Stay classy, my home and native land…
…stay classy. Canada was one of only 6 nations to vote yesterday against a UN resolution calling for Israel to open up its nuclear facilities for inspection. The others were…
December 2012
Mary River project given green light
This was expected but still is huge:StoryThe federal government has given Baffinland’s Mary River Project the green light to move ahead with its iron ore mine on north Baffin Island.Baffinland…
ConCalls: Kinsella in 2011 guessed #RoboCon
I don’t normally link to Sun, or Kinsella, but it’s worth taking a look this time, I promise. While researching the cut brake lines that Elections Canada never found a…
How it all began, I mean, AFTER the nuclear explosion
Sumiko: Soto Noodle — you will want to suck them fast! Godzilla: So you serve noodles? Sumiko: Yes sir, we are noodle shop. Godzilla: Excellent, I’d like an order of…
The Gift Of Gratitude
I’m grateful for this TED Talk on gratitude:
There’s No App For That
As part of the changes, News Corp. said it will cease publication of The Daily, its iPad news application, on Dec. 15.“From its launch, The Daily was a bold experiment…
Jerome’s Grim Fairy Tale #nlpoli
Last week, some people wondered if Premier Kathy Dunderdale was out of the loop on negotiations over a federal loan guarantee when she seemed to say she did not know…
ConCalls: This is Elections Canada
A Conservative on Twitter months ago claimed to have made phone calls on behalf of Elections Canada. @MrAnthonyDewar That was me and 1,000s of others hired by EC to update…
Congratulations "Dr." Catherine Lord! APA’s DSM5 Autism Targeted Exclusion of Intellectually Disabled Passed December 1, 2012.
The American Psychiatric Association's passage of the DSM5 and its New Autism Spectrum Disorder was passed Saturday December 1, 2012 without any of the mainstream media taking noting of the…
Everythinggate: Perfect storm lands Alberta premier in shark-infested waters!
As a perfect storm blows, Alison Redford’s strategic brain trust parries Opposition attacks about the conduct of her government. The premier is in the centre of the boat, wearing a…
BC Government Says It “Forgot” Documentation It Previously Claimed Didn’t Exist
The media has been breathlessly reporting the latest news from Quebec’s corruption commission as though there’s something unusually rotten in that province. I have to wonder, though. Every province should…
A Keynesian Cliff
When we have a recession and there’s a call for stimulus, a lot of people – especially on the right – dispute the effectiveness of Keynesian economics. People like Prime…
Shell’s Arctic Oil Spill Gear "Crushed Like a Beer Can" In Simple Test
Royal Dutch Shell, the massive multinational oil company, badly wants to be ready to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean next summer. This year, the company's plans to begin…
Under threat of perjury…
Legal Saga, Mark Hume, Globe and Mail, December 3, 2012 "A legal battle by the Auditor-General to get billing records in a political-corruption case has taken a surprise turn with…
As they tried to explain the disappearing ice cap,
frustration grew amongst Harper’s advisors.
Jewish human rights group condemns Harper government’s UN vote on Palestine
by Independent Jewish Voices | December 3, 2012 A Canadian Jewish human rights group is condemning the Harper government’s opposition to giving Palestine non-member observer state status at the United…
Sentencing in Rape of White Supremacist
It's pretty much common knowledge who the victim was in this case, however we won't publish that name here. Neither will we allow comments that state who the individual is.…