Hubris leads to incompetence: the Rowe & Krugman edition
Well a strange lull has fallen on the battle field this evening as the respective sides dig in and at least one side licks its wounds. To keep reading click…
April 2012
Fasten your seat belts, here comes the abortion debate…
In just under three and a half years I have written or touched on the topic of abortion 21 times. In fact the most often read post on this blog…
Suicide and teenage females
It appears that the suicide rate of teenage females has risen by over 50% since 1980. This is especially striking as the rate for teenage males has dropped by about…
Topographic Maps Canada – an app that puts all Canada’s topos on your iPhone or iPad
I’m someone who likes to hang out in bars and talk about where to paddle a canoe. It doesn’t happen that often but I’m forever bringing maps along which is…
Conservative Attack Ads That We Expect To See In The Very Near Future!
It’s just a matter of time before something similar to this appears on your TV and monitor …
Back to 1971 – #AbVote
Let me take you back to 1971, the last year when the political grounds shifted underneath Alberta with the election of Peter Lougheed‘s Progressive Conservatives over the dynastic Social Credit…
A New Blogger Introduces Himself – Movie Monday
Hello All! Today, I’ve decided that rather than write I’m going to provide you with some insight into what I do best: talk. This is something I hope to do…
4425…The Whole World Loves UK
I, on the other hand, love KU. WFDS
Diablo…Get Us Re-Write!
AllTheDeservingWhoFit ManganatorVille Because Juno Has Not Heard This One Before… From noted music critic Charlie Smith in the GStraight: Vancouver heartthrob Dan Mangan has officially become a member of Canada’s…
Parliamentary Fight Club
Irrespective of the supposedly worthy fundraising cause involved, what an utterly bizarre and unseemly event this past weekend’s charity boxing match was. Hard to believe that we’ve actually sunk lower…
Registered my first domain
Hey everybody, I’ve got a lot to do the next few weeks but I managed to steal five minutes to register a domain for my life after Mount Allison. It’s…
Registered my first domain
Hey everybody, I’ve got a lot to do the next few weeks but I managed to steal five minutes to register a domain for my life after Mount Allison. It’s…
Dennis Gruending On The Sale Of The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Farmers fought long and hard to create the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in 1924, but 88 years later the company, now known as Viterra, is being sold to a Swiss-based multinational…
4424…Sexual Healing
The anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s birth is today. He would be 73 if he had not be felled by his father a day before his 45th birthday in 1984. Say…
4423…Good News For Ian Morrison
Ian Morrison is not only the head of he is Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. The headline in his post Harper budget email painfully announces at least one more year of…
Granting No Quarter: A Call for the Disavowal of the Racism and Antisemitism of Gilad Atzmon
As a follow-up to the last post, which was a public statement endorsed by over a hundred anti-imperialists, condemning the views of Gilad Atzmon, i am also re-posting this statement…
Direct or indirect tax
Out-Of-Home v. Toronto (City), 2012 ONCA 212 today cites John Stuart Mill as an authority for the definition of indirect or direct tax! The Court writes: In my view, the application judge…
Humour on the Trudeau- Brazeau fight
Liberal MP Roger Cuzner – with a lot of smiling Liberal MP’s around him: It might be accurate to say this has been the single biggest boost of Liberal morale…
Social Justice and Democracy Activists Fool their Foes on April Fools
Long time social justice and democracy activists fooled their foes on April Fools this year giving the world a double victory with Aung San Suu Kyi and George Galloway winning…