The Sin of Political Despair
In some people’s holy book, despair is a sin. I always figured that idea came from somebody who wasn’t quite done with you yet. Is Stephen Harper the Prime Minister…
2012
Cancer Cured … But Not Funded
Did we find a cure for cancer and we’re doing nothing to make it happen?
More ratfucking
Looks like Pierre Poutine has been at it again.How long before we get to see Dean Del Mastro speculate about whether it was the Liberals who did this or the…
Connecting the FedCon and BC Liberal Dots Digitally…
WatchYourP’sAndQ’s AndTheirI’sAndP’sVille Dave, over at the Galloping Beaver, has a must read story connecting those dots. Go and read it. Right now. (I’ll comment and follow-up, with a little help…
Imagine the screeching outrage…
If the Nicaraguan national assembly or Honduran national assembly sent a letter to a city in the United States and asked them not to erect a statue of Ronald Reagan?hat…
Scripting Nurses is Bad for Patient Care
This might be a new low in nursing management. Instead of actually providing caring, empathy and compassion, some hospitals would like nurses to provide a simulacrum of caring, empathy and…
I can’t spell: the phonetic problem with homonyms
I can’t, and it has gotten worse. Sure I used to get my i’s and e’s backwards frequently but the difference between there and their or lose and loose almost…
"A Gift For the Muslim Couple" – Sun Media and the US far right unite in indignation
This morning the US blog/news aggregator Memeorandum featured a Toronto Sun article (no link, you can find it yourself if you must), along with links to the Islamaphobic Atlas Shrugs…
How Far, How Fast, How Hard?
We now have a new liberal NDP leader and he’s wasting no time pronouncing himself his party ready to govern Canada. Fair enough and more power to Mr. Mulcair. If…
Mulcair Triumphs
Thomas Mulcair is the second ever NDP leader of the opposition after a four ballot victory yesterday morning…and afternoon…and evening. Although Brian Topp was seen as the establishment candidate and…
Audio: Sean Holman, Damien Gillis Talk Fracking, MLAs’ Trip to Peace Country
Listen to this interview by Sean Holman of documentary filmmaker Damien Gillis on his recent trip to Northeastern BC to learn about some of the effects of the unconventional gas…
From The Bottom Of The Swamp: Conservative Reaction to Mulcair’s Victory
Why does the Conservative Party’s classlessness never really surprise me? On Saturday, before Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a chance to congratulate the new leader of the Official Opposition, the…
Vive la différence!
The Harper government says, “Thomas Mulcair is an opportunist whose tax agenda, blind ambition and divisive personality would put Canadian families and their jobs at risk.” Really? I say, “Stephen…
A few words on Mulcair’s victory as NDP leader
As one of those who opted to vote for a range of “not-Mulcairs”, I can certainly empathize with those who might be disappointed that Tom Mulcair is now the official…
The wisdom of John Ibbitson: "NDP opts for a power broker over a protest leader"
Let’s face it, to the stuffed shirts at the Globe & Mail, ‘protest leaders’ = ‘hippies’ = ‘socialists’ = NDP. Glad to see Ibbitson is happy a ‘power broker’ has…
Mulcair does better the morning after….
Okay, while Thomas Mulcair disappointed me with his uninspiring victory speech last night at the NDP convention in Toronto, his subsequent interviews with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge and with Craig…
Cross-party cooperation
The leader of the NDP is a former Liberal, and the leader of the Liberals is a former New Democrat. Both leaders joined their new parties within the last six…
A vote for reality – a congratulations to the NDP
Quel jour! Quel nuit! And, for most New Democrats, thank god it didn’t take two jours and two nuits to finally sort the question out. Indeed, poor me – UK…
i missed the orange wave.
Around 1:30 am on May 2, 2011, I returned to Edmonton after a month travelling across the vast continent of Australia. That day also happened to be Election Day in…
4381…Dick Cheney Gets First Heart
Transplant. See that is why he wanted to avoid Toronto. The big smoke, er Big Smoke, was going to excite the poor man too much. The former Veep is resting…