our day in court
Remember our crazy water bill? And how tried to fight it? In the end, we had no choice. We had to pay the bill or Peel would have disconnected our…
February 2012
The giant squirrel and fish this time
Earlier versions of this one had an end-of-reel shot of the squirrel fishing, which I quite liked. But in the name of brevity, it’s gone.
L’art du politique est de faire en sorte qu’il soit de l’intérêt de chacun d’être vertueux
Claude Adrien HELVÉTIUS The art of politics is to make it so that it is in everyone's best interest to be virtuous.
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.
Edmund Burke
Parliament in Review: December 15, 2011
Thursday, December 15 was the final day in the House of Commons before the winter break. The Big Issue Once again, debate focused primarily on Bill C-26 to clarify the…
Maryland Senate approves marriage equality bill
On Thursday, the Maryland Senate approved, by a 25-22 vote, a marriage equality bill that will now be sent to its sponsor, Governor Martin O’Malley, who has promised to sign…
Things My Hit Meter Tell Me….
TheGoogleCacheNeverForgets SegrettiVille Today it is the fact that a whole lotta people are landing here after they type “Michael Sona” into the Google machine. Especially if they add “Guelph” to…
Michael Coren takes a breather
…from his usual anti-gay, anti-Muslim, anti-Black shtick, to tell us who’s really running Hollywood. As if we didn’t know. About Coren, I mean.
The Price of Dirty Oil: Canada, the EU, the WTO and National Sovreignty
So, today was supposed to be the big day. I’ve had it circled on my calendar for some time now, so imagine my surprise when it all turned into a…
BC Liberals reward friends
When Kevin Falcon presented his budget, corporate media cheerleaders turned immediately to the reliables for comment — people like John Winter (BC Chamber of Commerce), Jock Finlayson (BC Business Council)…
Gonzo Week Cont’d…Wild Hunter’s Circus Story, Vol. 2
SonnyWannaTry TheBigTopVille ‘The Circus-Circus is what the whole hep world would be doing on Saturday night if the Nazis had won the war. This is the Six Reich. The ground…
Niki Ashton’s Vancouver visit #ndpldr
I should have posted about this ahead of time, but here’s a video I took of Niki Ashton on Tuesday evening when she spoke at the Lion’s Pub in Vancouver.…
Tell me about yourself
As I prepare for graduate scholarship interviews and life beyond the bubble of Mount Allison University/Sackville, NB I think more and more of how to effectively turn my background and…
Social Media: An Interview
I was asked to contribute my responses to interview questions on social media for a new journal called The Future of Learning and of course I was happy to send…
Michael Coren, The Jews, And Hollywood
I didn’t see it, because its on Sun TV and, lets face it, NOBODY was watching. But U.S author Shmuley Boteach (his real name) claims Michael Coren told him that…
Did the Cons Steal the Last Election?
When I first heard that Elections Canada is investigating attempts to suppress the vote during the last election, I wrote that at the very least bye-elections should be held in…
Bill C-10: What Next?
Canadians continue to speak out against the proposed mandatory sentencing provisions of Bill C-10 (see, for example, this video, sent to me by a fellow Albertan). They do so even…
Dirty tricks
An odd thing about dirty tricks — they are usually not necessary. Some readers may be old enough to remember President Nixon. He was going to be reelected without any…
Harper denies: Not feelin’ it
Harper actually deigned to comment on the fraudulent robocall scandal: “Our party has no knowledge of these calls. It’s not part of our campaign,” Mr. Harper told reporters on Thursday.…
We Have Our First Declared Contender for the LPoC Leadership!
And he’s a 32-year old paramedic from Winnipeg whose been a member for maybe two months! Woo! His name is Shane Geschiere, and while I’m not betting on his chances,…