4425…The Whole World Loves UK
I, on the other hand, love KU. WFDS
2012
Diablo…Get Us Re-Write!
AllTheDeservingWhoFit ManganatorVille Because Juno Has Not Heard This One Before… From noted music critic Charlie Smith in the GStraight: Vancouver heartthrob Dan Mangan has officially become a member of Canada’s…
Parliamentary Fight Club
Irrespective of the supposedly worthy fundraising cause involved, what an utterly bizarre and unseemly event this past weekend’s charity boxing match was. Hard to believe that we’ve actually sunk lower…
Registered my first domain
Hey everybody, I’ve got a lot to do the next few weeks but I managed to steal five minutes to register a domain for my life after Mount Allison. It’s…
Registered my first domain
Hey everybody, I’ve got a lot to do the next few weeks but I managed to steal five minutes to register a domain for my life after Mount Allison. It’s…
Dennis Gruending On The Sale Of The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Farmers fought long and hard to create the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in 1924, but 88 years later the company, now known as Viterra, is being sold to a Swiss-based multinational…
4424…Sexual Healing
The anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s birth is today. He would be 73 if he had not be felled by his father a day before his 45th birthday in 1984. Say…
4423…Good News For Ian Morrison
Ian Morrison is not only the head of he is Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. The headline in his post Harper budget email painfully announces at least one more year of…
Granting No Quarter: A Call for the Disavowal of the Racism and Antisemitism of Gilad Atzmon
As a follow-up to the last post, which was a public statement endorsed by over a hundred anti-imperialists, condemning the views of Gilad Atzmon, i am also re-posting this statement…
Direct or indirect tax
Out-Of-Home v. Toronto (City), 2012 ONCA 212 today cites John Stuart Mill as an authority for the definition of indirect or direct tax! The Court writes: In my view, the application judge…
Humour on the Trudeau- Brazeau fight
Liberal MP Roger Cuzner – with a lot of smiling Liberal MP’s around him: It might be accurate to say this has been the single biggest boost of Liberal morale…
Social Justice and Democracy Activists Fool their Foes on April Fools
Long time social justice and democracy activists fooled their foes on April Fools this year giving the world a double victory with Aung San Suu Kyi and George Galloway winning…
The Con War on Information Continues
In most countries a budget is a tool to control expenses. In Great Robot Leader’s Canada it’s a weapon to control information. Exhibit A: Stats Canada. Statistics Canada, the national…
Dumb and Dumber 2 announced
Word is it will be a Canadian production. From Montreal Simon
Sugar is toxic for you
Pretty well every food includes some sugar. What is left to eat??? 🙂 Source: CBS
A New Progressive Narrative: What Could Be Part Of It, And What Should Not
In the last couple of years, various Canadian commentators have remarked on the new conservative narrative of Canada that Stephen Harper and the federal Conservatives have been creating. Much of…
Wingnut alert!
REPLAY: First published Oct 22, 2010, this small piece, with minor updates, remains apropos. BC Liberals Keith “Fore!” Baldrey and Bill “That’s an old story” Good, with Mr. “I’ve Seen…
Conservative attacks on eco groups should give LPC an opportunity to reach out
A lot has been written about the attacks on environmental groups in the recent Conservative budget, most of it negative, such as this Globe and Mail editorial: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/budgets-new-rules-unfairly-target-environmental-groups/article2387590/ While the…
4422…Cool April Fool’s 2012 Joke
JUPITER, Fla. — A lucky fan was about to win a truck, and Adam Wainwright thought it was pretty cool. Until the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher realized it was his…