Tomorrow’s Headline
Right wing media, "Shocked! Shocked!", to be thought of as right wing.
July 2011
Original Song #28: Phineas Gage
My name is Phineas GageNew Hampshire boy, born and raisedI drive a stagecoach here in ChileYou might say I’ve come a long way Drive the coach steady, drive the coach…
Original Song #28: Phineas Gage
My name is Phineas GageNew Hampshire boy, born and raisedI drive a stagecoach here in ChileYou might say I've come a long wayDrive the coach steady, drive the coach slowFrom…
Original Song #28: Phineas Gage
My name is Phineas GageNew Hampshire boy, born and raisedI drive a stagecoach here in ChileYou might say I’ve come a long way Drive the coach steady, drive the coach…
Back From The Great Green North
The Fifth Column has been idle for a few weeks because the Fifth Columnist has been on vacation in Northern Ontario.We spent about a week at our favourite bed and…
One Last Time To The Barricades!
If the Torys really want to scrap the gun-registry, then lets give 'em one last fight, at least drive their approval numbers done for awhile (which always happens when the…
Meadows in our parks?
There has been a spin attempted on the lack on maintenance in some of our parks and public spaces. It is being called the 'meadow' look. Well just for the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 20, 2011
Here are the day's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Law grad's Ontario human rights appeal over employer's transcript request denied - Windsor Star -http://goo.gl/AFKYdLaw Society of BC required…
Is Mayor Rob Ford a liar, con-man or just ignorant? The facts say yes
The Grid TO | Top five Ford truthiness fact checks of the weekMost of the article by Edward Keenan at The Grid:This week, the brothers Ford have had a particularly…
Canadian Environment Ministers Agree: Oil is an Infinite Resource
The breathtaking inanity of Canadian energy policy can be summed up no better than the statement expressing the shared beliefs of natural resources minister Joe Oliver and all of his…
I’m An Old Man! I’m Confused!
Did anyone else get an Uncle Leo vibe from Murdoch's "old man" routine yesterday? It is the oldest trick in the book, the old "I can't be guilty because I…
More News for Optimists
This summer I’ve been doing a lot of travelling and haven’t been updating as frequently as I usually do (sorry, but vacations are fun in the summer), in the meantime…
The energy ministers’ Orwellian statement
The news release and action plan issued by the provincial energy ministers following their recent conference in Kananaskis stepped rather lightly over environmental concerns. Perhaps this is not unexpected at…
A Proposal: "From The Desk Of Alfred Apps"
As Bob Rae meets with Liberals this Summer, he's been hearing complaints about the lack of transparency and poor communication within the party.The July 9 meeting of the National Board…
TIm Hudak’s 8th century view of the world: feminists should be required to wear ankle bracelets "preferably with stilettos"
Go over to Dawg's place to take in Tim Hudak's opinion of people who support the rights of women. He calls them 'witches'.It makes one wonder what has happened to…
Frequently-quoted answers to simple questions
Pogge asks:Is (Brad) Wall so uninformed that he doesn't know about (federal subsidies for the oil sands)?It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends…
First Nations children are more likely to go to jail than to graduate from high school
The federal government spends just 2 per cent of its federal prison budget, which exceeds $2-billion a year, on aboriginal programs. ... From an incarceration point of view, aboriginals are…
The Bank Moves to Hit the Ball
The release of today’s Monetary Policy Report from the Bank of Canada follows yesterday’s announcement of no change in interest rates, the latest in a long series. It reminds me…
Unclear on the concept
Quick, try to make sense of this passage from Postmedia's coverage of the Cons' plans to reintroduce gun registry legislation this fall:In October 2010, the bill was killed by an…
From the Earth to the moon
Forty two years later, the American manned space program is about to die. For the first time in half a century the United States will not have the ability to…