Andrew Weaver To Run For B.C. Greens
UVIC climate scientist (and Nobel Peace Price recipient) Andrew Weaver will be running under the GP banner in B.C.’s next provincial election. Imp’s
September 2012
Apple iOS6 maps
Look, I know the whole world is saying it’s awful. But I’ve downloaded it, and it’s better than the GPS system I paid for. Sorry to mess with the popular…
Mostly competent government
The party of fiscal responsibility, ladies and gentlemen: More than 40 Conservative political staffers or ministers have racked up thousands of dollars in delinquent fees on their government-issued credit cards,…
Harper’s special bonus pension to be clipped
Bob Fife’s report on CTV’s national news last night contained a segment about Harper’s special bonus pension allotment of an extra $100,000 as PM. This might not have come to…
Why the Paul Frank powwow apology matters
The rise of fast fashion is unfortunate for many reasons: the proliferation of disposable clothing; the unethical sweatshop labour required to keep up with it; the additional motivations for teenagers…
Carbon Tax Fall-Out: Tom Mulcair and the NDP Choose Partisan Games Over Good Public Policy
Today, I am at a complete loss to adequately explain the growing frustration which I’ve been feeling with the Tom Mulcair’s New Democratic Party. “Frustration”, frankly, is too light a…
The rumour mill
Here’s a quick one that came my way today from a pretty decent source. Within the next four months, Christy Clark will decide to focus on the important duties of…
What’s wrong with this sentence?
The following sentence appears in a recently-published book about Canadian history: "After Ontario, Québec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick became provinces within the new Dominion of Canada…
What’s wrong with this sentence?
The following sentence appears in a recently-published book about Canadian history: “After Ontario, Québec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick became provinces within the new Dominion of Canada…
What’s wrong with this sentence?
The following sentence appears in a recently-published book about Canadian history:"After Ontario, Québec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick became provinces within the new Dominion of Canada in…
Weaver to run for B.C. Greens
Reading the tea leaves: “Climate scientist Andrew Weaver turns to B.C. Greens for political run.” A provincial development but it may signify an undercurrent in Canadian politics. Weaver, renowned climate…
What’s wrong with this sentence?
The following sentence appears in a recently-published book about Canadian history: “After Ontario, Québec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick became provinces within the new Dominion of Canada…
Health and safety challenges for three quarters of a million health care workers
There are more than three-quarter of a million health care workers in Ontario. Not only are patients aging and requiring more intensive care, but the workforce itself is aging and…
Cops For Pot
Police officers gathered with judges and prosecutors in Denver today, coming out to support Colorado’s marijuana legalization initiative. Tony Ryan, a 36-year veteran Denver police lieutenant and LEAP, told reporters…
Quote approval
The New York Times is preoccupied with the practice from another angle. Me, I do it for all of my books – and always in situations where I think there…
NDP MPs yell at Elizabeth May to stop her from speaking in the House of Commons (SleepyRobAnders)
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Jon Stewart – Chaos on Bullshit Mountain
Jon Stewart elegantly dismembers FOX News Stewart hits this right out of the ballpark.
Downtown Sudbury Campaign Against Poor People is Hateful and Dishonest
I am livid. I should be working on other things right now, but someone on a social media site posted a link to a local CBC story, “Panhandling poster irks…
Texas Republican Symbolically Lynches Obama
A Texas Republican has strung up an “empty chair” from a tree in his front yard. That the chair symbolizes Obama, a la Clint Eastwood, The homeowner was contacted about…