Press StatementWashington, DCAugust 24, 2011We offer our deepest condolences to the people of Canada on the passing of Canada's official Opposition party leader, Jack Layton.Canada has lost a dedicated political…
Quebec proposes to distinguish between professional journalists and amateur writers -- presumably bloggers. How do you say who is professional and who isn't? I have a weekly column in a…
Let Freedom Rain: How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stonesA side of the story you won't read in the Canadian media. Heartbreaking account of Israeli 'torture' of…
A friend of mine… maybe an acquaintance I respected and felt great pity for, died today just days after being admitted to the hospital in Alexandria. From tuberculosis. Tuberculosis. She…
AllTheFact-FreeFalderalAndFiddleDeeDeeThatFitsFerryVille So.... BC Ferries CEO, and Million Dollar Man, Mr. David Hahn says his rising deficit is not being driven by his sky-high ticket and 'reservation' prices that British Columbia…
It will be a great day when these Middle Eastern tyrants are all overthrown.Syria's most renowned political cartoonist, who recently drew a sketch comparing President Bashar al-Assad to Libya's Muammar…
A side of the story you won't read in the Canadian media. Heartbreaking account of Israeli 'torture' of Palestinian kids. Stephen Harper must be so pleased.The boy, small and frail,…
Your guess is as good as mine. From today's Toronto Star: TRIPOLI, LIBYA—Libyan rebels who took control of Moammar Gadhafi’s sprawling compound made a surprising discovery in one of the…
Filed under: Political Humour Tagged: dead, deceased, Jack Layton, n.d.p., passed on, passed over
Little Jeanne is coming over to play today, the day before her first birthday. Got to wash the kitchen floor because her way of getting around is scooting on her…
Seriously, this is just getting ridiculous. Has there ever been a politician who has come back from the brink more often than Jean Charest? A poll released Monday suggests support…
I’ve always tried to make this blog somewhat of a record of my life, however fragmented, warts and all. Here in the archives is my defiant abandonment of the New…
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Assorted content to end your day. - Leftdog points out that the Wall government's regressive ideology is doing exactly what it usually does - resulting in workers losing ground as…
I'd say there's a certain symmetry working here.
The admission by Dave Cobb, President of BC Hydro, that Hydro is spending 100s of millions for energy they don’t need came as a shock, for Damien Gillis and me…
What he really is hoping for is "capitulation". He already had "compromise".
...but that didn't happen. i was distracted...stressed...anxious... if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you,…
The “Great Orange Wave” that made such profound changes to the Canadian political landscape last May apparently didn’t recede permanently into the electoral ocean. Since Jack Layton’s passing on Monday,…
The federal and provincial governments released the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency review of Kathy Dunderdale’s Muskrat falls project. Big fail, across the board. Like no one could possibly have seen…
