So far, the Conservative government’s fear-mongering has targeted anti-capitalism movements, environmentalists, Aboriginal groups, activists, foreign special interest groups, so-called “issue-based terrorists” and other imaginary “enemies of the state”. Now add…
TheKingAndHisCourt FiveStringVille The banjo king, Earl Scruggs, is dead. His music will live on forever. Interestingly, Mr. Scruggs wife Louise was his, and his partner guitarist Lester Flatt’s, business manager…
Smiling Mass Murderer Robert Bales It is hard to get people to care about Afghanistan and, despite fighting a massive war there, hard to get it in the news. Most…
The Leafs, as in the Toronto Maple Leafs, suck. We all know that. Like really suck. Here was the funny story in The Toronto Sun. The story was that a…
Last November, Mathieu Ravignat (NDP-Pontiac) and Peter Stoffer (NDP-Sackville-Eastern Shore) introduced a Private Member’s Bill that would prevent MPs from switching parties (crossing the floor as it is called in…
Quick, spot what’s different in the NDP’s response to the federal budget compared to any other official opposition ever: NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair today slammed Stephen Harper’s Conservatives for introducing…
From my friends at KOWPR comes this: This Saturday!! An Exclusive Autograph Signing Session With The Best Canadian Artists! The JUNO Fan Fare will be rocking out at St. Laurent…
Most middle-aged Brits keep fit by doing pint curls in the local pub. But this one‘s found another, and arguably healthier, exercise…which, coincidentally, is also done in a lot of…
Western media has focused attention on Sgt. Robert Bales’s background. He allegedly murdered 16 Afghan civilians, 9 of them children, near Kandahar. After the bloodbath, Bales returned to his base…
Dan Tan offers another guest post – this one responding to a bit of misplaced advice from Embassy with a helpful reminder as to how policy is formulated within the…
So it’s finally here: the budget and the 0day reaction to go with it. Or should we say reactions as they are all over the map? In any case, I’ve…
At the 1:30 mark and onwards, Flaherty gives an answer on his OAS age eligibility increase that is receiving some attention tonight. Two callers to the CPAC call-in show that…
Inspired by these stories: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/03/29/federalbudget-main.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/03/29/federalbudget-flaherty-penny-cent.html
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I once referred to the Conservatives as looters in suits and ties. I was thinking more of the economy at the time. It was a reference to the way the…
That is the way it works in this town. Ottawa has what Kylie Minogue calls the “Tall trees syndrome.” If you get too tall people in this city, actually just…
“(Garry Breitkreuz) told a classroom of Ottawa high school students — some as young as 14 — that all Canadians should carry firearms, and girls in particular should be armed…
Forum seems to always lead the trends these days. The above numbers are the highest the NDP have been since the late ’80’s or early ’90’s, a good sign for…
He is going to screw old people out of two years of their pensions. He is going to buy some planes and build some jails. He is cutting back 115,000,000…
Third (or fourth) party leader Raj Sherman crashes Premier Alison Redford’s party this afternoon. Sheesh! Ms. Redford must be thinking: “Oh butt out, Raj!” Below: Kevin Taft; Dr. Sherman –…
