The Return Of….
. ….Coolin’ Up The Old Guy (v.XXIX) My oldest kid was out late last night. No music-making this time though. Instead, she went to a student rally with both her…
2012
3.14
Happy Pi Day (3.14) Domino Spiral:
Rob Ford’s Pattern of Knowingly Disobeying Conflict of Interest Rules
Ford’s pattern of disobeying conflict of interest rules at City Hall goes back to 2005. This list further proves that there is no way Ford can claim ignorance in the…
2015: The generational shift election
We are seeing the changing of the guard in Canadian politics, when the old warriors are showing their age, and fighting battles that no longer fit the contours of our…
Special Relationships
Unbeknownst to most Americans, Canada is the United States’ largest trading partner (more than five times that of the U.K., for example), foremost supplier of energy, closest ally and supposedly…
A gift…
Sometimes i just wander around, no particular direction, but often these days to the New York Times…and I just found the most exquisite thing there This is a slideshow of…
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Happy Pi Day!
The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Anti-Canadian Activities Committee
TheSenatorFromLowerCharlatanHasTheFloor PuffmasterFlashingVille HUACeeeeeee! I, for one, am sure glad that has been cleared up…. **** What the heckfire am I talking about this time? Well…. It would appear that Mr.…
House of Commons to hold abortion debate in April
http://bit.ly/AqDMVo OTTAWA — A controversial proposal from a Conservative backbencher to legally define fetuses as human beings — and reopen the abortion debate — will have its day in the…
Quotable: Banksy on advertising
(Ed. note: Yes, I have been posting very lightly of late. I’m at work on a translation project, a book-length one. I’m finding it both stimulating and mentally exhausting simultaneously.…
Crazy hair day
Irene really outdid herself here. Tremendous hair coloration acumen.
Good and evil side by side
This is a solid piece by Christie Blatchford — she noticed a young family with a little boy in a video of Terri-Lynne McClintic at a Home Depot in Guelph,…
The National Concerns of Busting Unions & Health Care
Marking a complete reversal by the Conservatives in intergovernmental relations, on Friday the process of creating a new health agreement between the federal government and the provinces will be announced.…
How Facebook’s Geotag Photo Feature Helped The Taliban Destroy Four American Apache Helicopters
The US Army has warned snap-happy soldiers of the dangers of geo-tagging photos after such information was used by enemies to locate and destroy four Apache helicopters. The 2007 incident…
Lessons from history – legislation and illegal strikes
Should teachers take action in response to Bill 22? Should they walk out regardless of the question of ‘legality’? It now looks almost certain that even with School Boards, the…
Progressive Bloggers will be covering the NDP Leadership Convention
Progressive Bloggers has been given official accreditation status to observe/report on the NDP Leadership Convention in Toronto from March 23-24. Your friendly Site Administrator (that’s me) + Jim Calder, one…
A Conspiracy Theory
While it is good to finally know the identity of the coward whose infamous boot is featured prominently in this iconic photo from the #G20 police riot in Toronto, it…
Abortion – A PM Harper Problem
It seems to be Conservative in The USA or Canada, your goals include controlling women. It is obscene the pieces of legislation these morality bullies are proposing. Here in Canada,…
Credit where credit is due
While I fundamentally disagree with Andrew Coyne on many, many things I think he may be the last sane small “c” conservative in the public marketplace of ideas. He is…