Festive Left Friday Blogging: Gorgeous, George!
OMG, look who got arrested earlier today: Yes, that’s George Clooney. The movie star. He’s now free, along with his dad and a group of other prominent activists who were…
March 2012
Video: The Ethical Oil spokespuppet rap | #tarsands #cdnpoli #EthicalOilBullshit
Oh dear. Look what some guy named knagata has done. Typical mean-spirited biased liberal lamestream media smear … (h/t Jymn) I’m going to miss you, Posterous. Related posts: The Birdman…
The Real Cost Of Christy And Company’s Most Excellent Adventure.
ButHowWeAffordAllThisIfThePoorWon’tPayMoreTaxes? LamentOfTheGoodshipWatercarrierVille Laila has a picture perfect post up wherein she asks if Ms. Clark can see China from her house. It really is good – and the pictures are…
Canadians Don’t Buy Austerity Excuses, Ipsos Reid Poll Suggests
A new Ipsos Reid poll commissioned for Global and Postmedia suggests that the Conservative government, particularly Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Prime Minister Steven Harper, havn’t sold the public on…
People are jumping to conclusions that we’re stupid, MP says
Defenders say MP Dean Del Mastro’s performance on CBC-TV could be due to medication
Has the world gotten wierder
…or is it just that the internet shows you all the wierd stuff?
Bell’s Bid to Swallow Astral Media by Dwayne Winseck
Blogger says that if the CRTC approves Bell’s acquisition of Astral, Canada will have lost yet another independent and our position as having one of the most concentrated set of…
Our Political Dilemma. . . .
Imagine yourself in this dilemma – You regularly go to a certain chess club and often play with one of the primary players of the group. Only this player has…
Friday night
Tonight’s offering is a traditional blues blogging set. We begin by watching Roy Rogers get his audience dancing with an instrumental called Avalanche. This is Lurrie Bell (son of Carey…
Kony 2012 Campaigner Nabbed for Public Masturbation
I’m sure it was for a good cause. One of the guys behind the controversial San Diego envango-charity, Invisible Children, has been detained by the cops for being naked and…
The Funeral of Shelagh Gordon
For anyone who believes that it is the size of your wallet, the house you live in, or the title of your job that gives your life worth and meaning,…
Harper’s Nixon moment
Well played, you baby-noshing election-stealing dead-eyed bastard, well played indeed. I’m sometimes accused of being cynical about politics or seeing conspiracies where none exist and, up to a point, I…
Conservative Insiders Admit Their Database Used for Election Fraud
The National Post has received a politically convenient leak of “Pierre Poutine’s” telephone records, presumably from a Conservative sounce given that John Ivison’s story on the subject is backed up…
On saintly proclamations
Ed Broadbent’s recent foray into the NDP’s leadership campaign has certainly attracted plenty of media attention. But it’s worth taking a skeptical look as to why the story has been…
Harper Won’t Let BC Salmon Stand In His Way
With BC salmon stocks showing signs in recent years of serious troubles Steve Harper seems intent on making their plight much worse yet. If the name Enbridge comes to mind,…
Credibility of Police Officers
R v Favorite, O.J. No. 1184 holds: 11 That having been said, it is my intention to include in my final charge to the jury in this case the following instructions…
In Defence of Thomas Mulcair
I wasn’t planning to write anything about the NDP leadership race today, but after yesterday’s attack on Thomas Mulcair by Ed Broadbent, I feel I have no choice. For that…
What Jedras Said
Jeff Jedras (aka A BCer in Toronto) has a brilliant post up just now about the follies of merger activists who propose the merger on the grounds of wanting a…