But you got cookie, so share it maybe?
So it turns out that given the workload oppressive heat (it’s only 77°F back where I went to college in Sackville, New Brunswick) I may not be able to be…
July 2012
Video: Niki Ashton – “Mr. Harper — if you’re not part of the solution, YOU are part of the problem.”
Churchill MP Niki Ashton gave an impassioned speech at the July 11th Winnipeg rally for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women. In addition to posing the video,…
Mobile Devices for Development
The use of mobiles in development is nothing new; however, it’s always good to remind ourselves how useful this technology can be. Mashable has a list of five reasons mobile…
Elections Canada Out To Sabotage Etobicoke Centre By-election
There’s no better way to characterize the agency’s role in the high-stakes Etobicoke Centre by-election appeal heard by the Supreme Court of Canada earlier this week. The “independent” and “non-partisan”…
Cicadas Are Backl, Summer Is Really Here
I heard the first cicadas on Sunday–just one, tentative buzz. But by now the buzzing begins in the early morning and continues through the heat of the day. One of…
Tory MP Rob Anders is a “great Canadian”
Well, according to Kory Teneycke he is. Current subject matter aside, I think it’s a bit of a stretch to suggest that Anders, who once called Nelson Mandela a “terrorist”,…
Friday morning Electoral Hanky-panky blogging
Apparently Dean Del Mastro has had a change of heart. With regards to the investigation into his 2008 campaign spending, the MP had insisted repeatedly that he wasn’t prepared to…
Okay, So I Succumbed to the Social Media Business
Goodreads finally caught up with me, and so I’ve joined. One of the things they have is book giveaways, so here’s one for my novel about people who make mistakes…
July 13: Target to take over Zellers…….
……Wow! Stop the presses. Front page for sure. Meanwhile, the only important story in section A is on p. 2. All NB Liberal leadership candidates have taken a position to…
Faddening Up the Support for Spy Bill
Online Surveillance: CSIS Chief Dick Fadden Supports Lawful Access Bill As ‘Vital’ To National Security- from this morning’s Huffpost Canada Here we go again..the slinking of these circus clowns towards…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer theorize that we should discuss the economy as a garden rather than a machine: A well-designed tax system…
Tory MP Rob Anders is a “great Canadian”
Well, according to Kory Teneycke he is. Current subject matter aside, I think it’s a bit of a stretch to suggest that Anders, who once called Nelson Mandela a “terrorist”,…
4874…Bob Barker May Be Right
The Calgary Stampede is a meat grinder for animals. CBC Calgary reports that three horses died in a chuckwagon race yesterday. This happens all the time at The Stampede. I…
That wind was pretty strong
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Muskrat Falls Money Quote 3 #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale, Muskrat Falls lover, from a scrum on Thursday: Dunderdale said due diligence is more important than artificial timelines but that the two sides are "considerably closer" to…
pancakes, pups, palestine: mini-holiday in london, ontario
We’ve just returned from a visit with our friends David and Stephanie in London, Ontario. We had such a lovely, relaxing time – plus we were off from work the…
Video: Manitoba’s Grand Chiefs demand provincial, national & international inquiries into missing & murdered women
Winnipeg: July 11, 2012: Three of the several hundred demonstrators who marched through downtown Winnipeg demanding public inquiries into the the deaths and disappearances of 600 hundred indigenous women in…
Innu Controversy Widens #nlpoli
The controversy at the Innu Development Limited Partnership developed some political overtones on Thursday. CBC reported that federal intergovernmental affairs minister Peter Penashue borrowed $25,000 from the partnership to finance…
Liberals Fight To Stay In Conversation
The Liberals are staking out the “middle ground” as it relates to the oilsands. With strong options on boths sides, the Liberal position is part default, part natural predisposition, but…
Harper hate
I don’t hate Stephen Harper. (Don’t really hate anyone, in fact: when I hate someone, I’m not content to simply stew about it. I go out and do something about…