More belated political musings
I write this from Arizona, where I've been attending a work conference this week in the Phoenix area. I'm staying through the weekend to see some hockey, as the Coyotes…
October 2011
Occupy Canada!
It’s currently 11:28PM and I felt it necessary to add an entry about the events that are planned to take place tomorrow. Occupy Canada should begin around 1PM tomorrow and…
4089…God Bless America Saved America
???Say what?HardballTalk reports that world class bigot and hate monger Bryan Fischer of the Christian group the American Family Association says that the country, theirs not ours, has been saved…
Apparently the Liberals are dead. Who knew?
Like clockwork, there's been another rash of obituaries written proclaiming the death of the Liberal Party of Canada. And what they lack in actual data points and evidence, they attempt…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy 1-month birthday, OWS!
Occupy Wall Street is now one month old, and still going strong. It’s also spreading across the continent and around the world. Virtually all major cities in North America (and…
The LPC discussion. . . . .
In recent days a lot of people in the media have been discussing the supposed immanent demise of the LPC. Some people are predicting the end of the Party while…
Amusing ‘oil orgy’ surprises Gordon Campbell. Disrupts UK energy summit.
'Sexy' environmentalists Peter Bearder and Emily Coats strip down as Brit and Canadian respectively, and douse each other with oil while embracing, kissing and generally fooling around. I'll say this…
Friday night
One I listened to quite a bit this week, great piano in it. Sorry, can't find it anywhere else but on YouTube so you have to look at Sander van…
On diverging tracks
The next time we hear as received media wisdom that it's politically toxic to abandon a huge share of Saskatchewan's resource wealth to the corporate sector will be the first.…
Spiegel: The stench of money. Canada’s environment succumbs to tar sands.
One of the better and more personal articles on the damage done to the environment and native heritage by the rush to extract 'black gold' from the tar sands in…
#YEGArena Tales: Santa Katz and the gift of debt
The mystery surrounding Stephen Mandel’s trip to New York is over and the word is in; Daryl Katz and Stephen Mandel have a new deal for the city. For those…
Schadenfreude Cake with Instant karma
Instant Karma gonna get you Gonna knock you right in the head You better get yourself together Pretty soon you’re gonna be dead… What in the world you thinking of?…
a first step towards justice: catholic bishop indicted for failure to report sexual abuse
Finally, the horrific, endemic and institutional protection of child sexual abusers by the Catholic Church is being challenged by the judicial system. Thanks to the courageous and continuous speaking out…
Political science, if there were anything even remotely scientific about it, would be searching for a cure
P. J. O'Rourke
You are six times more likely to be mugged in London than New York
Curious factoid!
Random thoughts over the past week
I’ve tried, and failed, to post over the last week because I couldn’t find anything truly interesting to write about. I’m one of those strange people who enjoys election campaigns…
Time: Kevin O’Leary sucks at business
Like Don Cherry and Ezra Levant, Kevin O'Leary likes to talk loud, puff out his chest and insult others. Problem with these bozos is that kind of behaviour requires the…
Friday night
I'm been hanging around the Music Fog people again. Welcome to another Friday night. In the course of introducing this song Ray Wylie Hubbard gives voice to a sentiment that…
The Liberal Party and the Dandelion Effect
Is the party over for the Liberals in Canada. A few writers seem to think so. And of course Liberals that I know always puzzle me. They are afraid for…
Reg Alcock
Very sad to hear about the passing of Reg Alcock today. I met him close to a decade ago when I was new on the Hill – as westerners we…