Paulie Has Left the Building….
…. though likely not by his own choice. Over the last month, Facebook has been purging folks who euphemistically refer to themselves as “White Nationalists.” The purge has been noted…
…. though likely not by his own choice. Over the last month, Facebook has been purging folks who euphemistically refer to themselves as “White Nationalists.” The purge has been noted…
General Motors, the world’s largest carmaker, has confirmed that it is pulling funding from the Heartland Institute, an ultra-conservative thinktank known for its scepticism about climate change. This is a…
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This is what a typical Birdie Breakfast looks like around here. Going clockwise from the left, that’s Simon’s breakfast, Kazoo’s breakfast and Oboe’s breakfast. By suppertime, Simon’s breakfast dish will…
8:30pm tonight is Earth hour, where towns and cities in more than 135 countries turn off their lights. For one hour. To save the planet from climate change. To be…
I became a fan of Jonathan Scott’s writing during the Liberal convention at the beginning of the year (he wrote for Ipolitics.ca.) He is currently studying at the University of…
After wasting millions of dollars languishing in the government equivalement of development hell, under Budget 2012 the Public Appointments Secretariat is finally being abolished. This was an office which the…
Back here, I pointed out the prairie numbers from Forum Research’s poll about Canada’s federal leaders as an indication that the NDP has plenty of opportunity to grow after electing…
AllTheRhetoricThatFits ForTheOtherSixtyPercentVille Thomas Mulcair was on the long wave with Evan Solomon this morning. I, for one, was impressed. No wishying…. No washying… As he chopped a number of Republican/Conservative…
For any analyst, covering this GOP Presidential Nominee race is a humbling experience. Almost everybody – myself included – has made bad predictions. It has been so wildly unpredictable and…
On January 25th, 2012, a survey was released on EndProhibition.ca (a pro-NDP anti-prohibition website) where Thomas Mulcair’s campaign stated that he was in favour of decriminalizing cannabis and was very…
If you’re going to write about the Trayvon Martin case, at least pretend to care enough to get the dead kid’s name right: “Trevyor”? Twice?? I am available part-time for…
Although hardly surprising, given both the ideological bent of the Harper regime and earlier warnings from Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, there is little doubt that the provisions of the…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – If there’s any lesson we should all be able to draw from the past decade in Canadian politics, it’s that anything can happen.…
Martin Luther King, Jr. And his point is well taken — conservative or liberal are just labels. What we all should do is focus on the issues and not the…
My heart sank when I saw the headline “Reuben Cohen speaks out on Moncton High”. Usually, newspapers like The Moncton Times and Transcript use that “speaking out” headline to lead…
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is the primary agency overseeing K-12 public education in Washington state. OSPI works with the state’s 295 school districts to administer basic…
So, I’ve finally got around to watching Raw from Monday. It was a busy week, but I wanted to watch and review this show since it is the last one…
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How green are Arthur C. Clarke’s predictions?
I’m always amazed when I see clips of Clarke predicting how technology will change our lives. The clip above is from 1973. In retrospect, he gets so much right, yet…