Conrad Black’s inspissated braggadocio
Lord Black of Crossharbour pens a florid and overwrought piece in the National Post today, settling scores and threatening lawsuits in his time-honoured modus operandi. He’s upset that some of…
March 2012
Random signs of a sleeping giant awakening
…in a bad mood. This is what bus passengers saw as they looked out the glass window of a random transit shelter in some random part of North Randomsville today:…
The Bombastic Nature Of Stephen Harper
“Two secret meetings in the prime minister’s office this month should become chapters in any crisis communications manual. One is the wrong way to handle major problem files. The other…
What George Bush hath wrought: 90 Iraqi youths stoned to death for ’emo’ haircuts
So this is what George Bush’s invasion of Iraq has come to. Gotta love the democracy of this bit of theological murder. Just think, prior to 2001 Iraq was a…
Tell DFO to Save Kokish River Steelhead from Proposed Private Power Project
Rafe asks the Common Sense Canadian’s readers to support the Wilderness Committee’s call to action, telling DFO to reject the proposed Kokish River private power project on north Vancouver Island…
gary mar ordered to take unpaid leave pending investigation. alberta pc party releases leadership campaign audited financial reports.
Gary Mar Premier Alison Redford has ordered former cabinet minister Gary Mar, now the Government of Alberta’s representative in Asia, to take an unpaid leave of absence during an ethics…
On risky business
Michael Den Tandt suggests that the Cons’ budget later this month will be “revolutionary” – which fits the conventional wisdom that a majority government will try to get its most…
Robots Take Over the World
The Leader Post could not be more funny; Funny strange, and “haha”. In a week where Robocalls are on the lips of every politically aware Canadian, they run this photo…
Opinionated inanimate objects
I love these cartoons by Marc Johns — I hope he does many more. That’s not toasting, that’s typing! Fezzes have notoriously high standards. I agree, but the Google Font…
Note to media: Can we stay focussed, please?
Roboscam, not robocalls. And, although I’ve taken to using “roboscam” as shorthand, let is remember that live callers have also been implicated in this national vote suppression initiative. The issue…
Doonesbury Tackles Abortion
Sounds like a great strip and very on point however newspapers will be given the chance to replace it if they deem themselves and their readership hypocritical enough to accept…
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Favourite Poems XLIX
Eight haiku by Matsuo Bashō, translated by R. K. Blyth. Wikipedia tells us the Shinto priesthood deified Basho in 1793, a sort of minor god of poetry, and for a…
Pat Robertson is now more progressive than the people running the federal government. That’s quite a feat.
http://bit.ly/zEm8Mu "I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol," Mr. Robertson told The New York Times this week. "… This war on drugs just hasn't…
Manning Networking Conference, 2012–all about freedom
…unless you’re a journalist who broke a story the Cons would have preferred to keep under wraps. From the conference agenda for March 9: 9:00 pm – 12:00 am Manning…
pity the 1%
“Cash bonuses on Wall Street are expected to drop by 14 percent during this year’s ‘bonus season’.” Only 20 billion will be doled out instead of the usual 121,00 billion.…
The Great Christy Clark Sell-Out: The ‘Iron Snowbird’ embraces Conservative values at Manning conference
Nothing says ‘Liberal’ like a big dollop of Conservative values. Not just Conservative values but the more radical Reform, Alliance ones. The BC Liberals have always been accused of being…
Am I sick or am I stoned?
Many years ago, when I was in my teens, I spent a pleasant afternoon with three friends drinking Tussionex, which is a prescription cough syrup. Personally, I preferred to spend…
Activist Communiqué: Robo-call rallies around Canada
In a new Ipsos Reid poll on the robo-calls scandal, conducted for Postmedia News and Global TV, Canadians are uncompromising about the way forward. A whopping 68% want new by-elections…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – On the Robocon front, Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher’s latest good work investigating the Cons’ electoral fraud got Maher expelled from the Manning…