The least surprising ruling in the history of jurisprudence
Of course the federal court ruled that Gerry Ritz broke the law. The 1998 law says the people who own the Wheat Board, the farmers, have to be consulted before…
December 2011
Spreading Democracy: The Failure of US Foreign Policy
Since the end of the cold war, and the fall of the Soviet Union, the US has maintained unipolar control over the entire world. America has used this unchallenged power…
Biennial is coming….
The Liberal Party of Canada is choosing a new national executive at the Biennial convention in Ottawa in January. The people in the party have a lot of choices to…
Biennial is coming….
The Liberal Party of Canada is choosing a new national executive at the Biennial convention in Ottawa in January. The people in the party have a lot of choices to…
Just when you thought it was safe to come out from under your desk
Via Balloon Juice: Gingrich to Republican Jewish Coalition crowd: “I will ask John Bolton to be the Secretary of State.”
Shorter
Shorter Con Tony Hillyer: The true victim here is, of course, me. He made shooting gestures at the Opposition when the Harper Conservatives voted to dismantle the gun registry, and…
A reader’s comment CBC wouldn’t publish
CBC is claiming credit for breaking a story that appeared here three days before they first touched the issue, without even a hint of acknowledgement of Northern Insights. I left…
In which Rob Anders cedes the title of Alberta’s most embarrassing MP
A couple weeks ago, many on the non-Conservative side of of the #cdnpoli blogosphere were making fun of veteran Tory MP Rob Anders falling asleep in Parliament. At the time,…
MacKay threatens to sue MPs who questioned veracity of chopper tale
At the height of his fame Oscar Wilde sued the Marquess of Queensberry for libel. The libel trial unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to…
Wednesday Evening Links
Assorted content for your evening reading. – Alex Himelfarb finds a few positives in the Cons’ ramming their dumb-on-crime bill through the House of Commons: Thankfully many are not willing…
Biennial is coming….
The Liberal Party of Canada is choosing a new national executive at the Biennial convention in Ottawa in January. The people in the party have a lot of choices to…
My Wednesdays are more like Mondays
A while back, I submitted a fairly hastily thrown-together manuscript for a ‘new writers’ publishing contest. The manuscript wasn’t as ready as it should have been, and in fact, was…
Stephen Harper’s Scary Christmas Party
OMG. I don’t know whether I should tell you, because you’ll NEVER believe me. But I went to Stephen Harper’s Con Christmas party last night. And boy was it SCARY.…
The True Horror of the Harper Cons
For more than five years, in my humble way, I tried to illustrate what the horror of a HarperCon majority would mean for Canada. I made this photoshop three years…
Sending praise to Hilary Clinton for her Gay Rights Speech to UN
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton's speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a…
Sending praise to Hilary Clinton for her Gay Rights Speech to UN
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton's speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a…
Sending praise to Hilary Clinton for her Gay Rights Speech to UN
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton’s speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a…
Sending praise to Hilary Clinton for her Gay Rights Speech to UN
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton's speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a…
Sending praise to Hilary Clinton for her Gay Rights Speech to UN
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton’s speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a…