A Slegehammer To Swat A Fly
In this morning’s Globe and Mail, four former environment ministers –Tom Siddon, David Anderson, John Fraser and Herb Dahliwal — publish a letter which they have sent to Stephen Harper.…
June 2012
Mulcair The "Statesman"
Mulcair’s rushed visit to the oilsands has served him well. While the polls remain firm- even downright extraordinary in a historic sense for the NDP- there is no doubt the…
Chesapeake Energy And Other Fracking Companies Squatting On New York Citizens’ Land
chesapeake-energy-logo.jpg New York landowners are having a hard time evicting an unwanted tenant, it seems. That's why over 200 people residing in the Marcellus Shale are suing energy companies such…
Why I’m Speaking Out In Defence Of Two Core Canadian Values, Nature & Democracy
On Monday, I will be joining the BlackOutSpeakOut campaign, and joining a committed group of organizations representing millions of Canadians who are darkening our websites in protest against the efforts…
Friday, er… Saturday, er, SUNDAY miscellany…
Queen, hockey, Hoedown, shopping and soccer edition! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Oh brother… the world’s fave in-bred family is celebrating something again. Yay. Revellers in London are getting ready for today’s big celebration…
Heartland Expert List Roundup
If you’ve been following along lately, you’ll know that my project for May was to–in wake of the Heartland Institute’s disastrous billboard campaign–contact scientists on the their expert list and…
Atlantic Guest Columnist Breaks Autism Taboo, Discusses Economic Impact of Autism on Families
Atlantic guest columnist Megan McArdle breaks a major autism taboo by discussing the impact of autism in families, more specifically The Economic Impact of Autism on Families. This could be…
More Layoffs, Dropped Editions Coming To Sun Media?
News of the latest at Postmedia has prompted speculation among the folks at the Toronto Sun Family Blog. Dropping weekend editions has already been discussed among Sun Media management, though…
Dunderdale rejects Locke’s advice on Muskrat #nlpoli
Sometimes you agree with people. Sometimes you don’t. All it means is that you agree sometimes and disagree at others. Premier Kathy Dunderdale didn’t seem to understand that point when…
Ottawa radio rankings…
This is interesting. At least I think so… and nice to see that some Ottawans are coming to their senses and tuning out the blathering by the CPC wingnut supporters…
Quebec’s Mad Emperor Strikes Again
They don't call Jean Charest the Mad Emperor of Quebec for nothing eh? For this is madness. Four days of negotiations ended in an impasse on Thursday when Premier Jean…
In May, “Liberal Media” Privileged Conservatives by Almost 2 to 1
It was another banner month for the so-called “liberal media” in this country. In May, the opinion pages of 20 of the country’s major English-language newspapers featured a grand total…
Calgary-Centre By-Election: Lee Richardson Resigns
Two days ago Lee Richardson resigned to work with the Progressive Conservatives and Ms. Redford in Edmonton. The first thing that is apparent is that a federal Tory joined the…
Tom Mulcair and the Tarry Bubbly
Whew. I see Tom Mulcair managed to gallop into Alberta today, cast his eyes upon the darkness of the Oil Sands, and make his getaway without dropping the dreaded T…
Outrage fatigue
Ever since the grotesque budget bill came down, we’ve been going through the Stages of Outrage — denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.Every time I read another story about the Harper…
Men attract bacteria more than women
It’s not guesswork to say that men are generally more filthier than women. It’s not necessary to construe this statement as men don’t wash themselves as often, or that men…
alison redford attends the bilderberg. thomas mulcair visits the oilsands.
Tweet Premier Alison Redford is attending the 2012 Bilderberg Group conference. There are no shortage of internet conspiracy theories about the mysterious Bilderberg Group conference, but now Alberta Premier Alison…