The Hard Sell
Stephen Maher and Glen McGregor keep digging. This morning, in the Ottawa Citizen, they report that: A training manual used by call-centre workers soliciting donations for the Conservative Party outlines…
2012
CBC Truculence: Too Little, Too Late
About a year ago, I lamented the fact that the CBC, through Peter Mansbridge, seemed to be following a policy of appeasement toward the Harper government, probably in the forlorn…
A long hard week with a happy ending
Thursday was one of those days. I’m still figuring out the buses on my commute to and from work, and I somehow got myself turned around at the Billings Bridge…
Tori Stafford trial: If Michael Rafferty didn’t kill her how can he be guilty of murder?
Terri-Lynne McClintic says shen and not Michael Rafferty, killed Tori Stafford. So why is he on trial for murder? Can Rafferty be guilty of murder if he didn't kill Stafford?…
CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I'm takin' a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It's kinda long so I won't blather…
CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I’m takin’ a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It’s kinda long so I won’t blather…
CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I'm takin' a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It's kinda long so I won't blather…
CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I’m takin’ a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It’s kinda long so I won’t blather…
The Conservative Coalition
I haven’t bothered to double check this little amusing fact, because I have no reason to assume it’s incorrect. There is only one federal party in Canada that calls for…
Beautiful Maps – Google Maps in Water Colours
You know, really never know what the web is going to throw at you next. The great people over at Stamen Design (if you’ve never heard of Stamen you are…
WildRose Candidate Once Ran Afoul Of Human Rights Commision
After posting this on the 1999 meetup of Wildrose candidate Link Byfield and White Nationalist Paul Fromm, I got to thinking of an old on-line document I stumbled over once…
Two Julian Fantino Campaign Backers Exceeded Donation Limits by 60,000%
Since the election fraud story appears to be dying an entirely undeserved death at the hands of the perennially moronic professional media, I thought I’d stir the pot a little…
latest threat to internet freedom from u.s. corporatocracy: stop cispa
The US Congress and its corporate partners want the right of warrantless spying on every internet user, anywhere in the world. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) would…
Welcome to the Corporate Confederation of Canada
“We could continue with this incremental approach to backlog reduction and eventually by about 2018 we would get to a working inventory. By returning these applications now we’ll get to…
On Strike? Nope. I’m back.
@fernhilldammit @DrDawg @Heading_West @Prog_Blog You’re supposedly adults too. Witch hunts against fellow progbloggers is so 2006. — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) April 6, 2012 Some things (and some douche-sombreros) never change.…
Conservatives’ credibility in tatters if the Auditor-General is right about F-35s
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/news/blog.html?b=fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/04/05/michael-den-tandt-conservatives-credibility-in-tatters-if-the-auditor-general-is-right-about-f-35s "So that's it then: They knew and they lied. To Parliament. To all of us. If Auditor-General Michael Ferguson's word is to be believed — and there is no…
A Cry For Change
Reposted from April 4, 2010. Brian McClaren‘s Holy Week: Meditation 6: Wherever there is death … wherever hope is buried … wherever evil triumphs over law, and wherever law triumphs…
Way To Stand Out!
The Alberta Liberals released there platform for the upcoming election in 2012. In the platform is a radical policy (at least I think) to try and reduce tuition cost of…
What hockey season?
Go Blue Jays!!!!!! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Auditor General #F35 fallout
Terry Milewski’s report on yesterday’s remarks by the Auditor General and the reactions those remarks set off, above. It is helpful to see whose eyes are grave, whose eyes are…