It’s cold here
And I needed to be reminded of Summer. This did the trick. Boogie-boarding, Kennebunk, August. Perfect.
October 2012
Cowichan’s Will Abram Has Passed Away-October 4, 2012
Will Abram 1928-2012 R.I.P. Dear Friends Our dear father and friend to all, Will Abram, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 10:40 PM. After a pleasing and engaged evening…
Sighting of rare spider halts Texas $15 million road project
American culture is baffling. A particular spider, considered an endangered species, stops a $15 million road building project. Many oil drilling projects were stopped in the past for similar reasons.…
Who Says Shit Like This? Oh Yeah, …Republicans.
If Barack Obama has achieved nothing else, he has fundamentally disproved the notion of a post-segregationist America. Even before the Obama family moved into the White House the floodgates of…
Former Vancity Chair Bob Williams speaks at Cowichan Theatre on October 17, 7:00 pm
Bob Williams Bob Williams, one of BC’s most distinguished public citizens, will be speaking at the Cowichan Theatre on Wednesday, October 17 at 7:00 pm, in celebration of International Credit…
New Ways to Find Older Content
To provide a method beyond the search box at the top of the page and browsing the chronological archives to access older content that I think might be worth reading,…
Jon Stewart on Strip Searches
Here’s what Jon Stewart had to say about the Supreme Court of the United States decision in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington et al.
How Liberals and Conservatives Conspired to Bring You a Tainted Meat Crisis
In 1997, the Chretien Liberal government bowed to pressure from a combination of provincial government and business interests to transfer the responsibility for meat inspection from Health Canada to Agriculture…
Oct. 7: All our yesterdays, todays, and tomorrows….
Two hundred years ago in New Brunswick, there was pretty much just one way to make some cash s….cut down timber. There was a huge market for timbers in the…
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Happy Thanksgiving Day! I don’t know about you, but I feel that I have a lot to be thankful for!
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Murray Mandryk and Bruce Johnstone both thoroughly slam Gerry Ritz and the Cons for their food-safety negligence. But Johnstone hints at the…
Team Trudeau: let’s talk about how we make sausages
I’ve received some pretty angry responses to the brief post below about the Trudeau folks from, er, Trudeau folks. Some have even taken the form of anonymous comments, which aren’t…
In today’s Sun: the values proposition
Values, in politics, aren’t something. They’re everything. So, too, is speaking with clarity and confidence. Last week, both notions — having a set of values and communicating them to voters…
Alexandre Trudeau: embedded in Justin’s campaign.
According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Sacha Trudeau is "stepping up" to act as senior advisor to his brother Justin's campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.…
Alexandre Trudeau: embedded in Justin’s campaign.
According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Sacha Trudeau is “stepping up” to act as senior advisor to his brother Justin’s campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.…
Alexandre Trudeau: embedded in Justin’s campaign.
According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Sacha Trudeau is "stepping up" to act as senior advisor to his brother Justin's campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.Unlike…
Alexandre Trudeau: embedded in Justin’s campaign.
According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Sacha Trudeau is “stepping up” to act as senior advisor to his brother Justin’s campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.…
Rex Murphy on Standard of Conduct in Parliament
Once in a while Rex Murphy provides good commentary, as the following on the standard of conduct in Parliament – especially he talks about big-mouth Rob Andres. “Mr. Rob Anders,…