Gerry Hummel Cartoon: Private Power Thieves
In the wake of the panel report on BC Hydro and the media firestorm over costly private power projects we plainly don't need, our cartoonist Gerry Hummel gives us his…
August 2011
gay finches partners for life
via blogs.smithsonianmag.com Fascinating short article on same-sex pairings among a variety of animals. Filed under: Miscellany
Fukushima—radiation damage that just won’t quit
I admit to a love-hate relationship with nuclear power. One day I am all for it because of the large amounts of relatively green power it can provide. I wonder…
The Two Faces Of Christy Clark
ReeseWitherspoonIsNotOurPremierFlickThisVille Yesterday, when the stinger-free hive mind that is BC's Legislative Press Gallery tried, ineffectually, to get Ms. Christy Clark to state whether or not she had any intention of…
Jack Layton’s lesson for Liberals and Tories
This is what Adam Radwanski said in today's Globe & Mail:It should be humbling to his contemporaries that this was enough to make many Canadians acutely feel a void as…
Irene Good Night
Another Irene song - Good Night Irene by Nat King Cole. It is a good one. Enjoy!
Glenn Beck: God sent Irene
More of Beck’s hyperbole and wild talk. According to him Irene is a blessing. He says, "It is God reminding you, as was the earthquake last week...you're not in control."
joe anglin speaks. wildrose candidates learn some creative editing.
As reported on this blog earlier this week, and reported by the mainstream media today, Joe Anglin has been nominated for the Wildrose candidate in Rocky Mountain House-Sundre. Mr. Anglin…
In memoriam
For those looking to join the celebration of Jack Layton's life with others, the NDP has put together a list of events happening across Canada. Or for those who can't,…
The VILEST Canadian – Ezra Levant?
There is no person on Canadian airwaves who is more vile than Ezra Levant. The photo above is a screen capture of his show on SunNewsNetwork that attacked Jack Layton…
The Cry Ottawa–live
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission: The Cry Ottawa is live as we speak. Faytene Grasseschi might say that the Jack Layton memorial services might be a…
The issue list
Following up on my post about the groups the NDP will want its candidates to reach during the upcoming leadership campaign, I'll follow up with a brief look at some…
Disaster capitalism swoops over Libya
Think of the new Libya as the latest spectacular chapter in the Disaster Capitalism series. Instead of weapons of mass destruction, we had R2P (“responsibility to protect”). Instead of neo-conservatives,…
Who else has had a State Funeral in Canada?
The Government of Canada has a website for its funerals. Here’s a bit of history trivia for you to catch up on. Many of the names I do not know.…
Saturday Photo: So This Is an Idea of What it Looks like..
This is probably the most eloquent pair of pictures before and after the fire. The small photos are what the staircase looked like the day afterwards, and the large one,…
Saturday Morning Jack Layton Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Adam Radwanski astutely recognizes that the outpouring of sympathy and grief following Jack Layton's death speaks to the gap between what most political…
Michael Coren to Ezra Levant: "Now we’ve become targets, victims, even potential martyrs".
I just had to feature this quote from another post because it so perfectly encapsulates everything that is sad, funny and totally mockable about the right's reaction to Jack Layton's…
Muskrat Falls: what an independent review really looks like
The provincial Liberals included a handy table with their Friday news release on the joint federal/provincial environmental panel’s report on Muskrat Falls. The chart compares what the environmental panel said…
Irene: come on
Irene is the storm of the century and already millions of people have been evacuated in the State of New York and many other eastern states. She is so famous…