Manning Centre’s voter suppression school
Must read article from the Vancouver Observer on the creepy Manning Centre’s 2010 ‘campaign school’. Here’s a little of what one attendee, John Fryer, discovered. (emphasis mine). The conversation that…
March 2012
A course on…
… how to commit fraud? Interesting piece in the Vancouver Observer that is making the rounds on Facebook describing a course given through the conservative think-tank Manning Institute. Again, no…
While The Globe and Mail Is Busy Doing PR for The PM …
…it appears that The Vancouver Observer is actually doing some journalism as it unearths the details of the campaign school that John Fryer wrote about last week in his letter…
Rush (band) pulls music from Rush (bigot)
North America has always been home to one good Rush and one evil Rush, but never have they engaged in battle … until now. Canadian prog rock legends Rush have…
Robocon: Were our laws broken?
Misinformation is in the air, from the Tory front and back benches to journalists. Some is deliberate, designed to distract the public’s attention from misdeeds; others are perhaps simply mistakes.…
A Little More G20 Justice
In one of the more despicable acts of police brutality during the G20 Summit in Toronto in June of 2010, a paraplegic man, Gabriel Jacobs, was “dragged” from his motorized…
The mercenary qualities of liberal economists
Here is Mankiw circa 2007: Thursday, July 19, 2007 The Taxation of Carried Interest Several people have asked me my views on the taxation of carried interest. It is a…
Crystal Cathedral fires Schuller family members
Orange County Register Three family members of Crystal Cathedral Founder Robert H. Schuller were fired from their leadership positions in the ministry, officials confirmed Tuesday. Schuller’s daughter, Gretchen Penner, was…
4322…Lin Sanity Ish
Jeremy Lin’s alma mater, Harvard, has made the NCAA tourney for the first time since 1946.WFDS
Foundation of New Brunswick Autism Success Is Being Abandoned
New Brunswick, Canada, like most jurisdictions, has some gaping holes in respect of autism services delivery. But there have also been some significant successes due largely to the UNB-CEL Autism…
Dear Prince Harry,
I was pleased to see you dancing in Jamaica. Indeed, dancing can bring out the best in many creatures. Perhaps someday you’ll dance to help save my species from extinction?…
National Post: Jesse Kline on current threats to Internet freedom – The statists strike back
Combined, Bills C-30 and C11, threaten Canadians’ access to the open Internet. Together we’ve been building momentum against these Bills by sending Ottawa a clear message that such legislation will…
Journal hits ‘New’ high in its support of Redford.
So, what do you think of the new PC party slogan, ‘New Conservatives’? Pretty catchy, eh? You can take that into an election. What do you mean, you’ve never heard…
Last refuge of a scoundrel
Samuel Johnson said patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.These days, its setting up a website.
Women win one, lose one … and so it goes
The good news is that the European Union is considering mandatory quotas to get more women on corporate boards. They have tried the voluntary approach and, as is so often…
Little Shop Of Horrors
In honour of my dentist appointment today, here’s Steve Martin singing the “Dentist Song” from Little Shop Of Horrors (with my apologies to all the lovely and compassionate dentists out…
Enbridge linked to PNCIMA cancellation
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Revelations on Sunday that Enbridge had actively, and successfully, lobbied the federal government to walk away from a decade long planning process with Coastal First Nations…
Another Fine Tribute To Our Friend Mary…
ThereWereNoMice LikeMary’sAnon-O-MiceVille This one is from Bill Tieleman. And it starts like this: BC Mary was one of Canada’s most tireless, prolific, dedicated and dogged bloggers – with an absolute…
Kony 2012
From Wikipedia: “Joseph Rao Kony (born 1961 in Odek, Uganda) is a Ugandan guerrilla group leader, head of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a group engaged in a violent campaign…