy intercontinental ballistic missiles of up to 10,000 km. range. Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik says getting the ability to nuke distant lands is part of coming of age for an emerging…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: WikiLeaks: Assange Breaking Ground While Governments Break Laws
Assange points out that there were illegal attacks on WikiLeak’s technical infrastructure, especially since it’s a legal, media organization and not an illegal group as some extreme critics suggest. == Meanwhile, the Main Stream Media is picking “bloogers” for stories. “It’s not approved, not allowed, and it’s not awesome”. – artist and blooger Kal Barteski. […]
BigCityLib Strikes Back: Might Have been On Global Tonight
…interviewed this aft about a “needle” they found in a head of lettuce at a No-Frills close to my place. Don’t know if they mean a syringe or a knitting needle. They caught up with me in the parking-lot. I was wearing a black “The Cure” t…
Continue readingBuckdog: Monty Solberg Is, Was And Always Will Be, A Big Right Wing ‘Fraidy Cat’
I dunno .. just seems to me that comparing the New Democratic Party to axe murderers might be a bit over the top ……
Who’s Afraid of the NDP .. ME! – from the depths of a Right wing mind!
Continue readingAvanti popolo!
Italy’s embattled Silvio Berlusconi has just taken four more staggering body-blows, just a few days after he lost his personal stronghold of Milan. A nation-wide referendum has just shot down his quest for immunity from prosecution for various offences—he and…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Go Lizzy May!
Elizabeth May is the only MP in the HOC, and The Green Party the only party (by definition!) in favour of due diligence when it comes to legislatin’ crime laws. Also clever on the part of the Dippers, politically, but do they really want to stand for …
Continue readingSudbury Steve May: Creating a Culture of Conservation
Two important issues have been emerging over the past several decades which are going to inform the events of this century. The first has to do with the way in which greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes are warming our planet, and the ch…
Continue readingImpolitical: Setting a high tech government funded asset adrift
Here is an item today that may be an indicator of the ideological underpinnings of this government shining through.
See this post from Dwayne Winseck at the OpenMedia.ca site on the government’s decision to no longer fund Canada’s Advanced Research…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Offshore board recommends mediator or panel review for Old Harry drilling proposal
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board issued the following news release on Monday: “The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board
(C-NLOPB), in its role as Responsible Authority pursuant to the Canadian E…
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Tom Ridge Claimed "I’m Not a Lobbyist" on Colbert Report, But The Facts Prove Otherwise
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Tom Ridge, on the Thursday, June 9 edition of the Colbert Report, claimed he is “not a lobbyist.” A quick glance at his resume shows that nothing could be further from the …
Continue readingNDP’s Joe Comartin Falling For Typical Harpercon Strawman Politics: Hook, Line and Sinker
And if what Mr. Joe Comartin says about you is true, Mr. Irwin Cotler, you’re really no better. However, Mr. Comartin, did you have to ask him to accelerate it without debate or further examination? Do you really know what you’re doing? Apparently, even with a Harpercon majority, this is one of those . . . → Read More: NDP’s Joe Comartin Falling For Typical Harpercon Strawman Politics: Hook, Line and Sinker
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: A week in review
I’ve figured for quite some time that the goings-on in the House of Commons probably deserve plenty more focus than they receive – and have highlighted at least some of them on this blog. But with the combination of the NDP wave and a Question Period w…
Continue readingOn governance: (1) Principles
How should we govern ourselves? Since Locke’s Second Treatise, the presumption has been in favour of self-government — that is, each individual adult person has the natural right to govern his or her own life. Thus government by others is, when legiti…
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Going Green in Order to Grow Greenery: The Sweet Potato Experiment
Many, many years ago, my first house plants were sweet potatoes and avocado vines. They were cheap, and satisfied my hunger for greenery. Guess that wouldn’t work today!
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Edmonton christian LOGOS program – Yes Timmy, Homosexuals should burn in Hell.
Teaching religion in public schools as a serious “subject” is just wrong. Religious studies are acceptable, but this is not what this is. Would you want to subject your child to graded learning on how the tooth fairy or easter bunny makes their rounds? Some people do, and want to continue to do so on […]
CathiefromCanada: Well, duh!
Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say. A million here, a million there, pretty soon it adds up to some real money!
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Canada Hiding Its Carbon Emissions Growth Amidst Rapid Tar Sands Boom
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Each year, in advance of United Nations (U.N.) climate discussions, governments around the world submit an inventory of their carbon emissions. This year, Canada is taki…
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Johnny Canuck
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