The Perfect Storm #nlpoli
“In the fishery of the very near future,” SRBP wrote in February, “fishing subsidies like federal employment insurance wage subsidies, state-sponsored marketing schemes and the stalinist political control of the…
May 2012
Employment Insurance and the Big Brother State
I’m writing this because I’m once again forced to wonder how small-government “libertarian” conservatives can actually express support for the present government. The new proposal for EI, according to the…
Quebec: The Mad Emperor and the Klown Media
They were out in the streets of Montreal again tonight, for another casserole protest or cazerolazo The 31st night protest comes as a growing number of Montrealers join a neighbourhood-wide…
murky waters ahead for alberta’s liberal party.
Tweet Raj Sherman delivers his leadership victory speech as leadership chair Josipa Petrunic, and candidates Laurie Blakeman, Hugh MacDonald, and Bruce Payne look on (September 2011). The Alberta Liberals will…
EI changes nudge Canada further to the right
For the majority of Canadians, those who identify themselves as centre-left on the political spectrum, the announced changes to EI show further evidence of Canada evolving into a more and…
The Emblematic Nature of Anarchopanda
Unity, Solidarity and Hugs This is speculation based on the post-secondary education in the Humanities I received at a Quebec university in the late 90s and early aughts for a…
Russia’s Hidden Arctic Nightmare Revealed [shocking never-before-seen video]
2012-05-24-120523_Russia_Oil_pipeline_spills_komi16 (1).jpg "I have to see it to believe it," was the reaction to my Russian colleague, Jon Burgwald, when he told me that every spring the rivers in Northern…
4673…Hugging RC Priest Forced To Fist
What is this world coming to? John Bry of WOOD radio in Grand Rapids, Michigan tells all that “The priest at St. Patrick and St. Anthony Parish at Grand Haven…
Ottawa still needs alternative media by Emma Godmere
Columnist says that the end of print operations at XPress is the latest in a series of ominous signs that point to an erosion of the alternative press and local…
The religious come up with more crackpot reasons for their beliefs, this time it’s health
Despite the fact that people are significantly healthier when attending a yoga class, palates, TRX, or just working out by themselves versus not doing any kind of exercise or physical…
This 22-Year-Old’s Battle for Life
Bernie Farber wrote this moving piece and with his permission I repeat it in full here: In my tradition we are told that whosoever saves even one life it is…
The End of Days for Charest?
Law 78 has now so antagonized all sections of Quebec society from moderate Anglo professors like myself through to trade unions and perhaps the whole of the French speaking Quebecois…
A night of one liners
The hardest part about getting back on line is actually giving a shit about what this government says or does at any moment in time. At night, reading my news…
Dustin Brown on Michal Rozsival: Dirty Hit or Incidental Contact?
Dustin Brown Knees Michal Rozsival I felt a huge adrenaline surge and a level of ecstacy I haven’t felt since… when I woke up and found out the Los Angeles…
Part of This Balanced Breakfast
A REAL complete balanced breakfast… So, I was eating a delicious post-run breakfast this morning consisting of some cottage cheese, tomato, avocado and grapefruit (yes, I’m trying to make you…
Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Verizon, and CUNA Drop Heartland Institute, Continuing Corporate Defections
This is a guest post by Jesse Coleman that originally appeared at PolluterWatch. Pharmaceutical giants Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline, along with Verizon, Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, and Credit Union National Association, have…
4672…New Orleans Times-Picayune Dying
From The Huffington Post:The New Orleans Times-Picayune, the paper that became internationally famous for its courageous reporting during Hurricane Katrina, is facing steep cuts and will end its 175-year history…
Hot and tired cat
Ever the sucker for a new drawing app… Created with Sketchbook Ink on iPad cartoon life dougsamu.wordpress.com Filed under: comment Tagged: 100 cats