The Cons: The Horror and the Desperation
Well I see the politicians may be on a spring break, but the sinister Con War Room, like death, or Great Ugly Leader. Never takes a holiday… Golly. I have…
March 2012
Fact Checking The New Paul Ryan Budget on Energy and Environment
ryan_620x350.jpg Representative Paul Ryan (R–WI) has released his budget for fiscal year 2013. To almost no one’s surprise, his outline is filled with too many falsehoods and outright lies to…
4359…Do You Think Don Cherry Still Loves Him?
Now that he is 64? Happy birthday to the greatest defenseman ever, Bobby Orr.WFDS
4358…This Is What Makes Ottawa Cool
Saturday night at The Bank there was an old story told but with a delightful twist. The old story was the proposal during a major sporting event story. Reported widely…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher uncover an apparently-fictitious employee listed as one of Con contractor RackNine’s key contacts – nicely paralleling the…
4357…Apparently War Makes U Kill U
The source is a web sit called readersupportednews.com and I got linked to it by Russell Barth soooooooooooo there is a bias but if it is to be believed the…
Ol’ JB Screeches Out Another Tune – My Way
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I cobbled together another song an' video an' it's all about King Steve.
Ol’ JB Screeches Out Another Tune – My Way
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled together another song an’ video an’ it’s all about King Steve.
Ol’ JB Screeches Out Another Tune – My Way
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I cobbled together another song an' video an' it's all about King Steve.
Ol’ JB Screeches Out Another Tune – My Way
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled together another song an’ video an’ it’s all about King Steve.
Why No Fighter Competition for Canada?
Critics for the F-35 routinely slam the Harper government for single-sourcing the choice for Canada’s next fighter aircraft. They argue there should have been an open competition to assess all…
British Religious Group Offers Their Thoughts On Marriage
The Muslim Council of Britain has declared that equal marriage rights are “unnecessary and unhelpful.” What a coincidence—I was just thinking the same thing about declarations from the Muslim Council…
Trailbreaker: Yet Another Tar Sands Pipeline in the Works
With all the recent controversies and media attention surrounding the proposed Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines, you would not be remiss in thinking that these are the only projects…
Fone Fraud: The Solution
The solution to robo-calling and the ‘fone fraud fiasco’ is simple: permission.
Reading Solar When the Weather’s Gone Wacky
The weather is exceptional, spookily so. Ian McEwean’s novel Solar is excellent reading for such a time. The hero (and I use the term advisedly) is a physicist Michael Beard…
No one seems to know who the mystery employee for robocall company RackNine really is
This is not all that surprising. People in the robocall business, or telemarketing, commonly use assumed names in business: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/19/who-is-rick-mcknight-no-one-seems-to-know-who-the-mystery-employee-for-robocall-company-racknine-really-is/ Who is Rick McKnight? Postmedia News Facebook Postmedia News and…
Pan-Canadian Election Fraud Syndrome…
AreWeInStockholmNow StrangeSymptomsVille …In Which Saskboy Asks, Where Is The Outrage? “…For some reason unknown to this point, serious violations of the Elections Act all over the country were minimized, ignored,…
Are You Afraid of Clowns?
The only ones who frighten me are the ones holding political office. But, just to show you that I have a sense of humour and don’t spend my entire life…
Gay marriage was a slippery slope after all
Same-sex marriage is a slippery slope. A Sens fan marrying a Leafs fan? Abomination..
More By-Election Talk: Port Moody-Coquitlam
Awhile ago (well, the end of January) I did an overview of the BC provincial riding of Chilliwack-Hope, where BC Liberal incumbent since ’96 Barry Penner had stepped down, triggering…