The Derbyshire debacle
Ah, the pleasing sound of another mask dropping. In fairness, John Derbyshire is not new at this, but he’s never been quite so…unvarnished before. Derbyshire is the man who in…
2012
Favourite Poems LI
Easter in Pittsburgh Even on Easter Sunday jungle of lilies and ferns fat Uncle Paul who loved his liquor so would pound away with both fists on the when the…
Ocean view #18
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water
Are those really ‘conscience’ rights?
Mrs. Danielle Smith, leader of the Wildrose party of Alberta (WRP), Do my ‘conscience’ rights include the right not to believe that we are having this discussion in 2012? As…
Are those really ‘conscience’ rights?
Mrs. Danielle Smith, leader of the Wildrose party of Alberta (WRP),Do my 'conscience' rights include the right not to believe that we are having this discussion in 2012? As an…
Are those really ‘conscience’ rights?
Mrs. Danielle Smith, leader of the Wildrose party of Alberta (WRP), Do my ‘conscience’ rights include the right not to believe that we are having this discussion in 2012? As…
Word of the Day: gormless #nlpoli
Russell Wangersky: At this point, the Official Opposition is floundering around looking for an issue, and they can’t see that they are trampling around so heavily that they’ve pounded their…
The Race for Banff-Cochrane
Banff-Cochrane has existed in one form or another as a constituency since 1940. Long a bastion for independent thinkers, the voters here have never been scared to buck the trend…
Canada’s Interest In Burma Explained
Those of us who think within a certain political context were probably struck with the irony, if not the outright hypocrisy, of John Baird’s visit to Nobel laureate Aung San…
The Cult Of Efficiency
The Harper government tells us that its recent budget is all about making government more efficient. It’s an argument the world has heard before. In the 1930’s, Dan Gardiner writes:…
New Polls Impact Rae Negatively
Another poll out today showing a national dead heat between the Conservatives and NDP. The Leger offering mirrors Harris Decima, the NDP have surged back in Quebec, Leger actually pegs…
NDP leads federal polls for first time since 1987
2012 will be added to 1987 and 1943 as years that the NDP or it’s predecessors have lead federal polling. Sitting at 36% the party is statistically tied with the…
Saturday At The Movies
Just in time for Easter: Hallelujah Corporations:
Old school week at Augusta…
… sees some guys of my vintage on the leaderboard. Couples is 52, Jiminez, 48 and Singh is my age at 49… Guess I know who I’m cheering for over…
Maybe its an age thing?
Or maybe not.I sometimes wonder whether people who were born in the Mulroney years or later can actually understand what it meant to Canadian women when, in 1988, the Supreme…
The progressive pissing contest and the abortion debate….
When is a human being a human being, and who exactly is progressive? These are two questions being raised in the wake of Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth’s motion to have…
Ambiguous Wildrose abortion statements emerge as NDP support jumps in Edmonton
Wildrose Apocalypse? Abortion chatter sparks new fears about Wildrose as poll shows NDP mini-surge in Edmonton. Below: NDP Leader Brian Mason. Are residents of the Edmonton region, as disgusted with…