Hitler Sings! And the First Irish Moon-shot
More from Spike Milligan. And if that wasn’t enough, Spike can make fun of his homeland too. (Though I think he’s actually making fun of the stereotypes.) Alltop doesn’t like…
April 2012
The Earth Is Full
For TED talk Tuesday, here’s Paul Gilding, author of The Great Disruption: Why Climate Change Will Bring About The End of Shopping And the Birth of A New World. At…
Hypocrisy "R" Us
According to cash strapped TransLink, senior executives are eligible for bonuses of 15-20 % as part of the company’s incentives plan. Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom is outraged, sort of. He…
Psst! Blogger Scaramouche = Mindy Alter
Surf over to Richard Warman’s site and you find this: Note to Mindy Alter (aka blogger Scaramouche) of North York. Launching anonymous harangues against people is bad karma. I don’t…
Credit rater gives Emera “negative” outlook #nlpoli
The Chronicle Herald reported Tuesday that credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s had changed its rating for Emera from “stable’ to “negative”. The problem is the capital requirement in order…
The F-35 spanking
And that was the Auditor General’s report. Issues with border inspections, airline safety, and oh yeah – the F-35 procurement process, which was understandably scathing. DND didn’t run a proper…
One publication raising the bar
I am a frequent critic of corporate media but wish I could be an enthusiast rather than a detractor. When ink stained wretches — perhaps today that should be digital…
Visualizing Alberta Pt 4.
Another quick map from Teddy. This is a possible end result of the election. Note it is not a projection or a prediction, just an example of a Wildrose government.
Let’s Take a Page from Australia and Demand Voter Participation
I was nudged into writing this via an article written by Bill Tieleman who, as his Tyee bio reports is a regular Tyee contributor who writes a column on B.C.…
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment
-Dale Carnegie So very true — worry and frustration(and stress) is exhausting!!!
Wildrose strategists snarl at media to keep their overextended bubble unpricked
A bubble of Wildrose Party support hovers over Edmonton Journal political columnist Graham Thomson. Actual Alberta political writers may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The real Mr. Thomson; Dave…
The Canadian Housing Conundrum
Canadians are now out of wiggle room. The Canadian economy is now literally at war with itself. Canadian authorities are stepping up oversight of the nation’s housing market even as…
The Cons and the Man Who Would Drown his Dog
Uh oh. I see Stephen Harper ran into a little moral turbulence today, courtesy of the Auditor General. But he just shrugged it off, claiming he never said we would…
Fiona’s story
I saw this last week on Brilliant at Breakfast and have to share it:
thorny candidates could be the wildrose party’s biggest liability.
Danielle Smith (photo from Wildrose Facebook page) As the face of the campaign, Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith is her party’s biggest asset. She is media savvy, personable and, despite…
Risking it all
Its not often you see a politician, with an insouciant air and a sublime and total confidence in their ability to make their own luck, risk it all.Remember Hillary downing…
First Baptist Church of Jacksonville settles with blogger
A few years ago a blogger who had begun to post anonymously about FBC Jacksonville Florida, found himself under seige and under threat for what he wrote. FBJax Watchblog endured…
Think HQ #AbVote Poll – 43% Wildrose, 30% PC
This Think HQ poll is now the fourth poll in a row to show the Wildrosers moving far ahead of the PCs, with a 13-point lead over Premier Redford’s Progressive…
Mackay, Conservatives should wear F-35 boondoggle
The auditor general’s report Tuesday on the mismanagement by DND and the government of the F-35 is drawing major attention, and rightly so. But the fact is these revelations have…
A conversation between Micah Goldberg & Joseph Uranowski on: Progressive Cooperation
Micah Goldberg is one of my favourite people (he has guest blogged for me on a number of occasions.) One of our first conversations together was an argument about some…