Paul Krugman: Pretty Much a Tea Partier
... in the sense that it doesn't seem compromise is on his agenda, much like the Tea Partiers to the south: Many pundits view taking a position in the middle…
2011
Senate Democratic Leader Reid Agrees to Debt Deal With Republicans
I dislike paying taxes but taxes pay for services. It's like dinner at a restaurant -- I like the eating and don't like the paying ... but I know there…
Ottawa: Proud of It’s Municipal Water Supply and It’s Pathways – The Disconnect
Ottawa is very proud of the quality of it's municipal drinking water supply and goes to great lengths to assure people they do not need to buy bottled water.Ottawa is…
Attention Bob Rae
Bob Rae, the apostle of centrism, should read Krugman's latest. In particular, he should cut the following out and paste it on his desk for future reference: Which brings me…
Quebec or Bosnia : who has safer public infrastructure?
Honestly, after reading this, I think I’d take Bosnia over one of the Montreal bridges, overpasses or tunnels… What a shame. And disgrace. But look y’all, before we in the…
The Real Reason Kids Today Don’t Remember That Which Is On The Web…
....Isn't just because they know it's stuffed up The Tubez for easy and instant access.In addition, I think its got a lot to do with the fact that everything is…
six clouds in progress
<br>I think the bottom two and the top left are done. Certainly better, more accurate colour, better detailed photos will be up when the things are done. Filed under: art,…
On friendship, crowdsourcing and blogospherical possibilities
The other day Rod MacLean (“croghan27”), a beloved participant on the Bread and Roses board, and a frequent commenter at my place, was found dead in his Centretown Ottawa apartment.…
Conservatism: not a politics
…but a diagnosis. Here is conservative stalwart Debbie Schlussel, channeling Michael Coren: the victims of neo-Nazi ally Anders Breivik, she avers, were “hateful, privileged brats.” And despite her earlier attempted…
Cover your ears
Sounds like the US Congress is working on a debt ceiling bill that might actually pass their disfunctional political system.Cue the right-wing hysteria and the left-wing flip-out in three, two,…
A Musical Interlude
Just because we like to remind our readers, who truth be told need no reminders, that antifa music is far, far, far superior to RAC and/or WP crap. Okay, we…
The law of telephone numbers
A few days ago, I was shopping around for a good fax service. Besides receiving faxes by email and a few other musts, I needed a stable fax number. Who…
the only good bargaining is collective bargaining
From time to time, I sell things on Craigslist and Kijiji. I've given away scads of things on Freecycle, including, when we were packing up to move to Canada, a…
REAL Women, Promise Keepers and the Promotion of Violence
I Burned my Bra For This? REAL Women of Canada and the Men Behind ThemIt is a massive masculine shadow, in a hall or crowded room, lifting something indistinct up…
Time for a change ?
It is a warm mid-Summer weekend. Instead of relaxing and enjoying the outdoors, the fresh air, the company of friends, the ferocious northern mosquitoes and all the joys that the…
African Famine Blamed on Land Grab – But the People Need Water – Not Land
There has been a sudden rush to blame the famine in the horn of Africa on the "African Land Grab". News sources as diverse as The Local (Germany), Al Jazeera…
Things North American Corporate Media Would be Sure To Suppress But Would Be Crazy Enough To Work
Not to mention, no doubt, things to drive American Homeland Security Batty and drive the McCarthyist Tea-bagger paranoid types off to the fainting couches. Norway’s response to the recent terror…
Sunday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
It's disappointing enough for the 'Riders to lose to Calgary at home. But it's doubly so to manage the feat while playing about as well as could possibly be expected…
When You Don’t Know Who to Blame – You’re an American
You can't hope to change much when control of the narrative is what really matters. In the United States today, it's not actions but perceptions upon which elections are won.…