Cummins, BC Conservatives wrong on gas tax opposition
#bcpoli #bcndp #bcliberals #christyclark #adriandix Upstart leader of the BC Conservatives, John Cummins is completely misguided on his and his party's opposition to the 2 cent per litre gas. I…
October 2011
Congrats to Tawakul Karman and friends
I was a little surprised at the Nobel Peace Prize awards for 2011. I had felt sure the winners would include a leader from Egypt's Arab Spring revolt, the Arab…
Chris Hedges Vs. Kevin O’Leary
Many thanks to Dr. Dawg and Let Freedom Rain for the link to this video, in which Chris Hedges demonstrates amply his disdain for that bombastic cipher, Kevin O'Leary.Recommend this…
‘Senile old uncle’ Don Cherry under fire from ex-NHL enforcers
Looks like it's talk back to the pompous CBC ass day.Don Cherry, that idiot old fart of the archaic Hockey Night in Canada and hero to Conservatives, is getting his…
photos: alison redford sworn-in as alberta’s 14th premier.
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Michele Bachmann: Bad Lip-reading
The crazy-eyed congresswoman from Minnesota tries to stay focused while outlining her campaign “strategy”… I’d love to see some Canadian versions of these BLR videos. Come on tech-savvy political junkies…
CBC liberal? Really? Chris Hedges trashes Kevin O’Leary’s audition for Sun News.
Kevin O’Leary channels Krista Erickson. This time guest bites back. This is sweet. Chris Hedges exposes Kevin O’Leary’s snotty, condescending name calling during an interview on CBC’s Lang & O’Leary…
The Fall and Rise of Dalton McGuinty
If I told you a few months ago there would be a picture of Dalton McGuinty waving on newspaper front pages October 7th, you'd have assumed it would be on…
A dragon-slaying
The CBC’s Kevin O’Leary is put smartly in his place by veteran Pulitzer-prizewinning US journo Chris Hedges. Another blow struck for civility, if you’ll forgive the mixed metaphor. Covered already…
Do Stock Brokerages Have the Right to Kill?
Why do big investment houses have the right to speculate in ways that can lead to death? Speculation in food, in water. While there are fortunes to be had in…
Vernon parents kick pesticides out of school fields
Friday, October 7, 2011 A group of parents and kids in Vernon are celebrating, after School Distri...
Ellis: The CRTC’s phony-balony complaints system
By David Ellis The CRTC is now doing everything in its power to prove that its phony-balony complaints system will harm – not help – consumers. As I’ll explain below,…
Nuisance requires immediate harm
Smith v. Inco Limited, 2011 ONCA 628 is an important decision in nuisance. The defendant polluted certain lands but the pollution, while leading to increased metal deposits in certain lands, did not interfere…
Propagandistic Opportunism: The War of 1812
Great column from Jeffrey Simpson this morning on the propagandistic opportunism of the Harper Regime: Let's Not Exalt the Folly of 1812. PBS is also broadcasting a documentary on October…
Hudak’s willingness to embrace xenophobia and homophobia ‘not healthy’, leads to his defeat…
Once again, we get weird, illogical reasoning from weak, adolescent Tory leader Tim Hudak in reaction to the Greater Toronto Area's overwhelming rejection of him and his party. He's now…
99% Paying The Taxes
This video demonstrates that nothing has been done in more than 25 years to close the tax loopholes that Reagan supposedly wanted to close in 1985. Obama is saying the…
CBC liberal? Really? Chris Hedges trashes Kevin O’Leary.
O'Leary shocked by 'nutbar' fighting backThis is sweet. Chris Hedges exposes Kevin O'Leary's snotty, condescending name calling during an interview on CBC's Lang & O'Leary Exchange. Amanda Lang tries in…
Changing a Mall from Useless to Useful
Dead malls are a problem in too many communities and these malls are occupying large tracts of land that can be used better. Suburbs in North America have to confront…
"L’argent puis des votes ethniques"
Feeling a little…blue this morning, are we, Ontaricons? Of course your rout last night was everybody else’s fault. Union money and the “foreign worker” vote. Cross-dressers for McGuinty. Cross-burners for…
A Novel to Read This Long Weekend as the Last Roses of Summer Bloom
The flowers of fall are much on my mind. Yesterday I went around taking pictures in gardens, including several of the last roses of summer which I will post soon.…