December 2012
Why False Beliefs Persist #nlpoli
If the Brothers Grimm were alive today in Newfoundland and Labrador, they’d be politicians. That’s because so much of politics these days is about fairy tales. To be fair this…
Ethical Oil Comes Alive
After almost three months of dead air, a single story in the Fort Mc newspaper of record (and a post from some crazy left-wing blogger) triggers a frenzy of activity…
F-35 Purchase Cancelled
OTTAWA — The F-35 jet fighter purchase, the most persistent thorn in the federal government’s side and the subject of a devastating auditor-general’s report last spring, is dead. Faced with…
Stephen Harper and the F-35 Debacle
Oh no. Tora, Tora, Tora !!!!!!I mean… Mayday, Mayday, Mayday !!!!!It looks as if Stephen Harper's plans for Total World Domination, have come crashing down to earth.Read more »
A Word on the Fourth (Swift Current) Debate
Debate Video: LINK As always, those interested in watching the debate in full can follow the link at the top of the page. With the fourth debate come and gone,…
Freedom of Information Laws Used By Climate Sceptics To Rifle Through Scientists’ Daily Emails
FREEDOM of Information laws across the world were introduced as a way to open governments and their agencies to public and journalistic scrutiny and to extract the kind of information…
Hockey-starved Canucks pray for brawl as Peter Van Loan channels Darrel Stinson
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien gets up close and personal with a protester. Below: NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, Tory chuck-a-bub Peter Van Loan, Liberal Fuddle-Duddler Pierre Trudeau, New Democrat Nathan Cullen,…
The Legitimacy of the Harper Majority is No Longer In Question. It’s Over, Finished.
It wasn’t just a troubled warplane that crashed and burned with Harper’s decision to cancel the purchase of the troubled F-35 light bomber. The legitimacy of the Harper majority government…
Dan’s Estimation of the Age of the Universe
As a follow up to my post on the theory of relativity’s implications on the age of the universe and the nature of reality, I am pointing out something that…
The Montreal Massacre and the Shameless Cons
It's hard to believe that it's been 23 years since their lives ended so suddenly and so brutally.Their faces still stare out at us, so young and full of hope.If…
Top Twenty Things Harper Can Do with Money Saved from Cancelled F-35 Purchase
Looks like Christmas came early : the news leaked that the much-criticized F-35 military jet purchase, first estimated at $16Billion or $25Billion or $30B or $40B, has been cancelled. Did…
Only Once Has Canada’s Minister of Defence Taken Part In A ‘Peace Keeping Mission’ Since Harper Became PM
Pity … we were once a proud and respected nation that put our military between warring parties … Harper has turned us into his idea of a ‘warrior’ nation. Yesterday…
Dan’s Estimation of the Age of the Universe
As a follow up to my post on the theory of relativity’s implications on the age of the universe and the nature of reality, I am pointing out something that…
Sifting Through the Wreckage of Canada’s F-35 Fiasco
The Harper government’s abandonment of the “troubled” F-35 buy has seismic implications. This is the first time Stephen Harper truly lost his mojo. He wanted this hopelessly flawed warplane so…
Canada Bails Out on the F-35
It’s over!!! Canada will not be buying Lockheed’s “troubled” light strike bomber. Faced with the imminent release of an audit by accountants KPMG that will push the total projected life-cycle…
A Big Win for American Progressives
U.S. chain restaurants like Papa John’s and Applebee’s didn’t pull any punches before the November elections. In fact they outright threatened they would retaliate against an Obama win, taking it…
How long did Cain hate his brother?
As long as he was Abel.