Banana Republic
It just gets more and more ludicrous on a daily fucking basis here in Harperland. Now the Harpercons want Canadians to boycott bananas from Chiquita, because that company has said…
2011
Let’s try this again
Over the past few days, in the midst of all the craziness, we’ve received some warm and friendly emails from several different dog rescues, inviting us to take a look…
@GeorgeMonbiot on the subversion of ‘freedom’ | #winningbackthewords
Modern libertarianism is the disguise adopted by those who wish to exploit without restraint. It pretends that only the state intrudes on our liberties. It ignores the role of banks,…
What does it take to be president? Alexandra Mendes knows
To me, an important part of the job of President of the Party is to know what the job is and isn’t. It’s an organizational role, one that requires communications…
#ethicalbananaphone
It must be hard to be Don Cherry these days. It’s not just that Cherry became the foil to the Conservative mob’s campaign to find out how much Peter Mansbridge…
Never Mind The Year End Round-Up Bollocks…
WhosePremierhipIsItAnyway DamageControlVille ….Here Comes The PAB-Bots New Leader Just in time for Christmas. Rob Shaw in the V T-C has the story: ….Athana Mentzelopoulos, (Christy) Clark’s deputy minister in charge…
Media Advisory: Bell backs off on throttling, caves to Internet openness supporters; OpenMedia.ca available for comment
openmedia_logo.jpg WHAT: Bell, Canada’s largest Internet provider, has decided to pull back some of the discriminatory restrictions it has been imposing on the Internet for the last several years, namely…
Next Question: Who Will Go Without Healthcare?
The range of off-the-cuff commentary on the new health “deal” from the professional media is predictably pathetic. There’s the usual variety of pro-government shills nodding sagely and agreeing that Canadian…
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanza and a Happy New Year!
If you think this December is like any other, a time where people shop for gifts and go mad with holiday craziness, then you are sadly mistaken. No, this December…
Cooperative federalism in action
As exercised by one of our intrepid cabinet ministers: Mr. Duncan described the provinces as being blindsided by Mr. Flaherty behind closed doors. “He put the document in front of…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading. – Dan Leger worries about the consequences of the Cons’ faith-based government: Despite the big majority and many years left in its mandate, the…
Conservative Health Transfers
During the federal election, I noted in a Toronto Star op-ed that the federal Conservative platform entails significant fiscal costs for provincial governments. I accepted the Conservatives’ promise to continue…
Together we can!
It’s truly remarkable what we can achieve when we work together. This year, we’ve proven that the government will listen to Canadians when we approach them with a clear and…
Harper Regime Budget Cuts Should Begin at Home
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been spending my few free moments putting together a master list of the Conservative Party’s political appointees. This is separate from my Patronage List…
Ex-Dear Leader Hysteria
I tweeted this earlier in the day, but the scenes just keep replaying though my head with annoying frequency for some disturbing reason. In one respect, it’s difficult not to…
Religious Fanatic Attacks Poster of Virgin Mary
Well I suppose it was too real to be tolerated. A poster of the Virgin Mary receiving a pregnancy test. So a religious fanatic attacked it with a pair of…
The blogging life
This confession comes from the brilliant Mark Thoma who writes Economist’s View: A recent email prompts me to explain something. I post lots of excerpts from articles about economics, but…
White Christmas in the South March Highlands
At Least a White Pre-Christmas Video by Ray Vermette (Ottawa Mountain Bike Association) Source: OMBA – White Mountain Bike Christmas