General Posting
I’ve been thinking about what to talk about over the past couple of days, but it seems to me for the most part that things are remaining mostly the same…
April 2012
Supply when demanded: Why the free market can’t address peak oil
A friend of mine has to close their business. It’s a fresh business that was founded during the stimulus boom. It’s a green business, which took advantage of the government’s…
4498…Our Beloved Prime Minister Says What
Straight up from Postmedia: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has warned Iran that the world will “cast judgment” if “terrible” things are done to a Canadian who has been sentenced to…
NASA space hackathon (in Vancouver) this weekend
So, many, many things I’d like to blog upon at the moment. I’m in Brasilia at the Open Government Partnership meeting, so obviously lots to talk about there, and, of…
Gordon Driver, Axcess Automation/Axcess Funds
A Freelton man accused of running a $14-million US Ponzi scheme has had his contempt of court hearing in Los Angeles postponed until July. The United States Commodity Futures Trading…
Former Sask Premier Romanow Blasts Harper For His Stance On Non-Recognition Of Charter Anniversary
“Prime Minister Stephen Harper is on “the wrong side of history” by failing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms to avoid stirring up lingering…
4497…Blind Man Gets Hole In One Then Dies
The Brantford Expositor tells us that Gord Paynter got the hole in one at that town’s North-Ridge Public Golf Course in August of ’99. He died Monday. Frankly I don’t…
4496…Jokers To The Right Of Me
Or at least to the right. The Wildrose,poised to run the Conservative dynasty out of Alberta because the Conservatives were not backwards, er right wing enough, are going to be…
Halifax Gay Activist Murdered
Tremendously sad news out of Halifax today as Raymond Taavel, a well-known activist for the gay community, was killed by an assailant while trying to break up a fight outside…
If The Conservative Party Of Canada Didn’t Erase Their RoboCall Records … Then Where The Hell Are They??
The Conservative Party is categorically denying it has destroyed computer records that might aid Elections Canada’s investigation into fraudulent robo-calls. New Democrats are accusing the Tories of erasing digital logs…
Guest post: New progressive narrative
This is a guest post contributed by frequent commenter Jared Milne. In the last couple of years, various Canadian commentators have remarked on the new conservative narrative of Canada that…
New Song: The Wild Rose of Alberta
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I reckon I'll have a few more foes after the Wildrose backers have a look at this one.
New Song: The Wild Rose of Alberta
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I reckon I’ll have a few more foes after the Wildrose backers have a look at this one.
New Song: The Wild Rose of Alberta
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I reckon I'll have a few more foes after the Wildrose backers have a look at this one.
New Song: The Wild Rose of Alberta
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I reckon I’ll have a few more foes after the Wildrose backers have a look at this one.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Alex Himelfarb laments the Cons’ dismantling of a progressive state in Canada. But lest we lose all hope, Annie Lowrey reports on…
Oliver’s Twist: So Long Federal Environmental Oversight
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver — yes, the one who labelled environmentalists foreign-backed radicals — announced a major overhaul today in how environmental assessments will be conducted in Canada. Not…
More on McKee and Excuses for Assault
The Edmonton Police Service posted the following earlier today: EPS Hate Crimes Unit arrest Blood and Honour members For Immediate Release:17-Apr-2012 @ 9:16 AM MRU #:12R57 EPS File #: The…