PC Leadership Candidate Profile – Ted Morton
Candyman.Candyman.Candyman. If you look into a mirror and say it 3 times, so the legend goes, you're in for a VERY bad night. So it goes, too, with "Wildrose Party"…
September 2011
The first big political story of the campaign… #nlpoli
And it’s got legs. The story appeared first right here on Monday morning. CBC Monday night with a blockbuster interview with Williams. (Would he have done an interview with…
File Complaints About Tim Hudak’s Robo-Calls
Stop Robo-Calls from the Tim Hudak Conservatives
Why Harper’s shot at PNCIMA also hit Enbridge in the foot
Thursday, September 15, 2011 The Canadian government recently withdrew suddenly and unexpectedly f...
The book, "Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be" too controversial for US yet available in Canada
But with Harper's Canada on the warpath against all things intellectual, fun or scientific, for how long?Daniel Loxton, an illustrator and writer, created a children’s book so outrageous, so outlandish,…
Hey GG, please strip Conrad Black of his Order of Canada
The bastard turned his back on Canada, relinquishing being a Canadian to become a Prickish Lord. He gave up his soul for a trinket. Screw him.Mr. Black, who was named…
Negative Ad Time
Manitoba is one of the five provinces having elections this fall, so along with many folks across the country, we here in “The Keystone Province” (yes, that’s actually its official…
Amusing Yahoo News story: Stephen Harper’s temper tantrum serves to alienate more Quebecers
Always good to see someone in the media lay the cards on the table, although 'temper tantrum' is a bit much.Most often, when you watch Stephen Harper at a news…
Consumer-directed health care.
Why should the government cover ONLY a drug-and-surgery mantra when the consumer (along with the health care provider and other taxpayers) believes an alternative to be more efficacious (eg acupuncture…
Deepwater Horizon Still A Massive Headache For BP
bp-logo-dripping-oil.jpg The problems facing BP along the Gulf Coast continue to pile up. After more than a year of investigations, the U.S. Coast Guard has finally released their long-awaited as...
Who cares about that silly old ozone layer anyway?
Evidently not Canada."People are gob smacked by this decision," Thomas Duck, an atmospheric researcher at Dalhousie University, said in an interview with Postmedia News. He and his international colleagues say…
Oil Illiteracy. University of Calgary paid to deny climate change.
When a university takes money from an oil company to build skepticism for climate change, you not only have a dishonest higher educational body but also one that goes against…
Self defence – you don’t need to run away if you’re at home
The Court of Appeal today said you can stand your ground and protect yourself at home if attacked. Anywhere else, if you can avoid a fight by walking way, your…
Whither the NDP?
Is it just me or do Liberals keep giving recommendations to the NDP that amount to little more than telling the NDP to become Liberals?Having seen what happened to the…
Ontario election: political abstinence
Fern Hill has an interesting but disheartening post up at DAMMIT JANET! about the increasing tendency of political candidates to cower in their basements plead “prior commitments” to avoid being…
Rob Ford Wants to Put Back Pictures of Queen in Toronto Public Buildings
The Queen's image has been retouched and will also appear on Toronto Subway Tokens.
Kai Nagata: Media Crusader
After that last article, I want to point out something positive* on the internet. You remember Kai Nagata right? He wrote what may have been the best resignation letter ever.…
Charlottetown Redux: Brian Topp, The Bloc Quebecois And The Quebec Nation’s Special Status
During his press conference on Monday, New Democrat leadership candidate Brian Topp invoked a non-existent resolution as justification for increasing the number of seats from Quebec in the House of…
Manning Centre releases 2011 State of Canada’s Conservative Movement
The Manning Centre, founded by former Opposition and Reform Party Leader Preston Manning, released its second annual State of Canada’s Conservative Movement report. The study is comprised of three parts,…
How to Participate in the MOOC – 2
Today it's all about setting up your social web.Remember from yesterday that if you want to engage more actively in the course, the best way is to create your own…