Say it with me; A$$hole. Of the day.
Oh bloody hell, how does one even get this friggin clueless? “People who don’t have money don’t understand the stress,” said Alan Dlugash, a partner at accounting firm Marks Paneth…
February 2012
Tough Shit
A new justification for possible electoral fraud, from one of the usual suspects.
Tough Shit
A new justification for possible electoral fraud, from one of the usual suspects.
Tough Shit
A new justification for possible electoral fraud, from one of the usual suspects.
Tough Shit
A new justification for possible electoral fraud, from one of the usual suspects.
Robocalls: Deepthroat says "Follow the money"
And it seems that, just like Watergate, Canada’s dirty tricks scoundrels will be unveiled by following the money: Details of the phone account are contained in a series of sworn…
Conservatives Robocalls Scandal: What Canadians Are Saying
Thanks to the still-imploding Conservatives robocalls scandal, the end of the age of innocence in Canadian politics has begun. The scandal is being described in the kind of terms common…
Sun TV Anchors TVA Earnings–As In Holding Them Down
“The Television sector’s financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011 were again affected by the operating losses of the three specialty channels launched in 2011: TVA Sports, SUN News…
There Should Be No Statute of Limitations On Democracy
Will we get our Fone Fraud complaints in under the wire? Is it already too late?
Leadership 2012 Candidate Analysis – Paul Dewar
Paul Dewar has been the quintessential middle-of-the-pack candidate thus far in the NDP’s leadership race, combining one obvious weakness with a strong organization and personal appeal to place himself within…
Is Enbridge’s CEO Really Retiring to Build His Grandson a Hockey Rink?
To me there’s something fishy going on – rather like the story “when a husband sends his wife flowers for no reason, there’s a reason.” Why is Mr. Daniel giving…
Make It FOUR
Smithers has now voted to officially oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway project, becoming the fourth local government in the northwest to take that position. Councillor Phil Brienesse, whose motion last…
Hebron review complete #nlpoli
The review panel appointed by the offshore regulatory authority to review the Hebron development issued its report on Tuesday with a set of 64 recommendations attached. Among them (bolding added):…
FoneFraud: Stephen Harper vs Erin Brockovich
How closely does the Fone Fraud Fiasco emulate the movie Erin Brockovich? More than you think!
Twitter Sells Multi-billion Tweet Archive – No Regard For Users Privacy!
Anything you have ever tweeted on Twitter has now been sold … your words lives forever in the hands of the corporate world ….“Twitter has sold billions of archived tweets…
Bob Rae has 20 days to protect our democracy
The clock is ticking and there are less than three weeks to go (around 20 days as of today) before voters lose their right to appeal to the courts to…
Chatelaine P. 176 and Loblaws!
I’ve become a bit of a maniac in the grocery store. It started with the Toronto Sun. I stood at the newspaper stand, flipping through it to find the Star…
Making Waves–the View from Where the Portuguese Began Their Voyages
Thursday I’m going to be talking about oing to be talking about Making Waves: The Continuing Portuguese Adventure as part of the Atwater Library’s Lunchtime series. There will be music…
The Tory Strategy of Fostering Voter Disengagement
I have long believed that a good part of the Conservative strategy to become Canada’s natural governing party rests on a strategy of disenfranchisement. By lowering the tone of public…
Heartland Institute Associate Got Inside Carleton University
A prominent associate of the US based Heartland Institute managed to teach a climate change course at Carleton University from 2009 to 2011. An audit found the course, taught by…