Occupy Toronto clears out, makes plans
On Twitter this morning I found a live stream and chat from Occupy Toronto. I wandered into it right about the point where the protesters were in the process of…
2011
QP: Tracking signs, but not jobs
Most Wednesday question periods tend to be high-energy and volatile, the MPs all fresh from caucus and eager to score points. Not today. Today everything was fairly pro-forma, like they…
Theft by conversion
IOKIYAC. Tony Gazebo diverted $50 million of our money to his own riding to secure his election, despite Parliament’s appropriation of those funds for border security. No investigation, much less…
No Grassroots Support…No Problem
If it's not on a cup, it's not true. Guess what folks, you can buy your official Made In The USA Obama merch now. Have a birther friend who you…
No Grassroots Support…No Problem
Guess what folks, you can buy your official Made In The USA Obama merch now. Have a birther friend who you just cannot find a gift for. The Made In…
The view from here
I thought the white chunk in this picture was ice so I ignored it for awhile. Curiousity got the best of me and I went outside to take another look.…
RCMP Contract
An open letter to Shirley Bond BC Attorney General Re: RCMP Contract Ms Bond. It is my understanding that you have no plans to consider recent events in policing in…
It’s Not About Freedom, It’s About Power
Winston Blackmore, a religious leader in the polygamous community of Bountiful near Creston, B.C., laughs with six of his daughters and some of his grandchildren in 2008. On Wednesday the…
It’s Not About Freedom, It’s About Power
I applaud the decision of the BC Supreme Court to uphold Canada’s polygamy laws. This long fight in the souther interior of BC, regardless of what Winston Blackmore would like…
What’s In A Goal?
On Sunday, my older daughter scored her first hockey goal. So let me start this post by shouting out: Way to go, M! She started playing last spring, enjoying every…
Polygamy is still illegal, B.C. Supreme Court rules
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission The fundamentalist Mormon sect in B.C. that has allowed its male members to practice polygamy for years has been told, again,…
Whose Base Is This Anyway?
AllTheReasonablenessThatFit OccupationVille One question that was rarely asked during the recent Lotuslandian civic election campaign is… How would Gregor Robertson’s base have responded if he had used an iron fist…
Truism
For every what if?, there is an equal, and opposite and then.
Prominent Fish Biologist Questions Port Metro’s Expansion Plans
The following is a letter from retired senior Department of Fisheries and Oceans biologist and manager Otto Langer to Port Metro Vancouver’s Sustainability Director: Dear Mr. Desjardin – Sustainability Director…
Coalition to Harper: Let farmers decide fate of Canadian Wheat Board
An open letter to Canada’s Prime Minister, Members of Parliament, and Senators, from a broad and diverse coalition of 46 organizations representing millions of Canadians – Support Canadian Food, Canadian…
WWIII: War on Syria Begins With No-Fly Zone
The announcement of a no-fly zone over Syria pushes the world closer to the brink of WWIII.
The Umbrella Man – A Cautionary Tale
Germane to nothing in particular, I highly recommend this six-minute documentary by Errol Morris, made for the 48th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It explores the…
Aransas County Judge William Adams Beats Daughter
This is horrifying. No parent should ever get away with this. I know many parents 20 and 30 years ago did this. It was wrong then and it is wrong…
Unequal = Indebted
The IMF find that rising inequality is a key driving force behind balance of payments problems and domestic instability in developed countries. “what unites the experiences of the main deficit…
Afraid to call a Liar a Liar
The Montreal Gazette headline is ‘NDP accuses Tony Clement of doctoring Hansard’. Wow, thinks the reader, that’s a pretty serious allegation, accusing someone of deliberately distorting the public record of…