What’s Next for OCW?
As the last motley vestiges of the OCW protest movement’s defiant encampments are being efficiently (and for the most part, amicably) removed this week by civic authorities across the country,…
November 2011
Liberal Party of Canada Presidential Candidates’ Debate Report Card – Nov. 22/23
On November 22nd and 23rd I listened to/attended two debates of the four candidates currently running to be President of the Liberal Party of Canada. The first was a phone…
It’s so much easier to be a Lions fan than a Canucks one
One reason is that fewer sports writers care about the CFL. The Toronto Star, a Canuck-killing machine during last year’s playoffs, is virtually silent about this year’s Grey Cup, I…
Megan Leslie = The New Sheila Copps?
A few moments later, Megan Leslie rose and wondered if the Natural Resources Minister might devise a sustainable plan for the country’s natural resources. Mr. Oliver was obviously quite eager…
Molly’sBlog 2011-11-24 20:11:00
TODAY IN HISTORY: ANNIVERSARY OF ‘THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES’ ********** It was today in 1859 that Charles Darwin published ‘The Origin Of Species’. It can be argued that this has…
Wages drop – not just a trivial financial pages story
Canadian workers are failing to keep pace with the rising cost of living as average real wages continue to shrink dramatically, new data from Statistics Canada shows. Real after-inflation wages…
Fine… I’ll Delete My Dog From Wikipedia
The deletionists over at Wikipedia apparently don’t feel that people’s pets are “notable“, even when the owners of said pets are famous enough to merit a redirect to a list…
When unicorns are as real as Tory spin lines
In June 2006, Stockwell Day tabled the Harper government’s first bill to repeal the long gun registry. As this blog pointed out a couple of days ago, Day’s bill required…
Of emails and scientific research
Here we go again. Just like in 2009, on the eve of a major UN climate conference some hacker or group of hackers released a bunch of emails illegally obtained…
Photo Op Princess, come back to earth
Christy Clark pretended that justice would be swift and effective for hockey rioters. The problem was – and everyone knew this – BC’s court system had been starved for resources;…
November Bits and Bites: The Return of the Trenerry
First, before the main course. One of the four tools who decided it would be fun to assault people while handing out Blood & Honour fliers in Edmonton was sentenced…
Warren Kinsella for Toronto Danforth Liberal
Nominations have opened for the Liberal Party in Toronto Danforth. Now, I realize it’s just a by-election and not a full blown Federal Election, but I’m wondering if my friend…
A Former Goldman Sachs Partner Pontificates on the Real Reason for Our Sorry Financial State
For those who can stomach hypocrisy, I highly recommend this video in which we are told by a wealthy banker that the true source of our troubles is socialism: Recommend…
Lessons from Uzbekistan
The Central Asian states such as Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan often don’t get too much attention in the west. However, the region is both important from a geostrategic perspective as well…
The Gang of Seven
Canada’s thug-like Conservative-leaning media gets called out here, beginning with Sun Media. “Yo Kory, I can trust you to push my agenda, right?” “Sure, boss, just like Postmedia, right?” As…
Can’t help themselves
This says so much about the modern day Conservative Party of Canada. Res ipsa loquitur.
Cut the Crap Christy!
Our unelected Premier of BC, Christy Clark, can’t figure out why the Occupy Movement insists on persisting in their efforts. From ctvbc yesterday, Government lawyers have already filed an injunction…
On political efficiencies
Susan Delacourt rightly points out a trend toward limiting or even reducing the number of elected representatives as a means of cutting costs. But it’s hard to escape pointing out…
A Little Juxtaposition
On one hand we have the Conservatives fifty million dollar G8 slush fund complete with two senior government ministers saying yeah so what if we broke the rules ,you can’t…
Best and worst of CKNW
I am quick to criticize CKNW, mostly because I remember the years it did excellent work. Its newsroom, when run by Warren Barker, was the single quickest and best source…