Cool wind map
H/T Doug Coupland. Follow him on Twitter. Surface wind data comes from the National Digital Forecast Database. These are near-term forecasts, revised once per hour. So what you’re seeing is…
2012
Breaking Bourque! MacKay Tossed From Helicopter! Paradis meets Paradise! Toews phased out! Fantino Basically Fucked! Bernier Back In, Cleared To Date Bikers!
BREAKING: Bourque insiders are reporting late this afternoon that Prime Minister Stephen Harper may soon shuffle his Cabinet. It remains unclear at this time if the move will be a…
NDP "Honeymoon"
The latest Harris Decima poll is being reported as a “surge” in publications, which may be a bit of an overstate, at least in a truly national sense. I don’t…
Trans human rights Bill C-279 Second Reading debate begins tomorrow
Second Reading for Bill C-279 comes up on Thursday April 5th, There will be an hour of debate at around 1:30 EST (11:30 MST). This is only the first part…
Two New Federal Polls May Confirm the "Mulcair Bounce" Is Here
As noted by my co-blogger Teddy, there was a federal poll released by Harris-Decima today which shows a close Con-NDP race with the Liberals far behind. Another poll from Forum…
Canada Lacks Political Immune System – #RoboCon
If you think of Canada’s democracy as a living organism, right now we’re suffering from cancer. RoboCon is a growing problem, and the electoral fraud will multiply further as punishments…
Young Americans Sue Government to Stop Global Warming, Polluter Interests Granted Intervention To Defend
Screen shot 2012-04-03 at 4.37.19 PM.png Last May, a group of young Americans, fed up with government inaction on climate change, decided to sue to protect their future. The group,…
New Federal Poll
Hot off the press.http://www.harrisdecima.com/sites/default/files/releases/2012/04/04/hd-2012-04-04-en1342.pdfThe graphic on the first page is not a pretty sight for Liberals…
Ads on Radio 2? No thank you!
The Globe is reporting that, in response to the $115M funding cut in last week’s federal budget, the CBC will start advertising on CBC Radio 2. (link) Lovers of CBC…
Olbermann: A $10 Million Chandelier
Appearing on Dave Letterman’s show last night, Keith Olbermann talked about being fired by Current TV the other week. “I screwed up really big on this,” he said. “It’s my…
Federal Job Cuts…the Real Numbers
Thankfully the federal budget has started to fill in some of the details of its latest round of cuts. In particular, it now estimates 19,200 positions lost due to its…
No! Really???
No way! Can’t be true! Before a long weekend??? C’mon! You’re pulling my chain!!! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Has dam protecting the Libs now broken?
Ex-MLA expensed over $2,000 to attend party fundraisers, Jonathan Fowlie, Vancouver Sun “VICTORIA — A former B.C. Liberal MLA now working as a director at Simon Fraser University has been…
The New(er) Christy Minstrel…
What,SheWorry? AlfredE.PremierVille “I will only preach about that which I cannot do anything about*.” Shorter C.Clark Re: FauxTranslinkExecBonusOutrage Ian Bailey, in The Globe, has the story: B.C. Premier Christy Clark…
Offshore Board Lays Charges Against Suncor #nlpoli
From CNLOPB (with some style edits): The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has laid three charges against Suncor Energy Inc., Operator of the exploration drilling program at the…
Joe Fresh & Loblaws: Perpetuating the Early Marginalization of Women
Not so long ago, my friend Becca was shopping at her local Loblaws store (Real Canadian Superstore, for those of us who live in the West.) Like many people I…
The word is malfeasance, AKA theft
http://saveourrivers.tv/powerplay_player5.html Protect salmon habitat? Protect BC consumers? Protect BC taxpayers? No way. H/T John W.
The Federal Budget Impact on Jobs
The Budget estimate that a new round of cuts will eliminate up to 19,200 jobs has been widely cited as fact, but it cannot be taken at face value as…
The Perilous Road Ahead for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
Scott Walker’s day of judgment is coming. Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board has set June 5th for the special recall election of Walker and five other GOP pols also recalled. Walker…