Tips for Incoming Mount Allison University Students
Starting on Monday, August 8th and running until September 2nd I'll be posting a video and a very short tip for incoming students. The videos are of upper year students…
August 2011
The continued taberization of political reporting in Canada
Only Jane Taber – a well-known twit – could compare Nycole Turmel to Winston Churchill and, at the same time, try and float the ridiculous premise that a handful of…
Is she still Nycole from the Bloc?
Who says political summers need to be boring? A well-timed leak to the Globe and Mail about new NDP interim leader Nycole Turmel certainly livened things up, with the revelation…
Witch Hunt On Nycole Turmel Shows How Much of Canada Really Doesn’t Get The Bloc Quebecois, Forgets Certain Precedents, And Priorities Screwed
I’m still on the road, in Ford Nation. I thank my co-bloggers for keeping Sister Sage’s Musings current while I’m away. I have quick access to a hotel computer, so…
Now that the dust has settled after Obama’s capitulation, the right is doubling down on its Obama hatespeak
Poor guy, the US president can't find a friend anywhere. The left has left him cold. The right smells blood and is going in for the kill. Scanning the right…
Canada ♥s Libraries
A QMI poll released today revealed that 84% of Canadians want our public libraries to remain publicly funded (7% refused to answer the question.) Now, I know the brothers Ford…
Pat Buchanan: “your boy”
Pat Buchanan is interviewed by Al Sharpton and Buchanan called Obama Sharpton’s boy. Sounds derogatory. Sharpton resented that but Buchanan called Obama “your boy” again and again. What is with…
On hollow victories
Sean Holman raises the possibility that Christy Clark and the B.C. Libs may be no better off if they manage to hang onto the HST in the province's ongoing referendum…
Conrad Black: guilty as hell – of being a pig, a prig and a sleazy fraud.
The Daily Mail, another one of those disreputable papers from the UK, has a rather strange profile of the disgraced National Post (so appropriately yellow in its colour design) founder.…
Now, this is surprising…
but it won't set any sort of long lasting precedent, i'm sure...Court rules organic farmers can sue conventional, GMO farmers whose pesticides 'trespass' and contaminate their fieldsby Ethan A. Huff(NaturalNews)…
Corrupters’ Coven Assembles Today in New Orleans
Bush Greeting ALEC, 2007State legislators from every corner of America are flocking to New Orleans today, summoned to the Big Easy by ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is…
The Bias Trap: Are We All Just A Bunch of Motivated Reasoners?
1112_no-nukes.jpg There were a ton of great responses to my last post about conservative white men and climate change denial. Perhaps most notably, some savvy respondents called into question whe...
Interview with ‘Kivalina’ Author Christine Shearer – Trivia Challenge For Free Copy
Kivalina_Cover_front.gif I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Christine Shearer, author of "Kivalina: A Climate Change Story," an important new book that probes some of the tangible conseq...
Public Sector Austerity: Why is Canada Leading the Way?
The major economic problem faced by Canadians is a very slow recovery and weak job market, not government deficits or rising debt. But public spending cuts at the federal and…
Get Cultured for a Happier Life
People who play an instrument, go to museums, or are otherwise involved in culture are happier than those who don’t according to a new study. This is great news for…
Disclosure of victim impact statements
R. v. Lonegren, 2011 BCCA 329 is a source for saying a victim impact statement, if in the Crown’s hands before trial, ought to be disclosed.At a preliminary hearing, counsel…
24 hours in pictures
via guardian.co.uk By turns gripping and charming: photos around the world in one day. Click on the link above. Filed under: Miscellany
The Federalist Vacuum
The Nycole Turmel story isn't something to be viewed in isolation, and for the Liberals it provides further direction in terms of emphasis. I'm more convinced than ever that the…