The view from here
The big guy decided to swing by for a rare visit and ended up spending the afternoon.
September 2011
Dominion Outreach Centre
A friend just called and asked if I was near my ‘puter. I wandered over and pulled up the URL they asked me to – Dominion Outreach Centre Ottawa. They…
The Race to the Premier’s Office – 16 Days to the First Ballot (Who’s Going To Bring Me Donut Mill?)
Nation, long time no speak... I mean, granted, we've gone longer... but in the midst of a hotly-contested leadership race, 2 weeks is just 2 weeks too long... ;)It's been…
Copyright on Campus
A recent article by George Monbiot in The Guardian takes a critical look at academic publishers, apparently with a focus on the United Kingdom. The article makes the following points:…
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”
What are your dreams for yourself, your friends, your sisters, your daughters? Paint, draw, write, sketch, or decoupage your dreams on a postcard and send it to us. Antigone Magazine…
Merger and murder: only two letters apart
Eerie, isn’t it? Redrum, redrum… Regrem, regrem… Think about it… Mulcair in Jack’s role… Hammering an axe through the Liberal caucus room’s door! For those of you who don’t get…
THOUGHTS ON THE LIBERAL PARTY
Professor Szostak sent me this piece and with his kind permission I post it. The piece is lengthy but certainly worth reading: Rick Szostak Professor of Economics and Interdisciplinary Studies,…
Tea party campaigning coming to Vancouver?
Mmm, I was as surprised as anyone that it worked in Toronto. I will be shocked if it works in Vancouver. Our '905' is not neither as right wing nor…
On bright futures
In this morning's column, I pointed out how the Wall government's focus on short-term electioneering and rule-tweaking betrays its insecurity over November's election. And the Sask Party will have all…
Bigotry within Our Borders
Canada's chronic illness, the reciprocal bigotry infecting two of its three founding nations, is threatening to lurch into pandemic status under the Harper Conservative majority. Until anglophone and francophone Canadians…
Watercarriers Throw Balloons At Each Other…Shriek…Stomp Feet…
TedNugentPowerChordsRingOutAllOverVille ....And Then Kiss And Almost Make Up. I'm talking about the cat fight between TeeVee felines Mr. Stephen Smart and Mr. Keith Baldrey over the 'exclusive' scoop the latter…
The Politics of Cynicism, NDP style #nlpoli
One could hardly imagine a better way to bitch-slap the carefully fabricated Legend of Jack Layton than Lorraine Michael’s news release announcing a 25% reduction in something the provincial NDP…
Will NDP party brass "do an Ignatieff" on September 9?
To say that the future of the NDP as a possible government-to-be hangs in the balance is not overstating the issue. On September 9 the party brass might make a…
Watch Out For Codswallop This Way Coming – Bigtime
AllAboardTheBamboozlementExpressNPAVille Well, well, well.... Vancouver's Non-Partisan Association, you know the fine folks that once managed to close all the libraries in town WITHOUT cutting taxes first, have just hired Rob…
torontonians, please do your part to close down puppy mills
In September, Toronto Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker will reintroduce a motion to ban the for-profit sale of dogs and cats in Toronto pet stores and flea markets. These retail outlets…
How long do I have to sue?
It is not uncommon for people to come to my office and complain about something that happened many years before. Usually in such cases I have to stop them and…
Our plastic history revisited
One of the earliest posts among these e-scribbles dealt with a proposal – in 2005 – to rework the Colonial Building. The plan was to fix the place up, set…
Gloria Steinham Was Right. For Anti-Abortionists Life Begins at Conception But Ends at Birth
“These proposals included cries for billions of new money for social assistance in the name of “child poverty” and for more business subsidies in the name of “cultural identity”. In…
Afghanistan and Iraq reconstruction: $60 billion missing
$60 billion disappeared, the funds which were supposed to be used for reconstruction in Afghanistan and Iraq. Some of the money ended up in the hands of Al-Qaeda, Taliban and…