Central to the whole controversy
Courtesy Raeside Cartoons Vaughn Palmer writes about Attorney General Shirley Bond’s letter to Stephen Toope, “Should the government require recovery of legal fees and disbursements paid for the defence of…
November 2011
When you don’t know what your talking about, you should just stop talking
On Thursday, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security heard from Canadian Shooting Sports Association spokesman Tony Bernardo. Just before 36 minutes into the committee…
Douglas Coupland on Hockey and the Canadian Identity
“Canadian winters are long. Life is hard and so is ice. Canadian teams playing within the NHL are, in effect, a microcosm of Canada’s ongoing process of trying to remain…
Paging Nancy Ruth
It’s okay, Nancy Ruth! All is forgiven!! Indeed… My eyes! My eyes! During times of eyeball-popping stress and frustration, I suspect just about everyone has uttered the word “fuck”, or…
Conservatives panic over non-existent smuggling ring in Canada
There are plenty of things to worry about here in Canada, the economy, jobs, family, security, how to put food on the table etc.Cross-border human smuggling is actually at the…
Stupid Sex Tricks: A dumb-dumb threesome
First up, a little sexy-ass music: Look at those fuckin’ hipsters. Now, the news. First up, Things You Should Never Do In Cop Cars: It all started on Monday when…
Brazilian Officials Investigating Chevron Oil Spill Off Coast
oil slick.jpg Law enforcement agencies in Brazil announced today that they would begin investigating the cause of an oil spill that occurred off the coast. Chevron's Frade Well off the…
Fetch the smelling salts, someone said "Fuck" on the internet
As I write this, the number one story under Canada on Google news is the report by the privacy commissioner about the government collecting too much information about us, especially…
Supreme Court orders Canada Post to pay 20 years of pay equity wage top ups
It took the Supreme Court of Canada all of 20 minutes to decide that it was time for Canada Post to pony up after 28 years of trying to avoid…
Molly’sBlog 2011-11-17 21:44:00
FEMINISM/ CANADIAN LABOUR: EQUAL PAY LAWSUIT SETTLED IN FAVOUR OF WORKERS- 28 YEARS LATER: Here’s an interesting item from the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) about a lawsuit initiated…
A day – and era – for Dummies
Couldn’t let this one pass: “MPs hit new low in Question Period “for Dummies.” The Harper government has taken us to new lows, yes. But the “for Dummies” characterization is…
99% Bullshit
Protesters from Occupy Vancouver marched earlier today to the building that houses the offices of Brookfield Properties to show solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, who have been evicted from Zuccotti…
The Tebow Conundrum….What Would Freddy Do?
AllTheShoeGooThatFits OaklandAlamedaCountyColiseumLives!Ville If Fred Biletnikoff were forced to catch fluttering ducks from Timmeh, I reckon he would do it by slathering the goo on thick. Over his entire body. OK?…
Harpercons Cut Debate, Behave Like Dictators And The Biggest Story These Media Hacks Can Come up With is Pat Martin Tweeting the F-Bomb?
Oooh! Shiver me timbers! Pat Martin used the word “Fuck”. Wow! Not like he the first politician to use it publicly. Remember Senator Nancy Ruth’s shut the fuck up moment?…
NGDP targeting: wither monetarism?
Monetarism is like a Zombie: it can be found theoretically wanting, empirically false and technically infeasible but in one form or another it just soldiers on. In some ways the…
The Harper Cons and the Great Darkness
We knew that if he ever got his precious majority the lights would be going out all over Canada. But who could have known that the Great Darkness would arrive…
Unseen wounds are no less real
Two new studies of Canadian soldiers who served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2008 shows the prevalence of psychological casualties in modern combat operations. The Globe and Mail reported that:…
William Shatner On Deep Fried Turkey
You notice how his name sounds like Shakespeare? A reincarnation, perhaps?
A climate change challenge to foresters, engineers and biologists
Thursday, November 17, 2011 A new, ground-breaking report from West Coast Environmental Law – Climate Change and Professionals – is asking professional associations to ensure that their members provide responsible…