Un chat existentiel
Poor Henri. The indignities of daily existence! How he bears them with fortitude and a certain je ne sais quoi. (Including a human who can’t really speak French all that…
April 2012
I really hope the Tori Stafford trial is over soon
So I can stop wincing at the sight of a news website. It’s the closest I’ve come to puking while reading a web page.
Venerable Lloyd’s of London – Think Twice Before Exploiting Arctic Resources
Lloyd’s of London foresees $100-billion of new exploration in the Arctic in the coming decade. That has prompted Lloyd’s to speak out about the prospect for catastrophic environmental damage from…
Down this road, no taxes for business
While getting refunds of every cent they pay, business people enthusiastically support you and I paying HST. They aim to relieve themselves of income taxes too. While working people, even…
When Ships Were Made of Oak, and Men Were Made of Iron
This is one of those silly “blast from the past” stories. While commenting on another blog I briefly revisited my younger years as a working journalist in Ottawa. Trudeau was…
TheSpec – Walkom: F-35s, robocalls and the erosion of Harper’s…
A great article by Thomas Walkom on the F-35 scandal and how the Conservatives have virtually no credibility to speak of.TheSpec – Walkom: F-35s, robocalls and the erosion of Harper’s….…
Surrogacy & Prostitution, or Neither
Paying to use a woman’s body for sex is legal in Canada, while paying to use a woman’s body to give birth isn’t. There is no law in this northern…
More Hash April 11, 2012
So the real costs of the F-35 program continues to make news, while from the opposition we hear calls for the resignation and/or firing of the Defense Minister who is…
More Hash April 11, 2012
So the real costs of the F-35 program continues to make news, while from the opposition we hear calls for the resignation and/or firing of the Defense Minister who is…
More Hash April 11, 2012
So the real costs of the F-35 program continues to make news, while from the opposition we hear calls for the resignation and/or firing of the Defense Minister who is…
4467…Not So Fast Rick Santorum
You better hang in there. Allan Brauer @allanbrauer Tweeted these bon mots: Sorry, Rick, but you cannot abort your campaign after 20 weeks. You will be forced to carry it…
Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) Should be Shut Down
It’s a closed shop. How can we call the Conservatives crooked when we can’t even abide by our own rules. Its current Management Committee has violated its own Constitution by…
4466…I Know Something Matt Crosier Knows
Matt Crosier is, of course, the former CBC Radio One music dude and longtime GM of 93.1 CKCU in Ottawa. Mr. Crosier is also a huge, the hugest ever, Bob…
Renewal: New #LPC Supporter By-Law
Matt Certosimo, the new national Membership Secretary has posted on Liberal.ca a request for input on a new by-law on how the party will go about welcoming Supporters into the…
4465…Charles Manson Staying Put
World wide news it is; my source is The Australian and the news is simple. Infamous US mass murderer Charles Manson was refused parole Wednesday, officials said, in what could…
Social activist groups can form powerful ‘One Big Campaign’ to take on Harper
Picture this . . . . The directors of 25 or 30 of Canada’s leading social activist organizations, unions and grassroots groups are hived away in a secluded location for…
4464…In The Pink
Not really, at least not in Ottawa. Of course, just like the Junos a couple of weeks back, if you believed what you read in the local papers and heard…
George Zimmerman charged with 2nd degree murder
Special Prosecutor Angela Corey Spcial Prosecutor charges Zimmerman with 2nd degree murder. That is maximum the prosecutor could go without grand jury. This charge caries a maximum of 30 years…
Oxymoronic
Ethical asbestos. Ethical torture. Ethical bribery. Ethical oil.