Friday night
Good evening. I think it’s time for some tunes. Let’s start with Ray Wylie Hubbard on Wanna Rock and Roll. I believe the lead guitarist is his son and I’m…
February 2012
Christy Clark Unplugged…
AllTheDegreesThatDon’tExist ThePremier’sAwesomeScienceProjectVille On all the fracking to come: “…(Christy) Clark says she is completely comfortable with the science behind fracking, and its possible associated health risks, and believes Northeast B.C.…
Molly’sBlog 2012-02-10 19:42:00
AMERICAN LABOUR: MORE ANTI-WORKER LEGISLATION IN ARIZONA: The following item is from the National Public Radio in the USA. ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼Arizona Lawmakers Target Public Workers’ Unionsby Ted Robbins February 9, 2012…
Pink Shirt Day Reminder
Don’t forget: Pink Shirt Day, Canada’s anti-bullying campaign, is coming up in just a couple of weeks! If you don’t have a pink shirt to wear, you can buy one…
Baby Steps
One of my earliest political memories is the talk around our dining room table that surrounded the Senate. Like many Albertans, my father was (and is) a strong proponent of…
As far as I can Throne ‘em…
I read in the Times Colonist today that the editorial board is rather miffed that the Premier is going to be announcing her agenda for the session via a radio…
4199…Immigrants Rock
My view on immigration is quite simple: let them all in. All. That is why the note on Rob Snow’s Facebook, he is the afternoon drive talker on CFRA in…
Change Doesn’t Exist Only Once
It began on rhetoric but ended on substance; this video is like Obama’s campaign, because Americans can choose to continue it, to not just look back at what they have…
Conservative Senator Irving Gerstein removes Liberal and only woman Vice-Chair since Confederation, 17-year member Céline Hervieux-Payette
Shocking is right. But par for the course when it comes to heavy-handed Conservatives. I love the part how Gerstein blacked out “his motion, the debates and the vote”. Transparency?…
To all those who celebrate Anne-France Goldwater’s assaults on Marina Nemat and Carmen Aguirre, think again
Winners Free speech is only defensible when it is not libel, defamation or injurious to another human being. Goldwater’s attack was a baseless assault on other humans already called indefensible…
RossK nails it
…on the question of how we should be dealing with Harper and his caucus on the question of state intervention into the most private personal aspects of womens’ lives. Our…
What does it take to capture a petty thief in West Vancouver?
One dog team. One commandeered citizen car Vancouver police department West Vancouver police department One can’t help wonder how many serious crimes were being committed during this live Keystone Kops…
Conservative Senator Irving Gerstein removes Liberal and only woman Vice-Chair since Confederation, 17-year member Céline Hervieux-Payette
Shocking is right. But par for the course when it comes to heavy-handed Conservatives. I love the part how Gerstein blacked out “his motion, the debates and the vote”. Transparency?…
4198…Thank You Captain Obvious
Captain Obvious would be Tory and Essex MP Jeff Watson. Mr. Watson’s Windsor office was occupied for a couple of hours yesterday by retired Canadian Auto Workers Union members who…
Another Northern Gateway Pipeline Update
Sometimes, the regina mom wonders why she bothers to write her long blogposts, when others do it excellently with a short quote and video or are capable of piecing together…
4197…Michael Harris CFRA Fired
Media is so f*cked in Canada, especially radio and TV. A case in point would be the gassing of Michael Harris of Michael Harris Live on CFRA in Ottawa. CFRA…
Calgary Herald peddles abortion lies
Abortion connected to breast cancer? No way, except in the tiny febrile minds of “pro-life” propagandists—like the Calgary Herald’s Susan Martinuk. It’s time to put this lie—for lie it is—to…
How bizarre
A tweet responding to this week’s column post raises a point worth plenty more discussion. So let’s go into a bit more detail about how the Sask Party’s response to…
Stephen Woodworth Makes a Comeback
Much to my annoyance, Woodworth didn’t go away. I really did hope that he would, but given his pre-Xmas efforts to reignite the “debate” on women’s rights failed, he’s back…
Salem Harbor Enforced Shutdown: The Beginning of the End for Old Coal in New England
coal-wall.jpg This is a guest post by N. Jonathan Peress, VP and Director, Clean Energy and Climate Change, Conservation Law Foundation (CLF). It originally appeared on CLF's blog. On February…