NDP Courts B.C.
…comes out against Northern Gateway. Do the federal Liberals have a position on this issue? I mean, I know we’re Pro-reefer, and since the recent B.C. ruling, many have suggested…
July 2012
Tone at the top
The Globe editorializes on Bev Oda’s resignation: “Bev Oda’s departure: an overdue nod to accountability.” The departure of Bev Oda from the federal cabinet should have happened months ago. Nevertheless,…
Beaumont Hamel and the Newfoundland nation #nlpoli
Mark Humphries is an historian at Memorial University. He spoke with CBC’s Chris O’Neill-Yates on July 1 about the impact of Beaumont Hamel on Newfoundland and Labrador. Humphries does an…
4832…Today’s Excuse For Drinking Is……
It’s July 4th! Nothing but Rolling Rock and Michelob Ultra for yer boy today. Happy birthday US of A! WFDS
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
The Calgary Herald, usually a loyal Conservative Party supporter, recently editorialized about the RCMP: “When the RCMP dispatched disgraced Alberta Staff-Sgt. Don Ray to B.C., it was reminiscent of how…
My grandfather taught me how to build a dam instead of islands
When we were kids, and we were lucky, it would rain. And the parking area of my grandfather’s mountain farm would fill up with streams and rivulets. The farm house…
Adaptation
Robert Grumbine points out that the recent derecho that hit Washington DC demonstrates the folly of thinking we can simply adapt to climate change: I live in the national Capitol…
I’ll bet your day seems a lot better now, doesn’t it?
WARNING: extremely foul video, do not watch while eating, digesting, considering eating, or thinking about using a bathtub, ever. I woke up yesterday morning to find the toilet overflowing and…
The coda to Oda was writ bright with orange juice
Bev Oda, foreground, enjoys a celebratory dinner at the Savoy, her orange juice just visible under her right arm. Departing Canadian politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Ms.…
Free Dominion and Strange Bedfellows. Again…..
Back on June 14, we briefly mentioned that Dr. Dawg had won his appeal and that the case would now go to trial. We don't want to argue the merit…
Those Facebook Games
Facebook games are getting more, and more easy all of the time. Just see how long it takes you to solve one of the typical Find-A-Word game images that goes…
federal riding boundaries being readjusted in alberta.
Tweet How will Alberta’s federal riding boundaries be altered? Likely unbeknownst to most Canadians, commissions have been struck across the country and tasked with redrawing our federal electoral boundaries in…
What a radical thought!
Is it too radical to believe that a majority of the US Supreme Court justices found Obamacare constitutional because it actually IS constitutional, not just because of a judicial dick-measuring…
Wanted: “Radicals” Against Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline
Are you a Canadian radical? Are you ready to Harper and Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway pipeline? If your answer to both questions is YES, this call to action from radicals4ourcoast.ca…
Nobody hides evidence of innocence
BC Liberals spent millions to halt the Basi/Virk trial. They are spending more on court actions fighting the Auditor General’s access to documents. They’ve rejected calls for public inquiry and…
Europe’s Export of Political Integration
From democracy to banking, Europe has launched institutions that have shaped the world; with its recent financial crisis, Europe might be about to do it again. The European financial crisis…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Yard cats.
Point, missed
The point – in this column, and the poll it examines – is entirely missed. Voters have always been progressive. It’s only journalists who thought they were becoming conservative. The…
Lost In Stimulus
World markets and investors continue to scratch their heads about the market’s direction and the problems it’s facing. There is seemingly only one thing they all agree on, and that…
More Ingrid Rice
Hard Working Conservative MP Canada Day Ingrid Rice archives here.