CBC News is reporting that a human rights complaint has been filed against Northwest Territories’ Finance Minister Michael Miltenberger over an incident that occurred during the December 9th visit to…
Q. How do you know when DADT is truly D-E-A-D? A. When something like this happens, and nobody gets arrested. The two women in the video are both petty officers…
NCC logo.jpg It's Christmastime in Canada – when all self-satisfied ideologues take a moment to lift the finger of blame and point it at somebody else. "Credit" for outstanding performance…
Communications’RUs Clark’sVilleStation Rob Shaw, writing in the VT-C after talking to UVIC poli-sci guy Norman Ruff, has come up with an interesting angle on the document-dump Friday appointment of Christy…
It’s easier to please those on the top. It’s far more beneficial to please those on the top, as they can benefit you the best. The underclass and the commoners…
An Elections Canada investigation into Faytene Grasseschi and the mini-Faytenes at 4MyCanada and whoever else participated with MyCanada in putting up a federal election website has been concluded. Both Rick…
Couldn’t resist this one. Thanks to Mark-Leiren-Young. Recommend this Post
On May 24, 2005, a by-election was held in the federal riding of Labrador, after the unfortunate passing of MP Lawrence O’Brien. One interesting thing about that by-election is this…
Gotta lose some weight after packing on the pounds: too much Christmas food!
The best part of James Gleick’s The Information was, for me, his history of communication and information technologies. Here’s a terrific article that applies that lens to baseball: “The History…
In moves partially to avenge the Occupy movement, three separate internet postings last week from Anonymous attacked both the website of the anti-gay, Islamophobic Florida Family Association and released personal…
What do Nancy Reagan, the Virgin Mary, and the girl in the blue bra have in common? All of them have covered their heads out of respect for custom and/or…
Il-sung is still served under glass, Now Jong-il’s dead— All things must pass The people weep, As they do each day Future and past One shade of grey: Anything new…
Chiquita Brands has caused a bit of a flutter on the Canadian scene by announcing it will avoid using fuel from Alberta’s tar sands. The company says it has joined…
Jack Layton’s legacy by Murray Dobbin The outpouring of grief from across the country over the sudden and cruel death of Jack Layton continues to affect politics in this country.…
In yesterday’s post, I railed against the hypocrisy of the Harperites in their efforts to convince us to boycott Chiquita banana over their refusal to use our dirty tarsands oil…
Two weeks ago, I wrote some impressions of The Information, by James Gleick. (If you read that earlier post, do also read the comments.) I was hoping that the book…
Security cameras caught this Christmas delivery of a computer monitor!
Recently the James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, issued a statement Tuesday saying he wrote to the Harper government Canada to express my deep…
Recently the James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, issued a statement Tuesday saying he wrote to the Harper government Canada to express my deep…
