Band of the Month: Beams
Welcome to the new, biweekly addition to Things Are Good! Band of the Month will be recurring every other Friday as a way to kick start the weekend with good…
November 2012
We Need Another Charter
We need to go beyond our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Conditions on the ground have changed markedly since the Trudeau government formulated what Canadians today with genuine affection call…
The Default Option
Here is an important op ed from the Irish Times by a former senior IMF official, arguing that the most heavily indebted euro countries will have to default on some…
A Harper Message To The Citizens Of Canada
Citizens, pay no attention to those who would tear down the environmental accomplishments of your government.* *This message paid for by the generous taxpayers of Canada ($9 million and rising)…
Calgary byelection is a three-way race
When I said this riding was competitive on SNN, Krista laughed at me. But now I’m not the only one saying it anymore - the Mayor of Calgary is too.…
Language skills relevant in removal of counsel
Maftoun v. Banitaba, 2012 ONCA 786 suggests that choice of counsel has greater significance where language skills are in play: In addition to the importance of sustaining the ...
New leaders face challenge as U.S. and China mistrust grows
With Xi Jinping assuming leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, China and the United States have both now chosen their leaders for the near future. They both face considerable challenges,…
Maybe Hamas wants Bibi re-elected?
A reader writes as below. I am not convinced but she or he makes a credible argument:"Iran is nowhere near completing a nuke. Threats that they are getting close is…
Col Mustard, with the Camera, In Camera
Today Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was testifying in a libel case against him. I just tuned in for a few minutes and her this gem: “…in camera” is a bit…
Col Mustard, with the Camera, In Camera
Today Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was testifying in a libel case against him. I just tuned in for a few minutes and her this gem: “…in camera” is a bit…
Globe and Mail: New Bell-Astral Takeover Pact
One month after Canadians' voices were heard by decision-makers at the CRTC in shutting down Bell's takeover, the telecom giant is said to now be making a second attempt at…
Why Merge?
Because graphs don’t lie:
Tories way down and Liberals way up, yet some in the MSM say this is good for Stephen Harper?
This article is one of a couple currently using a new Ipsos Reid poll to argue that Justin Trudeau is Stephen Harper’s newest friend. The last Ipsos poll earlier this…
David Petraeus’s Sex Scandal and Picture Montage
(Pictured above: Mr. Burns, David Letterman, Anthony Weiner, Donald Trump, David Petraeus, Courtney Stodden, Anna Wintour, Herman Cain, The Situation.)Source: The Huffington Post.
Yes/no?
On a lot of specific things, opinions are a pretty binary yes/no or on/off kind of thing, especially when they come to identifying with labels. Are you a Liberal? How…
ConCalls: Giving In
At what point can Canadians no longer claim to be a democratic people? We widely recognize when other countries were running sham elections, but our closeness to our own has…
Get Out. Now.
"We cannot pretend there is any more to do in Afghanistan."That brief observation underlies the argument of former British Liberal Dem leader, Lord Ashdown, that it's time to pull his…
What is Hamas doing? Watch the circus, not the sideshow
How does Hamas firing rockets at Jerusalem help Hamas? Not much. Yes a rocket barrage to express rage at the assassination of Ahmed Jabari makes some sense. It is a…
Res Ipsa Loquitor
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