Tea Party in Ontario? Big deal, it’s been bubbling under the surface in BC for ages.
The BC Conservative party gets a big hug from the Vancouver Sun but it cannot escape the perception that it is an outdated evangelical soup of wingnuts. I guess it…
September 2011
On a personal note…
I had my spinal surgery yesterday. There were odd complications, which puzzled the surgeon (and one doesn’t like to see a doctor puzzled), but they passed off and I was…
Hungerstrike Resumes in California Prisons! (Slingshot article)
This is an article i wrote for Slingshot - it was a bit of a rush job (i only found out about it a few hours before the deadline), so…
New Book Explores the Legacy of Colonization and Decolonization for Native American Rights
New Book Explores the Legacy of Colonization and Decolonization for Native American Rightsby Scott Neigh (originally published at Left Eye On Books)There is enough book here – an arm-wearying 934…
wolf puppies!
When we visited the Haliburton Wolf Centre in March - our second time there, to see the wolves in their winter coats - the alpha female was pregnant. In April,…
Other provinces have elections too: Newfoundland Edition
Over on the Rock, the Tory dynasty is strong - so strong, in fact, that even the loss of its personable leader, replaced with a monotonous cabinet minister who probably…
Ontario Leadership Debate
Shorter version: Blah, blah, blah, blah… I have to confess to finding these “debates” to be incredibly tiresome affairs. After listening to an hour and a half of dubious promises…
The Contempt Continues
After last spring's election, the optimists among us hoped that -- with a secure majority -- we would see a kinder, gentler government. Those optimists hoped for more mutual respect…
Girl Talk
Hey there, ladies. Women? Gals? Broads? Just… not girls, okay? We all stopped being girls a long time ago. Calling ourselves girls once we were old enough to menstruate was…
Cheney speech: c’mon Calgary, you can do better than this
Only about 50 protesters showed up to Cheney's Calgary speech, a dismal showing compared to the far more sizeable crowd at his Vancouver speech the night before. I realize Calgary…
My work here is done #nlvotes #nlpoli
The Telegram quoted Kathy Dunderdale on Tuesday: "We have to find the cheapest way," she said today while campaigning on the west coast. "Muskrat Falls is that way unless somebody…
Mounties try to strong arm BC
I say, screw 'em. If you're a law enforcement agency and you try to 'blackmail' a province, you can go fuck yourself.Hardball federal negotiators have demanded that B.C. accept Ottawa’s…
"Warfare by any other means"
Isn't this what fascists do?Queen’s University Professor Ned Franks used the term on Tuesday after Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) imposed closure on its controversial 100-page omnibus crime…
Chris Christie Answers Questions…
Following his speech about American Exceptionalism at the Reagan Presidential Library in California last night, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie answered questions from the audience, most of which (predictably) concerned…
This is Pre-Debate Ontario
Pre-debate Ontario has the Ontario Liberals sitting with a minority government, down 21 seats; the Hudak PCs win 37 seats, up 11; and the Horwath NDP win 20, up 10.At…
That certainly answers my questions
It was revealed earlier this year that the Canadian Council of Chief Executives — among others — had worked with the government to keep negotiations for a new perimeter security…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for September 28, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Osgoode Dean Sossin: 5 new developments to reshape Canadian legal education | Canadian Lawyer Magazine - http://goo.gl/igixg Taking A…
My Optimistic Debate Analysis
I didn't watch the debate. I couldn't. I happily lack cable. I don't have an antenna attached. And if I did. it couldn't pick up the new digital broadcasts if…
Video: LA Dodgers encourage respect in It Gets Better video
The Los Angeles Dodgers became the latest Major League Baseball (MLB) team to lend their support to the It Gets Better video project against teen bullying and suicide. The Dodgers'…
Goldman Sachs Rules The World
At least it does according to trader Alessio Rastani who, in an interview with the BBC, confesses that he dreams of recessions, sees Goldman ruling the world. Remember this interview…