Elegant Mockery
I'm not sure I can properly mock this, vancouversun.com/business/Harpe…— CC (@canadiancynic) May 03, 2012 “Harper’s climate policy approved as ‘elegant’ approach by oil lobbyists“ Read more at Postmedia Although the…
May 2012
Rob Ford’s behavior does matter, and it diminishes us all
When Rob Ford was accused of being drunk and belligerent at a Leafs game and asking a stranger if he wanted his wife to “get raped and shot,” he lied…
MIT and Harvard to Launch Full Free Courses Online
This is a really cool way to bring post-secondary education to more people via the internet. Harvard and MIT are launching a new initiative built upon MIT’s expertise in online…
4579…Thomas Mulcair Is Silly/Stupid
It is in The National Post. And I agree totally with our beloved Prime Minister. Check this out: NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair should apologize to public servants for suggesting that…
If They Told You the Truth, How Were They Supposed to Lie?
Oh the naivete of Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page. He says that, despite being ordered by Parliament to do so in 2010, the Department of National Defence did not provide…
Lorrie Goldstein is a conservative
But he’s one I admire a great deal. Here’s another reason why.
Meilinomics II: Income from Within
The following is another excerpt from Dr. Ryan Meili’s new book, A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy, which fellow blogger Greg Fingas has been…
In Brad Wall’s ‘Saskatchewan’ … Workers Are Secondary To The Needs Of His Corporate Pals ….
REGINA — The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour is raising concerns about the treatment of temporary foreign workers after three Mexican men say their experience has soured their view of Canada.…
Draft Day ‘Rider Blogging
Having dealt with the question of stadium construction in this morning’s column, I’ll take a moment to comment on the ‘Riders’ offseason – which looks to have taken another turn…
Gimme a L!
Hey! I got a letter! Cool! No one ever sends me letters anymore… now, let me see what’s… um… WTF???? Since this is a day that where the word “letter”…
The Hysterical Hyperbole of The Globe’s Neil Reynolds
The other day I wrote a post about the right-wing propaganda machine going into high gear as a result of the McGuinty compromise with the NDP that will result in…
New column day
Here, on the latest attempt by the City of Regina to lump a stadium into several other unrelated plans in an attempt to win higher-level funding – and the need…
On this F35 v. Buying A Car Analogy Spin
The F-35 is in the news again, or at least the Harper regime’s complete bungling of the acquisition and the subsequent complete misleading of Parliament on the costs of the…
Extractive Capitalism and the Divisions in the Latin American Progressive Camp
It can be argued that the concessions to the extractive MNC and local ‘leading’ classes assures stability, steady revenues and finances the incremental social expenditures which permit the re-election of…
In Stephen Harper’s ‘Canada’ Having A Piss Pot Full Of Money Makes ALL The Difference ….
“Canadian immigration lawyers on Wednesday said it’s extraordinarily rare for the federal government to grant the right to reside here to convicted felons while they’re still in prison.” The Globe…
F-35: Thirty Five ways to Fail
MacKay has implicated the whole CPC cabinet as being complicit in an attempt to deceive voters prior to last year’s election as to the true cost of new fighter jets.…
‘this machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender"
Happy 93rd birthday Pete Seeger! Would somebody give this guy a Nobel prize already? (btw, this has been the wallpaper on my computer desktop for about the last six months)…
4578…FInally A Feel Good NFL Story
From my friend Len Berman: Finally a feel-good story. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed free agent defensive tackle Eric LeGrand out of Rutgers. Yes, the same Eric LeGrand who…
4577…Gone With The Wind
On this day in 1937 Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for her antebellum novel Gone With The Wind. I am telling you someday someone is going to make that…
May 3: ooh!ooh! Big story..but hush hush…..
Are you ready? Last summer, a busload of 40 people from the British government, the royal household, and even the provincial government travelled around the New Brunswick to see where…