Where is Our Anger?
I was trying to embed a video, even though the subject matter isn’t what this post is about, but it seems to be having trouble. As such, just click the…
2011
Stopping All Cons….Invoking The Gilliard Doctrine
DiscussionAndDebateAlone WillNotWinVille Boris had an important post up over at The Beaver a couple of days ago. Essentially, he concluded that the latest from the fine folks from ‘Campaign Research’,…
Campaign Research Con cats are out of the bag
> Campaign Research client and House Speaker Andrew Scheer ruled it “reprehensible” while Campaign Research client and Con House Leader Peter Van Loan defended it as “vital free speech”, but…
Vancouver Sun: FAIL!
On the left you can see yesterday’s Vancouver Sun cover page the day after more than 60 First Nations annouced they will not allow the Enbridge pipeline through their territories,…
the daily show, all-american muslim and lowe’s: watch, laugh, and write
The episode of The Daily Show that I mentioned here can be seen here. The part I found hilarious begins at about 6:00. Many thanks to David H for the…
from out of nowhere, beautiful music transforms my night
Tonight on my way home from work, I had no music with me, and was forced to listen to the radio. To think I was once a radio addict; now…
A CKDA Radio and CHEK TV News Pioneer Passes Away
NewsMyMomAndMyMom-In-Law CanUseVille Andy Stephen was his name. I remember him from when I was a kid, but mostly from the TeeVee though, especially his turns with Dame Ida given that,…
Winning the Salmon PR "War"? Emails Reveal Government Scientists Acting Like Flacks
The second of three extra days of hearings at the Cohen Commission into disappearing Fraser River sockeye yielded more surprises – the biggest of which came in the form of…
Winning the Salmon PR "War"? Emails Reveal Government Scientists Acting Like Flacks
The second of three extra days of hearings at the Cohen Commission into disappearing Fraser River sockeye yielded more surprises – the biggest of which came in the form of…
Musical interlude
Parker & Hanson – Aim High Shoot Low
Some folks are dog-gone crazy in Ottawa – and I dont mean the politicians.
I’ll be blunt – I’m not a dog person. I’m a cat person. I normally don’t go out of my way to comment on dog-related matters. I also don’t normally…
And now there’s a tree
And lights on the house. First time ever. We’re uh… really getting into this Christmas thing.
Saturday Photo: Apples and er, Clementines, Say the Bells of Saint Clemens
This time of year it is the fruit that matured during the long days of summer that bring the sun into our lives. Here are clementines and Cortland apples (the…
Room for progressivity
Yes, I know some commentators are treating the latest from Kevin Milligan et al. as somehow proving a point that raising high-income tax levels won’t accomplish anything. But I’d think…
The Double E Conservative Candidate in PoMoCo Beats…
. …..No One. First a representative sampling from one of the stenographic proMedia news reports on the ‘event’: COQUITLAM, B.C. – The B.C. Conservatives have taken their first step toward…
Wankers of the Week: Third Badvent, and all is hell
Crappy weekend, everyone! Well, it’s that time again, the Most Wonderful Time of the Week…the time we shit-list all the worthiest and most deserving shits who crossed our radars this…
CBC reporter’s conflict of interest
“Legislative Bureau Chief” Stephen Smart reports regularly on the British Columbia government. The “year-end views” interview with Premier Clark is but one example. Mr. Smart is married to Rebecca Scott,…
Merle Haggard
Workers caught in terrible traps, encouraged to choose the wrong enemies. In spite of myself, I like this guy, and I think I need to publish this corrective to my…