Bag ‘O Links: Alberta Edition
1. We’ve known Rob Anders has been asleep on the job for years…though this may be the first literal instance: Still, I’m sure most who have heard John Duncan speak…
November 2011
Lawrence Solomon Has New Conspiracy Theory to Explain Climate Change
Lawrence Solomon, the anti-democratic oaf employed by the National Post to make spurious claims about the falsehoods of climate change, has a new and even more bizarre conspiracy theory about…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Linda McQuaig points out how the Occupy movement has at least started to shift the terms of our political debate: Rather than…
Police state follies: the G20 and judicial abuse
A shabby tale of persecution of Canadian dissidents will likely come to an end in a Toronto courtroom today—but not to a conclusion. Two years after the police riot during…
Sage Words of Advice
“I really really wish that it wasn’t just expected that boys are supposed to ask girls out on a date. Because all of the guys I know are super shy…
On predictable problems
Yes, the news that the Muskowekwan First Nation may soon see its own potash development is a plus in many ways. But it’s worth pointing out how the story might…
A Message From the UC -Davis Faculty of English
The following can be found on the UC – Davis website, a followup to the brave letter written by untenured Assistant Professor Nathan Brown. The faculty of the UC Davis…
A chance. A choice. #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Original idea comparing a Canadian political party to a hockey team, but Andrew Coyne’s metaphor for the problems confronting the federal Liberal Party works. The Liberals think of themselves like…
Two Monday Morning Links
There are two pieces on the Occupy Toronto situation that are worth reading in today’s paper. The first is the editorial in the Toronto Star examining the possibilities for the…
What to Get Out of the Racist Movement? Please Read This.
Yesterday, we posted a link to one time Heritage Front member Elisse Hategan who did more to take down the Front than any Canadian government agency ever could (and, really,…
Something I just don’t “get”…
… is why OC Transpo just doesn’t “get” why it has an image problem. Put aside singing drivers, yelling drivers, drivers on phones, etc. for a sec and just consider…
Premature Obituary
Predictions are in the air these days. Not long ago, Lawrence Martin predicted that, after spending time in the wilderness with Bob Rae, the Liberal Party will be led to…
Study: people who watch Fox News less informed than if they had not watched the network
Remember when Politifact knocked back Jon Stewart for claiming Fox News viewers were “the most consistently misinformed media viewers”? As Steve Benen points out, Stewart was right. As it turns…
Infighting
A rare occasion where I’ll agree with John Ibbitson today. He goes at both Liberals and NDP, so I’ll just point out the Liberal part I agree with: Someone should…
Piquante Sauce and Why Mitt Romney May Lose the Nomination Race
David Horsey wrote recently that Mitt Romney was the only adult in the GOP Kindergarten Race. He’s probably right. However, will it matter? Since the Republican Party was taken over…
"The Party That Tells It Like It Is"
Andrew Coyne presents an interesting perspective from which Liberals can approach their predicament. Rather than entirely depressing, our new found lowly status in Canadian politics provides an opportunity, relative irrelevance…
Why Obama Still Matters
The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – The Daily Beasthttp://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/11/why-obama-still-matters.html The adventures of a Franco Ontarian Viz Min Woman in Ottawa.
Hey, we’re not overtaxed
Came across this chart posted on Henry Blodget’s blog as he made a comparative point to Americans that their tax revenues could stand to be raised. As Harper et al.…
What Super Committee?
It seems the so called committee that was going to save the U.S deficit crisis (yeah right) ended up doing nothing. And those so called triggers that would have come…