Ed Schultz’s Book Vs. Chris Matthew’s book on J. F Kennedy
Chris Matthew advertises his book on John F. Kennedy practically every episode of his show Hardball. Now Ed Schultz has written a book too. It is called Good Night Mitt.…
2012
Corraling The Dean With A Confidential Missive
NeverMindTheBollocks HereComesTheFireWallVille Well, well, well….. It would appear that Vaughn Palmer got the memo. The ‘secret’ memo that is: …(Conservative Prime Minister Stephen) Harper, far from not having time for…
Snow On the Wet Coast
Snow, what the hell?
The Kids Are All Right
The right young Lib motion succeeds; the right one fails. Because the Queen is a chronic, dude.
Keystone, Northern Gateway pipelines raise questions that need answers before approval
The Star: This is the most realistic and sensible perspective I’ve seen on the environment-oil-pipeline dilemma. Olive is right: oil as our primary source of energy is not going to…
The Liberal Party Of Canada WAS – IS – AND CONTINUES TO BE Hypocritical On Marijuana Reform
Why should anyone take the Liberals seriously on marijuana reform in Canada? “While they were in power, Canada’s former Liberal government introduced marijuana reform legislation a number of times ……
Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – January 15, 2012
At the outset of this week’s rankings, I’ll offer a reminder that the below is intended to reflect my analysis as to how likely any given candidate is to win…
Since You Brought it Up: Stephen Harper and R.B. Bennett
In 1931, during a particularly stormy debate in the House of Commons, a member of the Opposition asked Conservative MP Walter D. Cowan, why he didn’t wear his “nightshirt”. An…
Pot-smoking hippie monarchists
Or as they like to call themselves, “The Liberal Party of Canada”. I see from my twitter feed that the monarchy resolution has been defeated by a wide margin. Surprise…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne juxtaposes massive profits and public concessions for Caterpillar and Rio Tinto against their attacks on Canadian workers: (T)he demands by ElectroMotive,…
a quick lesson on the affects of religion on longevity
It has come to my attention that certain fundamental religious people believe that the death of Christopher Hitchens, who had advanced cancer, vindicates their beliefs and proves that Hitchens’ atheism…
Dignity and Solidarity
“If I were to register and cooperate… I would be giving helpless consent to the denial of practically all of the things which give me incentive to live,” he said…
Music for a Sunday: Hut, hut, WHUT?
Q. What do you get when you cross a certain sanctimoniously obnoxious quarterback with Ziggy Stardust? A. THIS: Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Ziggy Star-Crossed. Otherwise known as…
And the next President of the Liberal Party of Canada is…
…Mike Crawley. Liberal Party of Canada delegates also elected Maryanne Kampouris as National Policy Chair. Congratulations!
Just Sayin’
Now imagine this was a supertanker filled with bitumen. Only imagine it’s a supertanker full of diluted bitumen wrecked off the proposed tanker port of Kitimat. Okay, there are differences.…
Horses in Iceland
Iceland Picture – Animal Photo – National Geographic Photo of the Day. Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: nature photography
Building a Policy Platform
I obviously won’t say that I’ve got a complete policy platform in place but I will suggest I’ve got a few good pieces of timber selected: Legalize pot. Tax it.…
G20 activist Amanda Hiscocks: I have no room for guilt or fear
Amanda Hiscocks to judge: “By focusing on the KKK’s tactics and not their politics you’ve missed the point entirely.” Go here for an excellent post on the woman facing a…
Math Challenged
Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty announced recently that his government is going to get serious about cutting costs: “This is hard work,” he said. “And of course, there can be…