Now Rebecca Scott is the only Press Secretary
I’ve made a fair issue of the conflict of interest CBC Legislative Bureau Chief Stephen Smart faces when reporting on Premier Photo-Op and her government while he shares pillows each…
February 2012
Time for a Music Break
Let’s take a little break from the heavy for a while by enjoying some music by one of Canada’s finest rock n’ roll bands: The Headstones. Seen em’ live three…
Did Ron Obvious Just Get One Right?
. Not bloody likely. But I do have to admit….. For once Gary Mason actually made me laugh out loud.* Gary Mason @garymasonglobe Close I’m hearing that in a bid…
Shake things up with snail mail
Disclaimer: I’m not talking about direct mail campaigns here. I figure you can come up with much more interesting ways to waste money on your own. I was listening to…
4237…Something Else That Looks Good On…
…paper is mandatory sentencing. Except the Stephen Harpers forgot that judges are often sane and, In Our Home And Native Land, are not elected and are nobody’s baby. Check this…
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CANADIAN LABOUR EDMONTON: HOSPITAL WORKERS WILDCAT IN EDMONTON: Sometimes some people such as bosses need a little wake-up call before they move at all. Such seemed to be the case…
4236…Like Bill C-10 This Looks Great On Paper…
…but…in reality it is going to cause a sh*t storm and a half. Megan Oglvie in yesterday’s Toronto Star opened her piece with this: The narcotic painkiller OxyContin will soon…
4235…Shortsightedness In The Drummond Report
In my opinion the Drummond Report is, like many other a c t i o n s of its kind short sighted and seems to be written by someone who…
4234…You’ve Had A Bad Day When…
…you are just minding your own business flying your little biddy one engined Cessna from here to there in Southern California and out of no where two F 16 fighter…
Did The Wife Of The ‘Not Conflicted’ CBC Ledge Guy Just Get A Promotion?
AllTheRestructuringThatFits (not)PremierVille As Laila notes, Christy Clark’s Press Secretary, Mr. Chris Olsen, has been fired. Errrrr…… Restructured. So. Does this mean that the current Deputy Press Secretary, Ms. Rebecca Scott,…
Willie Nelson & Our Beautiful Sustainable New World
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It’s a bird; it’s a hockey stick; it’s a faked document!
heartland.gif Heartland response would be a useful PR tactic The Climate Strategy that was emailed to the DeSmogBlog with a package of material from the Heartland Institute’s Jan. 17 Board…
Radical policies for which no one voted
Rowan Williams is the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, an office that dates back 1,400 years. Often outspoken, occasionally radical, Williams served for one issue last summer as guest editor of…
4233…President Michelle Bachmann
I love the way that roles off the tongue. Along with Veep Ron Paul. Yeah, now you are talking! Anyhow the crazy lady from Minny was mentioned in Slate. She…
Stupid (Anti-)Sex Tricks: The American Lie League, and other hilarious crapagandroids
Need a good laugh tonight? Here ya go: Mmmmmm, penis cupcakes and vagina macaroons! Yummy! Jezebel calls this “the most hilariously lewd thing you’ll ever see”, and they’re not far…
So the world may be headed to heck in a handbasket
But I had so much fun with #TellVicEverything that I’m okay with it for now. Tomorrow, I’ll be right back at it working to lessen the stupid and increase the…
You Don’t Say… February 16, 2012
I’m not saying that I knew Whitney Houston well or that I will mourn for days now that she is gone, but the world lost a talented performer and one…
Don Drummond’s austerity medicine: suck it, Ontario | #onpoli
I’m a little late to the game, so not much in the way of new or innovative analysis or reaction. For starters, though, I’d recommend you take a look at…
Crossroads Television System denied licence amendment
CTS went before the CRTC asking for an amendment in regards to balanced programming, required by their licence for two Alberta stations and the Burlington station. Currently CTS is required…
T. Jefferson and Me.
BuryingOne’sHeadInSiliconValleySandDoesNotCount OstrichVille I have been using Apple products since before that (allegedly Anti-Orwellian Superbowl commerical from 1984…. In fact, the first machine I used seriously was an Apple IIe. And…