Majority backs public funding for CBC, poll finds by Jennifer Ditchburn
Columnist says a Harris-Decima survey conducted for The Canadian Press suggests 46 per cent of Canadians would like the CBC's funding to stay at the current level and 23 per…
November 2011
The RailGate Double-Down Shuffle…
AllThePay-OffsThatFit(not)PremierVilleSo.Why wasn't the report written by the (not)Premier's hand-picked man that was supposed to be about the Basi-Virk Double-Down not actually about the Basi-Virk Double-Down?Norman Farrell has an excellent post…
America’s New Strategy for Fighting Iran and Everybody Else
It's called the "Air-Sea Battle" concept and the US military has established a separate agency to put it into operation. Reading the Marine Corps concept summary the unmentioned name "Iran"…
Remembrance Day 2011
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Take a moment to breathe…
…and remember those who breathe no more. Those who do dare to forget doom us to repeat past mistakes. So take that moment or two today. To. Remember. Trashy, Ottawa,…
Shutting Down the Tar Sands
We have no defensible choice but to end the development of the Athabasca Tar Sands.The 'best case scenario' International Energy Agency analysis released a few days ago warns we're on…
We Remember
Copper Roof Politics remembers the brave sacrifice our service men and women have made, and continue to make, in active service. These men and women sacrifice their time, well being,…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for November 11, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Remembrance Day, this Friday, November 11, 2011: Alberta Court of Appeal reduces significant jury award for wrongful dismissal…
Blogging In English Canada
The results of the Blogging Common survey, which many of us participated in earlier in the year, can be found here. Interesting stuff, if not particularly surprising. One of their…
A Blow Against Public Morality
Despite the conviction of the Conservative Party of Canada for the illegal financing of its 2006 campaign that brought it to power, a blow has been struck against, not for,…
Today in Gutter Politics
The Canadian Wheat Board has mounted an advertising campaign to oppose the federal government's legislation to end the board's monopoly on wheat and barley sales in western Canada. Whether or…
What is with the half-face photo thing for people on webpages?
I really don’t get around much on the web, you may have noted, but now it seems that, everywhere I go—friends, acquaintances, total strangers—they all seem to be putting half…
What is with the half-face photo thing for people on webpages?
I really don’t get around much on the web, you may have noted, but now it seems that, everywhere I go—friends, acquaintances, total strangers—they all seem to be putting half…
Some Early Reactions To The Liberal Party’s Open Primary Proposal
The Liberal Revolution, Toronto Star editorial boardPeople who hit rock bottom sometimes try to save themselves by getting into a 12-step program. Step 4 involves making “a searching and fearless…
Rememberance Day, 2011
I awoke this morning to the refrain, "And the band played waltzing Matilda." I thought of my father, who spent some of World War II in Australia. Most of the…
Video: Orthodox Jewish rabbi marries gay couple
In what is being reported as an historical first, Steve Greenberg, an openly-gay American rabbi ordained by the Orthodox movement, officiated at the wedding ceremony of Yoni Bock and Ron…
Remembering Peace
Let's use today as an excuse to begin spreading words of peace instead of banging the drums of war.
Mira Bergman-Tonic (drink recipe):
1/2 part lemon juice 1 part acquavit (chilled in freezer) 2 1/2 parts tonic water (preferably Canada Dry) * in certain quarters, the surface of the drink is decorated with…
Mira Bergman-Tonic (drink recipe):
1/2 part lemon juice 1 part acquavit (chilled in freezer) 2 1/2 parts tonic water (preferably Canada Dry) * in certain quarters, the surface of the drink is decorated with…