What did Stephen Harper achieve from South American trip?
Nothing! “Canada and the United States stood alone in balking at an agreement to allow Cuba to attend future summits. That disagreement, and a lack of consensus on backing Argentina’s…
April 2012
Alberta Votes Day 22: Closing Arguments
With a week to go, the parties in Alberta must now try to seal the deal with voters. You’ll hear pithy one-liners as spin machines go into overdrive, but here’s…
The Insanity of It All
Warning: my semi-annual politicalish post. When I read this, I admit I gawped: $26,659: Our 2011 Medical Expenses Yes, you read that right. And we had insurance coverage for everyone…
Ancient Irish Tumblr Facts
I think any of these work better with the ancient Irish suffix, osphere: Tumblr-osphere Blog-osphere Facebook-osphere BTW, you can find my two Tumblogs here: Monkey Joys and Sad Spaceman. Alltop…
Paint Bombs in Quebec Student Strike
From the pro-police media: Vandals armed with suspected Molotov cocktails and red paint hit several buildings in Montreal overnight, in an hour-long spree that left windows damaged and buildings defaced.…
Our Secret Nation #nlpoli
Comedian Greg Malone is writing a book. The title is Don’t tell the Newfoundlanders: the true story of Newfoundland’s Confederation with Canada. It is non-fiction. Well, supposedly it is non-fiction.…
Conservatives Create Two Worlds
The elitist economic model places undo importance on the bastardized notion of “leadership”. A successful company is the sum of its parts, everyone contributes, there are varying degrees of accountability,…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, April 16, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 16, 2012: Why this year could prove to be the Charter’s most controversial Google’s Sergey Brin:…
ISLR: The fastest networks in the U.S. are built by local governments
It’s interesting to see how, in this U.S. example, that towns and cities that create their own Internet infrastructure are doing a way better job offering faster, cheaper Internet than…
CBC-RoI Poll Shows Possible Photo Finish in #AbVote
Return on Insight conducted a poll on behalf of the CBC in Alberta, showing a fairly close race (by Alberta standards) as we head into our last week of the…
Politics and Hypocrasy – Movie Monday
So, it’s everyone’s (I hope) favourite day of the week here at Paulitical Satire! It’s Movie Monday! Today’s one is a particular gem brought to us, as always, by my…
Bob Rae’s Record
Those attack ads, branding Bob Rae a “Failure,” are ubiquitous these days. But Tim Armstrong, a former deputy minister of Industry and Trade in Rae’s government, sets the record straight…
They’re (Still) Just Not That Into You
Sorry, Evangelicals: Only one in five Jewish Americans holds favorable views of those aligned with the Christian right, a category that includes most of Israel’s evangelical supporters. The survey, conducted…
Alberta election poll shows Wildrose Party ahead
Story hereCBC poll suggests Progressive Conservative trailing WildroseA poll conducted for the CBC shows the Wildrose Party has a seven-point lead over the Progressive Conservatives just a week before the…
The Cost of Political Disengagement
Thanks to LeDaro’s link, I was able to catch up on the At Issues panel that I missed on Thursday night. While the discussion revolved largely around the F-35 debacle,…
Danielle Smith stands by hater, and hate
anielle Smith stood by her candidate: “Every single political party has people with strong religious views. “As long as they keep that in their personal lives, and don’t anticipate that…
I hate seeing things like this happen.
I really do. Our local soccer club has cancelled the 2012 season due to a lack of volunteers. 2012 Season Cancelled Dear parents, The Canterbury Soccer Club is a community-based,…
Death penalty: Canada needs to be consistent
It is good to see this news of the Canadian government pleading for clemency for a Canadian in Iran facing execution: “Canada is gravely concerned by indications that the execution…
4487…If It Only Wasn’t So Darn Cold
Canada would be Nirvana. Not the band, fool, but a perfect place for all, except the haters of course who don’t like anything, to live. Peter Worthington of the Quebecor…