My guess is that Rex Murphy and Terry Milewski don’t agree very often, but they were both right about the [il]legitimacy of the Conservative Harper Government, nine months ago. Rex only slips in thinking Elections Canada had a “steely gaze”. Oops. Lots of oopses. Can we now see why Stephen Harper and Dean Del Mastro […]
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Liar, Liar, Head’s On Fire
There’s an excellent animation of this sad situation regarding toxic fire retardants, in the video called “Story of Stuff”, which also explores the messed-up nature of our whole global economic system. It’s one of the decade’s must-watch videos. We don’t want our heads to catch fire while we are sleeping, so our pillows have toxic […]
LeDaro: CBC’s Peter Mansbridge sings Gangnam Style
Peter Mansbridge busted out his best dance moves in a parody video of the South Korean pop song Gangnam Style, alongside members of the Ontario-based Stratford Shakespeare Festival.UN chief Ban Ki-moon did not want to left behind.
Continue readingNorthern Insight: "All bets are off"… or not
It’s been a while since I complained about CBC pundit Stephen Smart but his 5pm news report today was egregious. He suggested the current Angus Reid poll indicates an important shift that gives new hope to BC Liberals. The claim was misleading and not …
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Expense account outrages? Only in government, you say? Puleeze!
Executives of Covenant Health enjoy a bottle of 2001 Il Piggione over lunch at Edmonton’s Characters Restaurant. Catholic health care executives may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Liberalbertaliberal Leader Raj Sherman. Alberta’s health care gong show continued to wheeze along yesterday with another revelation by the CBC that a couple of senior execs at …
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: CBC Porn? #CBCporn
Sun News has a reputation for not being very accurate, in an attempt to excite their right wing base. They also employ professional liars. One story told by SUN involves CBC broadcasting porn, which isn’t what they do, obviously. This exaggeration was repeated by a CPC candidate in #YYCcentre on Saturday night, and prompted her […]
Canadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: U.S. comedian Stephen Colbert “in the crosshairs of the Canadian press”
Once again, American comedian Stephen Colbert is playing victim and anti-Canada provocateur. This time he drags Canada, Canadians, the CBC, Winnipeg and Windsor into his attack routine. Watch:
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: The Harper Conservatives must really hate Canadian military…
The Harper Conservatives must really hate Canadian military veterans.
The HarperCons seem to prefer that our armed forces members either die in action or commit suicide due to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder than live to require healthcare and other b…
The CBC—a very good deal
The Friends of Canadian Broadcasting recently sent me an email summarizing a few pertinent facts about the CBC, our national broadcaster and the only national medium not owned and controlled by the corporate sector. Some of these facts I would like to share. For instance, we sometimes forget in these
Continue readingTrashy's World: Dirty hotel rooms…
… are everywhere!!! CBC’s Marketplace released some findings of a health study done on a variety of low and high-end hotel rooms across Canada. Warriner (the researcher) tested common “hot spots” in hotel rooms using an adenosin…
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Final Round of Voting for Best Canadian Political Blog
Alright. Look, guys, I’ve been good this year. I’ve blogged regularly, I’ve been keen on the recent debates, I’ve gotten on Don Martin’s Power Play, landed myself on CBC, and pulled in tonnes of people into provincial and federal politics. I’m a talented blogger and an increasingly capable political type. I
Continue readingcartoon life: There will be other rainbows to overcome
After watching the episode of Over the Rainbow, the sing off between Stephanie and Cassandra, it was clear that Cassandra’s glasses and bangs hindered her. Stephanie’s face was clear and open. As much as the glasses and bangs are a brand that makes her stand out, at a distance it
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – CBC Signature Series – C minor: The Tortured Genius
Welcome, the signature series continues. As always, you will need to go the CBC Radio 2 website to hear the compilation and voice over about the beauty and the majesty of what music in the key of C minor has to offer. C minor: The Tortured Genius Also known
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Michelle Ervin discusses Ed Broadbent’s ideas to start closing Canada’s yawning income gap: Broadbent outlined four broad prescriptions for bridging this gap, and ultimately, for creating a fairer society: investing in good jobs, strengthening income supports, increasing access to public services and reforming
Continue readingLeDaro: Disappointing Decision By CBC – Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly I understand this is a difficult time for the CBC, with the CONS trying to choke them by cutting off their funding. That was the reason given for cancelling Mark Kelly’s news/current events show “Connect” on CBC Newsworld. For a while, after cancelling Kelly’s show, they had documentaries
Continue readingcartoon life: Hey, folks, let’s try to get this right…
This morning on short news piece about how RIM did better than expected, but is still losing sales in the US, the announcer pronounced ‘Silicone Valley’ referring to, we’ll, you get it… Filed under: art, cartoon Tagged: CBC, RIM, Silicon, silicone
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – What’s the Right Orchestral Instrument for You?
Unlike The Arbourist, I have very little musical talent. I cannot play any instrument, keep time, or even step in rhythm (my dancing has been described as “dangerous”, and not in a good way). On occasion I fantasize about how awesome it would be were I actually a classic guitar
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – The Canadian Office of Religious Stupidity.
Hey I need some help eroding the church/state separation. Lets ask the experts! I’m not really sure what is so shit-hot about the attitudes and conventions of the Dark Ages, but Harper and his government have decided to fecklessly dive into the land of pants-on-head stupid and establish a official
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: CBC Television Consumer Watchdog Show “Marketplace” Alive And Well
Canada’s long-running consumer watchdog show survived the recent brutal CBC budget cuts, after all. “Marketplace” returns on September 14. With seasoned reporters Tom Harrington and Erica Johnson at the helm as co-hosts, the show is in excellent hands. Once again, another season of investigative journalism at its best.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: It Is Time To Get Back To “The Culture of Why!”
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger It is disconcerting to see so many of our politicians embrace an escalating level of disrespect and even contempt for those of us that they are elected and entrusted to represent. We see it from the PM Steve Harper and many of the Provincial Governments and
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