Harper government flips and flops on Europe
Yesterday: “Canada could pay into IMF Europe fund, Flaherty says.” Hmmm, maybe they should have been a little more open-minded initially. Here in early November was Harper’s shortsighted message at…
2011
The Night Santa Went Crazy
This fan-made video is a brilliant adaptation of Weird Al’s “The Night Santa Went Crazy”. Click here to view the embedded video. You may also find some crazy at alltop.com.
Justice Binnie at the 3rd annual Rights Watch
The Honourable Justice Binnie spoke at RightsWatch on October 21, 2011 in Calgary, Alberta.
Book Review: Suffled How it Gush: A North American Anarchist in the Balkans
“I think Hannah Arendt did say somewhere in The Origins of Totalitarianism that the thesis of the modern state is: ‘Everyone should die.’” –Suffled How it Gush (pg. 74) I…
Happy Holidays From Slap
Well, I’m off to the praries for the holidays, spreading all sorts of seasonal merry cheerfulness with friends and family. This does mean, however, that there shan’t be any updates…
More Muskrat Fun: HQ, NALCO and PEI #nlpoli #nspoli #cdnpoli
The Ghosts of Hydro-Quebec and NACLO: A pair of readers fired off separate e-mails to point out an alternate explanation for the “anything cabinet decides they can do” clause from…
Marc Lemire Denies Heritage Front Past to Ezra Levant
You know, we rarely watch the Sun News channel, in part because of the poor production and the amateur hour nature of the programing, but if we're to be honest…
Rejecting unilateral approaches to federalism
The Supreme Court came down with a unanimous decision that the federal government’s plans to unilaterally create a national securities regulator is unconstitutional. Not that such a beast itself is…
Christmas Message 2011: We Are At Their Mercy
One of the most pervasive myths of the modern age is that democracy is something that requires very little effort. Our democracy and our freedoms will survive whether we are…
What Alison Redford really needs: a smaller caucus
Members of former premier Ed Stelmach’s caucus discuss their differences in the Legislative Assembly. Is that Ron Liepert top right? Actual Conservative MLAs may not be exactly as illustrated. Below:…
Molly’sBlog 2011-12-23 00:57:00
PERSONAL: FAREWELL TO MY SISTER: I’ve reached the age where I see my siblings dying, something quite different from having your parents die (many years in the past for me).…
Prime Minister gets his ass sued
OTTAWA – Former federal cabinet minister Helena Guergis is suing Prime Minister Cowboy Steve, the Conservative party, and several of their lackeys for her 2010 ejection from caucus over allegations…
Conservative MP seeks to open emotive abortion debate
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made it clear his government will not reopen the abortion debate. But Stephen Woodworth, the Conservative MP for Kitchener Centre wants to reverse course. And…
Merry Whimsy To All, And To All A Good Night
From our good friend Theo. _____ Theo’s fantastically whimsical, not to mention colourful, stuff can be found here. .
Christmas, Calvin-style
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How The Globe channels the 1 per cent | #Occupy #classwarfare
Managing Occupy protest cost city $1-million, city says – The Globe and Mail: ‘via Blog this’ It’s masquerading as “objective” “news,” but in fact it’s anything but. Note how Canada’s…
Gerry Nicholls has my blood boiling
This Postmedia item has had me in a lather all day. It’s not just that they’re whipping up the faithful against the people I work for. That always bothers me…
my Canadian smugness just left me
Here I sit, in the middle of the great Christian Empire, in the southern USA. The land where if it has anything to do with a woman’s body or two…
Helena Guergis launches defamation suit against PM, Tory party
Treated rightly or wrongly (and my sense is she was not treated fairly) this claim just doesn’t have legs. The Prime Minister is entitled to choose Cabinet for any reason…