EbertFest Dispatch #1: On the Road Again
Excuse me while I remove my political blogger hat and replace it with my film critic and movie blogger hat…there we go… Greetings from the beautifully restored Virginia Theatre in…
April 2012
EbertFest Dispatch #1: On the Road Again
Excuse me while I remove my political blogger hat and replace it with my film critic and movie blogger hat...there we go... Greetings from the beautifully restored Virginia Theatre in…
EbertFest Dispatch #1: On the Road Again
Excuse me while I remove my political blogger hat and replace it with my film critic and movie blogger hat…there we go… Greetings from the beautifully restored Virginia Theatre in…
The Great Canadian Divide: our road to failure
Canada is divided, perhaps more than the heyday of the Quebec separatist movement. There’s a divide between generations thanks to the budget and there’s a divide between eastern and western…
Calculating the odds in the race for Alberta’s Legislative Speaker
Your blogger with Robin Campbell, Ken Kowalski’s possible replacement as Speaker of the Alberta Legislature. Below: Laurie Blakeman, Gene Zwozdesky, and Wayne Cao with you-know-who. JASPER, Alberta Just when you…
Woody Woodworth and the Egg Man
Gawd. What a horrible way to begin my day. All I could think of was Stephen "Woody" Woodworth polishing his big teeth, and preparing for his big day. Even my…
Studying Cartoon #HarperHistory
The NDP broke up The Beatles and convinced Nickelback to get together. #HarperHistory— Joseph Uranowski (@Uranowski) April 27, 2012 There are many examples on Twitter of people mocking Stephen Harper’s…
Late night
This is not the sexy issue of the day but it’s a biggie. The F-35 scandal saw new key information disclosed on what the Prime Minister and cabinet knew about…
To Line Beauchamp,
What if La CLASSE were a Jewish group, or a Hindu group, or a Buddhist group, or a Muslim group, or in other words, a group whose beliefs you don’t…
4542…You Cannot Make This Stuff Up
That Prime Minister of ours, boy, he is quite the kidder. He was jus’ kidding around in the House yesterday when he said that “In 1939, the NDP leader didn’t…
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Tremaine’s Appeal
Terry Tremaine being honoured by fellow racist Paul Fromm I'll see what more about this I can find about this story. Reading it, is does seem to strengthen Human Rights…
4541…Abortion Is Back On The Table
My sources, Hedy Fry and a spate of emails from Liberal friends, tell me that while I was watching the Ottawa Senators lose tonight our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper,…
4540…No Parade In Ottawa This Year
With two chances to close out the series this week the Ottawa Senators, pride and joy of your capital, lost in Manhattan to the New York Rangers 2/1 this evening.…
Public consultation without the public
More fine work from the at The Victoria Times Colonist. Katie Derosa explores the provincial government’s fake public consultation about police reform. Province’s policing consultation called a ‘farce’: BC Liberals…
How Abortion Is Making You Dumb
When people don’t talk about an issue because of fear, society becomes ignorant. Abortion is one such topic where ignorance abounds, and not just on one side of the debate…
*Cough*
Riddle me this. How many days does it take a Harper cabinet minister to do the right thing? If you’re Bev Oda, too many! “Bev Oda coughs up cash for…
Harper reveals his true nature…he’s a bad message board troll.
This: Stephen Harper shouted down for saying NDP didn’t support fight against Hitler wow. just…wow. It’s depressing actually. I mean, turning the debate away from the war in question as…
Harper reveals his true nature…he’s a bad message board troll.
This: Stephen Harper shouted down for saying NDP didn’t support fight against Hitler wow. just…wow. It’s depressing actually. I mean, turning the debate away from the war in question as…
new york moments
I’ve just returned from a lovely brief trip to New York City and points nearby. Apologies to friends who I didn’t notify that I was coming in; I was in…