QP: A restrained energy
On the Monday after a constituency week, the energy in the Commons can best be described as “restrained.” However, as this is the first Monday of the final five-week stretch…
2011
APOD: The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble
APOD: 2011 November 13 – The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble. Largish wingspan for a butterfly! Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: butterfly nebula
The many lives of Alykhan Velshi
Velshi's the one to the left. This cat has at least nine lives. The huge FAIL of the 'ethical oil' scam hasn't stopped Stephen Harper from rewarding failure once again.
GOP Foreign Policy Debate: Iran, Covert Ops, and Sanctions
While most of the CBS GOP Presidential Nomination debate on foreign policy in South Carolina was predictably following the standard script, there was one issue that somewhat surprised me. That…
Herman Cain’s Rick Perry Moment
Dumb as a box of rocks. Just when you didn't think anyone could out-Perry Perry, try and understand this stream of bullshit about Libya from a man who has pretensions…
Ocean playground
Photos taken near Powell River
Paging Jason Kenney
Regular visitors to this corner of the internet will know that I'm not in favour of our continued military presence in Afghanistan. But if we're going to be there and…
James Bay families living in Squalor
Last week I told you about the families in Attawapiskat Ontario, on James Bay. Their MP has been trying to get something done. Watch the video made by Charles Angus,…
Why Sheila Copps nearly made me scream at work
I should really turn off Twitter when I'm on the phone at work, because when I scanned my feed during a down moment in a conference call this afternoon and…
Would they lie to us?
Nine Months before Olympics, Province Saw Big 'Shortfall', Bob Mackin, The Tyee, November 14, 2011 "...When VANOC revealed its post-Games financial report on Dec. 17, 2010, it claimed a balanced…
Obama’s sartorial slip
"I was persuaded by our team to perhaps break tradition, and so we have not required you to wear your aloha shirts." Thus President Obama broke the 20-year tradition of…
NDP supporters want a Quebec leader and electoral cooperation with Liberals
A surprising finding from the latest Ipsos Reid poll, and a very disconcerting one for Brian Topp.A large majority (58%) of NDP supporters believe that the next leader should hail…
New Report: CCPA and the Wilderness Committee on BC’s "Reckless" Desire to Frack
Screen shot 2011-11-09 at 9.57.36 PM.png If British Columbia wants to pursue economic, environmental and human health then the province must slow its furious pace of unconventional gas production...
Food Politics and American Elections
I find it fascinating how often American election campaigning features the cultural politics of food. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said in an interview with GQ out Monday that one…
Food Politics and American Elections
I find it fascinating how often American election campaigning features the cultural politics of food. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said in an interview with GQ out Monday that one…
Food Politics and American Elections
I find it fascinating how often American election campaigning features the cultural politics of food. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said in an interview with GQ out Monday that one…
Food Politics and American Elections
I find it fascinating how often American election campaigning features the cultural politics of food. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said in an interview with GQ out Monday that one…
Bob Rae on the Economy
Good speech from last week by Bob Rae on the Canadian economy in the global context. It’s short on details, but well aimed in its critique of “ideological islands of…
With Keystone shelved, Northern Gateway must not go ahead
Monday, November 14, 2011 Throughout the debate about whether the Keystone XL Pipeline should be b...
Rafe on Supporting the Common Sense Canadian – Plus Our New Op-ed Blog
The Common Sense Canadian has been going well over the past year-plus and this seems to be a good moment to reflect on what we’ve done, not done, and will…