4862…Racism In Gatineau Victimizes 9 Yr Old Girl
The Ottawa Citizen reports this morning that a poor little Gatineau girl had to miss her team’s championship soccer game coz the adults running the tournament told her to take…
July 2012
Context is everything
Greater Essex County District School Board v. United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local 552, 2012 ONCA 482…
A Step Beyond Positive Thinking
Positive thinking gets a lot of praise because people think that just changing one’s thoughts their lives would improve. This is not entirely true. It turns out to really make…
More fluff than substance at Park Board meetings
Last night the Commissioners of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation passed two more fluff resolutions that could have been left to staff directions. The first, concerning a review…
Wear This, Enbridge
“Trust Us.” That’s the theme behind Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline PR campaign. The company is desperate to get the public convinced they’re trustworthy. They’re pros, they know what they’re doing,…
The Other Side of Justin Trudeau’s Political Lineage
Until Justin Trudeau makes his final decision as to whether he’ll be running for the Liberal leadership or not, we’ll no doubt be treated to endless journalistic wheel spinning from…
A small village about to be demolished
The small village of Susiya in the Israeli Occupied Territories is about to be demolished yet again. But most Canadians have never even heard about the first, second, third and…
July10: lesson one: the headline
The headline should reflect the theme of the news story. That’s important because the headline is what people remember. In fact, it will often be the only part of the…
The Muse of Deepest Annex: Tabatha Southey, who thought the Manson murders were a hoot, too
Ms. Southey objects to my column, below. She thinks I’m a “dick,” etc. for having effrontery to criticize her friend. Yawn. She also thinks her tweet below, about Luka Magnotta’s…
In Ottawa, scientists to mourn the death of Canadian evidence
Canadian scientists gather in Ottawa today to stage a funeral procession to protest the Harper government’s draconian cuts to federal scientific programs and systematic muzzling of Canadian scientists. The protest…
Summer of 2012: North Americans Begin to Harvest Climate Chaos They’ve Sown
A friend and newly graduated family physician told us a story about a young man who came to his clinic for medical advice. The young man was having a hard…
4861…Dean Del Mastro Update
Still an MP. Sad. So sad. WFDS
Alberta: NOT the “West”
I am always bemused by the CRAP trolls that infect the comments section of all media relating to anything happening in Canada..they are vituperous, lacking in logic, and fond of…
4860…New Coke Fail
Coca Cola raised the white flag on this day in 1985 by re introducing old Coke as Coca Cola Classic.WFDS
4859…Electoral Reform Is
In the words of Penn and Teller: Bullsh*t. It is easy, of course we won’t do it coz the Americans do it and we aren’t doing anything they do no…
Cat on colour field
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: 100 cats
4858…The Only True All Star Game Is Tonight
The winner, American or National League, gets home game advantage in the World Series. First pitch should be around 8 ish. Go team, go. WFDS
HELP, We’re Trapped Beneath a Dead Prime Minister and We Can’t Get Up
Sometimes it can feel like Stephen Harper is a giant dead body that’s fallen on top of Canada. He’s not really dead but you can look at him a good…
albertans in the dark after rolling power blackouts.
TweetRolling power blackouts yesterday across Alberta have some politicians raising questions about the accountability of privately-operated electrical utility companies. The blackouts also reignited the long-standing debate over the construction of…