Friday night
This evening I think we’ll do them in chronological order. This is The Fabulous Thunderbirds performing on Austin City Limits in 1986. Look At That, Look At That. Rebecca was…
April 2012
On the Eve of Festivities
Today there was sun and A and I walked along the railway tracks. This is what I saw (click any photo to enlarge): a kestrel and there was this… and…
See what happens when you split the vote
On today’s Trailing Edge from the Ledge, BC Liberal press officer Sean Leslie disclosed strategy to be followed after the party’s candidate, federal Conservative wonk Laurie Throness, fails to win…
Has Peter Kent Become Nathan Thurm?
Peter Kent once considered himself a journalist. Now, as Harper’s EnviroShill, Kent dismissed criticism from scientists and science writers that the government is muzzling federal climate scientists. Kent is starting…
Accountability!
On this Easter weekend, let us reflect, yes. In the 2012 version of this video, let us ask: How is it that a government could fail to disclose to Parliament…
Trans Pride Media Style Guide
Trans Pride Canada has released a pretty thorough style guide that should assist media writers when writing about trans issues in Canada. As someone who has been on the receiving…
Heartland Payments to University of Victoria Professor Susan Crockford Probed
heartland logo.jpg University of Victory adjunct professor Susan Crockford doesn't seem interested in discussing the monthly payments she appears to receive from the climate denying Heartland Spinstitute. "Crockford would not…
Can Somebody In The Know Please Tell Us What The Heckfire…
JournalismWithoutColours StrippingAwayTheBananaPeelVille ….Is Going On At Postmedia News? First it was the decision to give McGregor and Maher the time and space to go after an old story, hard. Which…
ConCalls – Globe & Mail Should Blush
There are days I worry that the Globe and Mail is unfit for birds to poop on it. If their endorsement of the Harper Conservatives prior to last year’s electoral…
S.E. Cupp Attacks Climate Science and Climate Scientists on MSNBC
Yesterday, I appeared on MSNBC’s Now with Alex Wagner to talk about The Republican Brain. It was largely an interview about what’s going on with conservatives and science right now—why…
Statement by Liberal Leader Bob Rae on Passover
TORONTO— Liberal Leader Bob Rae made the following statement today on Passover: "Today we mark the beginning of one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar. Friends and…
Stephen Harper and the Moral Abyss
Holy horses’s head. Let’s put it this way eh? It wasn’t exactly the Con mob’s finest hour. First they were fingered by the Auditor General for diddling the truth. So…
The "F-35 Killer" Is Already Airborne
Those who are pushing the F-35 down Canada’s throat will take any chance to extol its unproven, awesome technical advantages, particularly its stealth technology. The idea is the enemy cannot…
Harper Conservative majority aiding Quebec separatists, MP says
All those dolts who wanted a Conservative majority in Ottawa because they were tired of exercising their democratic rights every two years and they wanted some kind of “stability”, well…
Giant Sequoia trees: The wonders of nature
Video of the Giant Sequoia: Gen. Sherman Giant Sequoia trees are so huge even though they come from a seed the size of a grain of wheat. One seed has…
Job Gains in March: An Aberration?
Coming after several months of flat or falling job growth, the large jump in employment in March – up 82,300 – has prompted concerns that it could be a statistical…
4445…They Are Going To Fire Don Cherry
Sure they are, that plays well with the chattering classes who are the people that the people who run the CBC chill with. Thing is at 800K a year Don…
On unnecessarily codifying specific freedoms such as the freedom of religion
Should there be explicit protection for the freedom of religion in the founding documents of society? This question may at first seem to be an obvious ‘yes’ since almost everyone…
4444…That Takes Care Of That V.2
From Canoe via my learned Facebook friend Ray Heard comes the info that “Liberal MP and charity boxing champion Justin Trudeau insists he isn’t putting himself in the spotlight to…
Friday Robocon program related activities blogging
Since the dramatic revelations in last week’s committee testimony by Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand, there has been very little additional movement in the main robocon story. For the moment,…