Inside Preston Manning’s Secret Deal With Carleton U
Dennis Gruending looks and finds an Alberta oil-man, a passel of old-time Reform Party operatives, a few token Libs, and of course no smelly hippies. Something funny going on?
July 2012
Exposing More Harper Lies
Those who believe the Harper propaganda that the changes to environmental oversight contained in Omnibus Bill C-38 are simply ‘housekeeping’ and ‘streamlining’ measures may find this notification from the National…
Ways to Beat the Heat I
Way Number 1: Take your breakfast to the park. This couple were reading the weekend papers early the other Saturday morning, and I was charmed at the idea of escaping…
Ghiz asked to defend public healthcare?!
Today in The Guardian an article that must be a joke. Or at least, I guess the joke is on the women of PEI whose primary health care is obviously…
New Digital Policy and Current Events Podcast
Canadian Gamer Organization’s co-founder Jason Koblovsky has started up a new digital policy podcast called CDNTech Network. The podcast will focus on a number of issues which include Canadian digital…
Get Fit Through Self-Motivation
A lot of people use the nice weather of the summer as motivation to get fit, however, keeping oneself motivated can be a problem. One approach that is gaining popularity…
Tolkien’s Hobbits and Tory war minister Peter Mackay
Huh? Peter Mackay Hat tip to Kinsella for this reference: “Harper has never had to deal with ministers who wield their own political clout.…Today, has the political stature of a…
Coastal Chaos
Living on coastal B.C. we get used to seeing a lot of marine life. But this video, recorded in Hyacinthe Bay on Quadra Island, is breathtaking. Watch a pod of…
4886…What Year Is It In Egypt?
1998? Hilary Clinton, the Secretary of State, is over in Egypt doing her thing. Yahoo reports that Madame Secretary “…was taunted by chants of ‘Monica, Monica’ by tomato-throwing demonstrators as…
Why Omar Khadr still matters
A decade after a wounded Omar Khadr, a then fifteen year old Canadian citizen, decided to lob a fatal grenade in the middle of a firefight in Afghanistan, Ottawa is…
Dix Can Reclaim Control Over Fish, Pipelines and Tankers from Harper
We have a jurisdictional clash here, for under The Constitution Act, federal power over fisheries is paramount but the Provinces have control over “Property and Civil Rights”. There’s no question…
Not bad
If Trudeau runs for leader, and wins, the Libs will be doing even better. Then again, this is a poll, and I don’t believe in polls so much anymore. Nope.
4885…Vic Toews Fantasy
Via Jesse Brown and Macleans.Deep in the bowels of the RCMP’s Ottawa headquarters, thousands of Mounties are scanning the Internet for signs of wrongdoing. They read every blog post and…
July 16: Northrop Frye and all that
On the weekend, I dropped off some books at the library So I saw the fine image of Northrop Frye sitting on a bench at the entrance. I’m sure he…
Water lily #6 for the season
I think the secret is no raccoons. Filed under: photo Tagged: water lily
4884…Tim Powers Schools Dean Del Mastro
Tim Powers is probably the highest profile non elected/appointed Conservative in your nation’s capital.He is all over CFRA, a big deal in this town and a pillar of the community…
Fight The Right mentioned in new Hill Times! Also, I’m “seasoned,” like a food product!
“Hill Times Wise Guy, Sun columnist and seasoned Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella has managed to take a break from his many side projects to write a book. Fight the Right:…
Military Procurement Stars May Align for Conservatives in 2015
In my head, I’m writing the press releases already. As I pointed out in a recent post on the botched purchase of new medium-weight trucks for the military, the supposedly…
Molly’sBlog 2012-07-16 11:28:00
CANADIAN LABOUR: WILDCAT STRIKERS DEFY UNION AND COMPANY IN NEWFOUNDLAND: Up to 1,000 workers have gathered near the road to Vale’s Long Harbour construction site in eastern Newfoundland this morning,…