Wierd sky over Ottawa tonight
The rain threatened to drive the St. Patrick’s Day revellers in, but sadly held off. Crawling home from our treat night dinner at Carmen’s Veranda (excellent, by the way) The…
2012
Video Report: Lester Pearson’s Peacekeeping – The Truth May Hurt
Lester B. Pearson has been dead for four decades, but his imagined legacy, that of international peacekeeper, remains one of the defining myths of the Canadian identity. Horrified by our…
It May Be Saturday Night…But This Ain’t Sudbury…
PlayOffsComin’Down IsCoryReallyRising?Ville The AHL comes to town tonight. And I’m not talking about Sliverville. **** So. Here’s something to consider. Which would you rather do…. Spend eight or nine hundred…
4350…NDP PDN DNP Whatever It Is Called
Is sinking like a stone in Quebec. The poll by somebody reported everywhere has the Bloc Quebecois in first place. Jack Layton is either churning in his urn or spinning…
Wankers of the Week: Beware the Sluts of March
Crappy weekend, everyone…crappy St. Paddy’s Day to all…and especially all you slutty, slutty sluts out there. Because hey, if we’re gonna go by the Pigman’s definition of what constitutes sluttitude,…
4349…Front Page Today’s Ottawa Citizen
With a picture and everything is the news that super old and super involved Ottawa citizen Grete Hale is petitioning the City of Ottawa to stop the construction of a…
Harpes spreading through Conservative party. Epidemic proportions.
Harpes symptoms: sweaty, fidgety, guilty looking as hell, overcompensating denials Harpes noun Conservative Pathology 1. Blistering dishonesty, festering corruption, uninhibited contagion among Conservatives. 2. Most prevalent among those closest to…
Teachers debate a response to Bill 22
Tomorrow, at the BCTF Annual General Meeting, BC teachers will debate and vote on a way forward to challenge Bill 22 – the BC government legislation that imposes a constrained,…
Why ‘Moderation’ is a big deal…
Why moderation? Why would one want to stay closer to the political center? Is there empirical or even theoretical proof that such a stance would be the ideal? It is…
Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt’s Coptic Christian church, dies at 88
The death of Pope Shenouda III will put the position of Copts in Egypt once again in a spotlight. With change comes danger. That said, one can only hope a…
Rick Santorum to wage war on America’s ‘porn pandemic’
Republican social issues crusader Rick Santorum has described contraception as “a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.” In…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
The latest couple of days worth of news as the NDP’s leadership campaign enters its final week – aside from multiple candidates including Niki Ashton, Paul Dewar and Peggy Nash…
St-Patrick’s Day: It’s About Immigrants, Not Irishness
Full article here: http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=926774&f=28&sub=Contributor It's About Immigrants, Not IrishnesssBy PETER BEHRENSMarch 2012 On this side of the Atlantic, St. Patrick's Day has become a boisterous, often bogus, celebration of America's…
The Economics of Salmon Farms, Oil Pipelines and Natural Gas
Even without considering the environmental costs and risks of producing and transporting oil and gas, opening our markets to Asia and elsewhere is an unwise strategy for British Columbians and…
If You Were Paying Attention To The News You Could See The Suppression Happening In Real Time
WasItAllJustTheCostOfDoingBusiness WinningElectionsVille In the wake of Terry Milewski’s blockbuster CBC report of deliberate attempts to defraud voters in 31 ridings earlier this week, North Van’s Grumps, with a little help…
ConCalls: The Crime Was Trying, Not Succeeding
Del Mastro may be medicated. Stupid medication! A legislator should know better how the law works. “Intent, not outcome, is the basis for criminality“ We mostly all laugh at those…
So Illinois?
In Irder for Santorum to have any chance to stop Romney from getting 1144. He will need to win over big states and mid western states. Illinois is one of…
Ethical Oil: The Puppet Rap
This Saturday gem comes from creative folks over at The Tyee: Why is everybody all bitchin’ bout the bitumen? Don’t you like rich men turnin’ into richer men? Solomon, whose…