So far, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s ideology-inspired of project of social and political engineering expresses itself most eloquently as the Conservatives’ egregious assault on civil liberties, the metamorphosis of Canada…
On Monday I did a brief interview about Christy Clark’s recent bible comments on 100 Huntley Street and the BC Humanist Association’s response. Ironically enough, the interview was on Clark’s…
From 2006 to 2008 the Harper government maintained an apparently illegal contract with Blackwater for the training of special forces troops and police officers. Blackwater was supposed to disclose the…
On Aug. 1, Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a commitment to pardon some farmers who broke the Customs Act by refusing to present grain export licences to Canada Customs (now…
The people of the African Sahel are in a bad way. You might even say that they’re the poster boy for global warming. Make that anthropogenic, or man-made, global warming…
Academi LLC, better known by its earlier name, Blackwater, has forked over $7.5-million to buy a “Deferred Prosecution Agreement” from the U.S. government. The case focuses on allegations that Blackwater…
Part 1 of Rafe Mair’s July 2012 interview with economist Andersen, delving deep into BC’s troubled energy situation, including Hydro’s broken forecasting model, rip-off private power projects, and massive debt…
One thing missing from Curiosity, that seems an obvious oversight since it’s included on every mobile computer now, is a MICROPHONE! It would be more of a novelty than anything,…
Rush Limbaugh: Glenn Beck:
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – John Conway discusses the Cons’ project of destroying Canada’s social safety net. – But the good news is that Stephen Harper is running…
On the injustice of Tiffany Foster’s disqualification from the London 2012 Olympics. This is more than a fight over the treatment of a single athlete. This is more than a…
An Australian defence expert says America is playing a dangerous and potentially disastrous game with China. The American plan, known in Washington as Air-Sea Battle, is strategically flawed, Australia’s foremost…
Last night the country star went for a drive in his 1998 Pontiac Trans Am. It did not go as planned. The Dallas Morning News reports that Randy Travis, an…
“The arbitrator appointed by the government to settle the labour dispute between postal workers and Canada Post should be recused, says a federal court. After the government passed the Restoring…
The Prince of Darkness says he’ll let “science” determine the fate of the Northern Gateway and, presumably, Kinder-Morgan bitumen trafficking proposals. Harper insisted Tuesday a decision on major projects such…
If you follow the international news on the F-35 it appears Lockheed has made it through the rough patch and now has the controversial warplane flying straight and level. Although…
Still a confusing story, but its getting clearer. From the Christian Science Monitor. Fire at 1 World Trade Center: maybe yes, maybe no. Confused?
I’ve been looking for some fitting tribute to Gore Vidal, who died last week at age 86, to post here. The internet is full of Vidal’s aphorisms and his cutting…
Hizzoner of Tronna, Rob Ford, has checked himself into hospital.CBC reports that “A late-night statement from the mayor’s office said Ford went to hospital on Tuesday evening ‘after feeling unwell.’…
But first, read p. A3, “Headstart needs school supplies”. Read it! And hang your head in shame. All credit to Headstart for putting itself up front to help buy school…
