Mountains and Molehills (Abortion Redux)
If you’ve been a follower of the blogosphere or twitterverse recently, you’ll know that there’s been a bit of a dustup concerning a couple of posts by members of Progressive…
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4454…Solving The Seniors Problem
They take up a lot of space, they smell funny and they are often higher than kites. They are senior citizens. Eskimos, the Sisters of St. Joesph’s taught me, handle…
Just Say "No", Danielle…
Nation, as you’ve no doubt heard by now, Danielle Smith is getting a bit of flack over past positions she and her party have expressed. This shouldn’t come as a…
Impetus for the push on the #F35
Dave at Galloping Beaver is going to work, picking apart the Harper government’s tales over the years on the F-35 acquisition. Go there to read the entire post, which I…
Stephen Harper’s stump speech during 2011 elections
Your Prime Minister Stephen Harper at his best? I got this idea from a fellow blogger Of Gods And…..
A Poem for Easter
My own, with at least Easterish themes of death and rebirth. Originally published on 7/10/10. VSA You came to us, no vital signs, no breath Found dead, or nearly so,…
making cities matter in alberta’s election.
Alberta is the most urbanized province in Canada (81% of the population living in urban areas) and the Edmonton-Calgary corridor is one of the most urbanized regions in Canada. Looking…
What could possibly go wrong?
In the wake of the Trevyon Martin shooting, this is quite likely the last thing that needs to happen: Neo-Nazis patrolling Florida town where Trayvon Martin was killed By CYNTHIA…
Blog against Theocracy weekend
Rather than rage against the fundementalists that seek to impose the narrow-minded rules of their various faiths upon us, I’d like to take a positive approach to the Blog Against…
Peter MacKay’s Dog Ate His Lunch
Of course he knew that original $9-billion figure was nonsense. And, sure, he knew that $15-billion figure wasn’t the whole story either. And, okay, he knew the $15-billion figure was…
Why I will never vote #CPC reason #1,379
Here’s Tory MP John Williamson – one of the whitest guys ever – doing his best Martin Luther King impersonation. The day following the anniversary of MLK’s death, no less.…
SUICIDE RATE AMONG CANADIAN GIRLS INCREASING
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/761341?src=mpnews&spon=12 Suicide rates in Canada are increasing in girls aged 10 to 19 years, but they are decreasing among boys in that age group, new data show. In 2008, the…
Tempest in Ontario…those Gawd-lovin’ “Christians” are at it Again…
The perfectly rational (and legal) decision to forbid the handing-out of Bibles to students in a Ontario, Canada town has sparked an uproar, with vast amounts of hate mail directed…
Face It, You’re Incompetent!
Yeah, you. I’m talking to you or at least somewhere around 90% of the people who’ll read this. You’re incompetent and while that might be inadvertent, it is by design.…
I don’t really care who wins the Cup…
… but here are my fearless predictions: First Round Matchups 1) NYR vs. OTT Rangers in 5. Sens aren’t in the same league… well, they are, but not, figuratively… goaltending…
Independent Journalist Claims to Know the Identity of Pierre Poutine
As the professional media dithers about the future of Rights & Democracy and whether or not lying to Parliament about the cost of the F-35 jet fighter actually counts as…
The Six Million Dollar Deal…The Order Matters
OurReadersComment AndSometimesIMissThemVille In our breakdown of the David Loukidelis statement (that Geoff Plant pointed us towards) about how the deal went down (Mr. Loukidelis says plea and the legal fee…
4453…Fact Challenged Ezra Levant Strikes Again
In today’s Ottawa Sun, my paper of record, and, presumably, all the other Quebecor rags, Ezra Levant weaves his fact challenged opinion. In para two of his Easter Sunday piece…
Campaigning on Social Media and “Openness”
Recently, during the Vancouver municipal election, some candidates were trying to make a big deal out of the fact that their comments are being removed from their opponents’ social media…