Harper calls Liberals unprincipled
There are certain principles that an individual cannot break, no matter what the situation is. Principles like, I can never kill anyone unless its in self-defense or I will never…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats on the ledge.
New Blog about Ottawa
No blog posts since that incredible election (who says Canadian politics is boring!), but definitely hope to post more on how Harper is doing with his majority…. In the mean-time…
Reassessing Municipal By-laws and Practices: "Unsightly" May Be "Environmentally Friendly"
I received a registered letter in the mail today, from the City of Greater Sudbury. It wasn’t in fact a letter; it was a “Notice of Non-Conformity”, issued by a…
Canada Extends Libyan Mission, 293-1
Canada's House of Commons easily passed a motion today with nearly unanimous support from all officially recognized parties, plus some of those nice Bloc MPs, represented in the House to…
Decriminalizing prostitution won’t make it safer, Crown argues
http://bit.ly/meV37O Kirk Makin in the Globe does a good job setting out the case presented to the Court of Appeal today in the prostitution appeal. His article says: "Up to…
So this is how it’s going to be: CAW to be legislated back to work after one day on strike
After a single day of strike, labour minister Lisa Raitt has announced the government's plan to legislate CAW members at Air Canada back to work. Wow. Welcome to Stephen Harper's…
Legislating Air Canada back to work
http://bit.ly/j6noOh "The Harper government is threatening to legislate an end to the Air Canada strike if union negotiators and company management can't reach a deal." This is very odd indeed.…
While waiting for Harper to destroy the country…a bit about me
If you've only just stumbled upon this little corner of cyberspace, then you won't be aware of my political leanings. You see, like many who observe the political arena, I…
Beware the fury of a patient man
John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
The Fallacy of a United Left
Responding to Warren Kinsella, who waxes enthusiastic about a united left. The thing is, a united left will bleed support from its margins to the Conservatives. It would bleed those…
Johnny Boy Charest, Are You Insane??
I’m really convinced our premier has lost it. I’m seriously wondering if he’s on drugs. Sometimes I wonder if we have a need to do things so differently just for…
On governance (2): Parliament
This one's going to be a little disconnected. The overarching thread, as said yesterday, is figuring out how to adjust our governing institutions to suit the importance of the principle…
On The Road To Metropolis « All Fired Up In The Big Smoke
@cityslikr's pal Urban Sophisticat on the Six Sigma sickness currently afflicting our municipal leadership. Read it now. On The Road To Metropolis « All Fired Up In The Big Smoke…
Liking this article re: "democracy"…
so tired of the word "democrayc" being bandied about as if it was synonymous with freedom, ethics, fiat of the people. that's so misled. even athenians didn't believe that democracy…
Remembering Joy Division
Around the time I started wearing combat boots, putting safety pins through my ears as improvised earrings and became perpetually sullen, I first heard Joy Division’s Closer. It was amazing.…
America Shows Its Hand on Afghanistan
American negotiators are working out a deal that could allow US forces to remain in Afghanistan for decades. All this nonsense about an American withdrawal by 2014 was always just…
Time to Make Reading Lists for New Year!
This is the week when I do book discussions, and I've been working on reading lists for the season that will begin in September. Here's a preview:2011SeptemberSecret Daughter by Shilpi…
Making the Shift Towards a Culture of Conservation
I’m going to start off today’s blogpost in a similar manner to the way in which I began the last one, although I will be taking this post in a…