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2011
Third Annual Dead Nazi Day
We`re keeping it simple this year, though if any of our readers wish to share how they decided to spend, `Dead Nazi Day" we would love to hear about it.…
surprised that gary mar is supporting privatized health care? don’t be. just look at his record.
Was it the beginnings of a complicated political strategy, the osmosis of sitting in the Edmonton Sun offices, or the anticipation of an endorsement from former Premier Ralph Klein that…
Winnipeg seems in great shape
I don't visit all that often. But generally speaking I've been here every few years. I tend to measure the health of the people and the province by how much…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats in formation.
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability names evangelical celebrities to accountability commission
The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability named it’s board of reference members today. This is another step by the ECFA, after Senator Chuck Grassley (Senate Finance Committee) asked the organization…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that to end your Tuesday. - The Ottawa Citizen tears a strip off the Cons' G8 patronage and cover-up: The more details emerge about the way the government…
Today in the bizarro world of Canadian politics
Two choice items from the Globe today: "Harper makes ‘remarkable’ gains in best-prime-minister ranking" and "Cinephile Stephen Harper drops in on Crazy, Stupid Love." "He loves movies," we're told. Meanwhile,…
Ethical Oil Worked It, Hard, At the Calgary Stampede
LobbyLobbyEverywhereTheNewTexasVille As noted by McSushiboy21, based on publically available information provided by @lobbywatch: On July 9, Encana officials met with Prime MinisterStephen Harper, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and…
Rumours of Pipeline’s Demise Grow as Speculation Surrounds Enbridge
It's impossible to divine anything concrete from the flurry of interesting chatter surrounding Enbridge's embattled 1,100 km Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal. Alternate routes, Asian energy experts laughing at our stupidity,…
Ottawa police brutality: the beat goes on
At this rate, Ottawa’s Finest are going to run out of citizens to attack. Yet another story of unprovoked violence against an unresisting person: a man sleeping on a sidewalk…
Paulie’s Stutus in the WN Movement in Canada Diminishing?
A couple of weeks ago, Paulie decided to promote the cause of some of his newer friends. No, not of boneheads, but some of the folks at Free Dominion: We…
Sun TV/Fox News wannabe? VOCM hits new low #nlpoli
Did they just get it wrong or is this the new standard of partisan journalism at the government-friendly VOCM? First of all, let us recall that Westcott is leaving the…
Toronto Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy’s non-existent journalistic integrity
This is your Canadian journalism in a nutshell. And I mean nutsack. Here is a Sun Media 'journalist' lobbying Jewish groups to defund Toronto Pride. It's not just Christianist yahoos…
The Hidden Impact of Rising PSE Costs for Students
Over the past several decades in Canada, tuition rates and student debt levels have both increased substantially. Yet, I am not aware of much research seeking to assess either how…
Mandatory Sentences Really Mean Mandatory
Canada's top legal group, the Canadian Bar Association, was not exactly kind to Harper's approach to crime in its recent annual conference. It identified many issues from overcrowding to the…
Sue Ann Levy Fights Firefighters And Their Female Fans
In the midst of a rant suggesting that Rob Ford aim his cost-cutting axe at Toronto Fire Services, The Sun's Sue Ann Levy opines: As I happened by the Yorkville…
Nouriel Roubini: "Karl Marx was right"
Nouriel Roubini, one of the world’s most well-known economists, discusses his take on the current market climate in the Wall Street Journal. Money quote: “Karl Marx said it right, at…