It is like giving a machine gun to a monkey *
Watching gun registry opponents on twitter over the past few days has been nothing short of amusing. One guy thinks we work for George Soros. Another posted a photo of…
November 2011
QP: The least clever quips imaginable
Most days I can find some kind of redeeming value in question period – even if it’s simple entertainment value. Today was not one of those days. With the repeated…
Victoria Trustee candidates – My voting card
School Trustees matter. Whether you have children or not, Trustees make decisions that impact your local community – from management of school lands, to direct educational programs for school age…
Quotable: Sir John A. Macdonald on US imperialism
Image by Tigana Too. Yes, my Latin American amig@s, it’s true. Nosotr@s, l@s canadienses, somos el OTRO patio trasero de los EEUU. We’re the US’s OTHER backyard, and we’ve been…
Maybe We Should All Yell ‘FU@K’!!
Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have used Closure 6 times in 33 days to suppress the voice of your Member of Parliament! Maybe we should all yell FU@K!!! The G & M…
Climate Change Spin A Growing Problem For Fox News
fox global warming.jpg When it comes to climate change denial, a new study shows that the folks at Fox News are leading the pack. Through politically-charged news segments and commentary,…
When They Preach Austerity, They’re Just Screwin’ With You
Western leaders weren’t listening in 2006 and 2007 when genuine “thinking” economists like Krugman and Stiglitz were warning that their house of cards was about to collapse. Even self-proclaimed economists…
Time for some F’ing Civility
I bookmarked this news story as soon as I saw it in May because, Pat Martin being Pat Martin, I knew it wouldn’t be long before it would be worth…
More on Mowat and Winners and Losers from EI
Further to my post yesterday on the Mowat report on EI, I looked up the most recent rates of unemployment for the 58 EI regions. In the current regionally differentiated…
Movember day 17
Don’t forget to give. I know many of you have suggested you have or you would. Time’s a ticking. Here’s my version of the 70’s baseball player handlebar look.
saturday, november 19: evict ford: occupy toronto
EVICT FORD. OCCUPY TORONTO! Rally and marchSaturday, November 19 at 2:00 p.m.Assemble at St. James Park, King Street east between Church and Jarvis In just a few weeks, the Occupy…
ExxonMobil and Shell Stamp Huge Oil and Gas Deals in Iraq
Rumaila Oil Field Explosion.jpg Just a few weeks after President Barack Obama announced U.S. troops are "leaving" the war-torn country, ExxonMobil and Shell each announced major new oil and gas…
Delay strategy suggests Clark plans snap election
Keith Fraser at The Province is reporting the Basi/Virk audit is blocked by the Liberal Government: “Auditor-General John Doyle is heading back to court in a bid to get access…
A Call to Arms – The Case For Fighting Back Against the Northern Gateway Pipeline
Rafe Mair, writing in The Tyee, makes a powerfully compelling argument for British Columbians to do whatever it takes to stop Harper and Alberta from imperiling our province’s coastline with…
Reason #1 Why You Should Follow Pat Martin on Twitter
He doesn’t take shit from no-one. I know, people will say he should have controlled his anger. It’s true, but Pat Martin is absolutely justified to lose his cool. When…
My Forecast for the next 18 months
Based on events taking place right now, and on trends I think I have spotted, The Cat is going out on a limb with the following forecasts: Israel will strike…
Ian votes in Vancouver
Because Saturday is municipal election day in Vancouver, it’s the week of announcing everyone’s slates, and I don’t intend to break that trend. Before I state who I’ll be voting…
Pat Martin FTW!
I saw Martin’s Tweet as it appeared, and reTweeted it right away. You know the one—that colourful 138-character denunciation of the Harper regime’s sixth closure motion in 33 days. Some…
Woods and former caddie shake hands at Presidents Cup
Gosh, you can see real warmth there!
Twitter Occupying Time in Real World
I had a great time the other evening meeting many Regina and area Tweeters who took a few hours of their time to get off their computers and into the…