Will Britain’s PM Energize Quebec Sovereigntists?
British PM David Cameron is prepared to roll the dice. He’ll tell the Scots this week they can hold a binding referendum on sovereignty provided, 1) that it be held…
January 2012
Spain Pushes the Consumer "Reset" Button
Spain, like Italy, and especially Greece and Ireland, is in the throes of an austerity purge. Some 64% of working Spaniards now take home about a thousand Euros per month.…
Mitt Romney: “Job Creator”
Interesting discussion from this weekend’s “Up w/ Chris Hayes” program about the true nature of Mitt Romney’s dubious wealth-extracting endevours in the “free market” as a private equity investor (the…
Cost of Inequitable Tax Loopholes Increases
Finance Canada published its annual Tax Expenditure Report for 2011 and it shows that the cost of some of the most inequitable tax preferences and loopholes continues to rise. For…
Still Not Sure The World Has Gone Mad?
Well then how ’bout this? Investors paying a premium to lend money to Germany. That’s right, negative interest. The auction of six-month German government bills on Monday produced a negative…
The real radicals are … the Conservatives
… Oliver said radicals are “a group of people who don’t take into account the facts but are driven by an ideological imperative.” Errh, like people who keep fighting the…
Christian Bullshit Nailed by Bill Maher
“Really! It’s in that book you hold up when you scream at gay people.” I came across this great commentary by Bill Maher and had to share it here for…
Law Society generally has no duty to public at large
D’Souza v. Linton, 2012 ONCA 11 holds the Law Society does not, absent special circumstances, have a duty to members of the public at large for the wrongful actions of…
Concern trolls
The Harper Conservatives care so much about the Liberals that they are warning us how damaging it would be to elect Bob Rae as leader.Bless their hearts.Rae must be the…
Harper To Strike Another Blow Against Democracy To Ease His Frustration
The other day I wrote a post about the dark lord’s frustration over the democratic expression of opposition to the Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline. It seems ‘dear leader’ felt that…
In the absence of a leadership race, let’s look in at the exciting race for VP Membership!
The much anticipated Liberal convention kicks off this Friday in Ottawa, with the internal races for party positions drawing a lot more attention than usual. If you’re losing sleep over…
Next time some ‘Ethical Oil’ salesperson gives you the ‘foreign influence’ bunk on the pipeline hearings, mention Alison’s post on the subject at Creekside
I watched in mild horror ’Question Period’ yesterday. Horror, not because CTV is too cheap to broadcast the show in HD, but because of the nonsense delivered on behalf of…
With All Due Respect Ben Shapiro. You’re Talking Out of Your ….
I received an E-reader for Christmas and recently uploaded Ben Shapiro’s new book: Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV. I had blogged…
Austin, Texas: A Green Capital
This may shock you as much as it did me: Austin, Texas may just be the best place in the USA for clean-tech companies. Time Magazine has a good article…
Dying Alone
A few weeks ago I had a patient named Helen who died. I’m not talking about a dramatic code or trauma, with people running around shouting for IV access, but…
The Galling Hypocrisy of EthicalOil.org
Mordor It’s really very simple. A front group for tarsands polluters is accusing opponents of being puppets of foreign interests. EthicalOil.org thinks only Canadians should be permitted to take part…
Did Warren Kinsella Just Shoot Our Foot?
I like Kinsella on a general scale, but if you need proof that the man operates outside the bounds of normal, sane practices that will help the Liberals in the…
Spin Doctors – Green Party priorities for 2012
Happy Monday! After a holiday hiatus, the Hill Times is back this week, and so is Spin Doctors. Our question today is the following: “What will be your leader’s top…
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Advice: Harper Regime “Streamlines” its Own Policy Advice Office
Hill Times is reporting that the Prime Minister’s Office has “streamlined” by merging its two main previously separate branches, the policy analysis unit and the public relations and lobbying unit…