April 14: Those buildings are ugly….
On the front page of the The Moncton Times and Transcript, under the title “It’s time to dream big”, is what looks like an oversized aircraft hangar with what appear…
April 2012
Canadian Police STILL Killing People With Tasers …
I thought we’d been through all of this before! Police forces across Canada need to remember the definition of ‘Insanity’ … “Insanity is repeating the same mistake, over and over…
It’s Like Living With Crazy People
Case in point. A great guy. We’ve been friends for almost 40-years. He’s devoutly Conservative and has been actively involved in the party longer than I’ve known him. Well educated,…
Alberta Votes Day 20: Notes From Week 3
On the Debate Reaction from yours truly, Hatrock, Santos, Tougas, and Daveberta. On Going Neg 1. A former Liberal MLA offers the PCs free advice on how to go neg,…
Critiquing Boutiquing
Conservatives mocking Liberal Boutique would like to remind you that the Stephen Harper bobble-head doll is $19.99 at their online store.
Wyclef Jean – Creates song for Trayvon Martin
Very moving song. MSNBC story.
Favourite Poems LII
The execution of Sir Walter Raleigh. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Raleigh wrote this poem as he awaited execution, the victim of the wrath of a monarch and of some treacherous diplomatic…
Stephen Harper played ball with the taxpayers’ money – $45,000.00
“Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Labour Day-weekend trip to Manhattan last fall, which included coveted tickets to a New York Yankees game and a Broadway show, cost Canadian taxpayers at least…
Who’ll clean up Hamilton Airport now?
Just when we thought that it couldn’t get much worse for public health in Hamilton, indeed across the country — yup, it’s gotten worse. In December of last year, I…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – John Cassidy neatly contrasts growth in the postwar period against that in recent decades – with the former seeing a “picket fence” growth…
Overshadowing the Cartagena Summit: the militarization of Central America
Stephen Harper and Barack Obama will be attending the Sixth Summit of the Americas this weekend in Cartagena, Colombia. Expected to attend will be 33 heads of government representing all…
Living the Vida One Percent
The PM dropped $45,000.00 on a trip to New York on Labor Day. The PMO thinks it's cool to justify it by saying he reimbursed the treasury. But is it…
Living the Vida One Percent
The PM dropped $45,000.00 on a trip to New York on Labor Day. The PMO thinks it’s cool to justify it by saying he reimbursed the treasury. But is it…
Living the Vida One Percent
The PM dropped $45,000.00 on a trip to New York on Labor Day. The PMO thinks it's cool to justify it by saying he reimbursed the treasury. But is it…
Living the Vida One Percent
The PM dropped $45,000.00 on a trip to New York on Labor Day. The PMO thinks it’s cool to justify it by saying he reimbursed the treasury. But is it…
Mitt Romney’s Future Is Canada’s Future
Now that the fight for the Republican nomination has been settled, Canadians should keep a close eye on Mitt Romney. His future is Canada’s future. Romney personifies the financialization of…
Thomas Walkom on Fair Taxation
Long a taboo subject, increasing tax rates for the wealthy is back on the agenda, in no small part due to the Occupy Movement and, more recently, Andrea Horwath. In…
4479…Fastet Growing Religion In The USA
It is not the one that is widely reported, the religion of Mitt Romney, Mormonism. No the fastest growing religion in the States according to The Week is none as…
Attack Ads That Must Go Unwritten
B.C’s Conservative Party took a step towards reswpectability today by refusing the membership application of one Dean Skoreyko. Dean, who blogs as B.C. Blue, is best known as the BC…