Listening, Loving and ESP
In April of 1975, I had a summer job at a tiny jewellery shop in Montreal. One Friday, I reluctantly left our house to open the shop – my Dad…
2012
Who’s protecting Canada now that we’ve left Iran?
There’s no doubt sanctions need to be put on Iran. And at first, I thought John Baird had a lot of guts going for the jugular like this. But wasn’t…
Here we go
Only 70 or so games to go!
Move along, nothing to see here
And certainly no reason for worry about this afterthought as the Cons decide which immigrants they’d like to throw out of Canada on their respective ears (or prevent from arriving):…
Canada-Russia ’72, game 4, Vancouver: Can you feel the love? No?
Game 4, Vancouver, Sept. 8, 1972 After the debacle in Montreal, no doubt many Canadian hockey fans consoled themselves by thinking, “Well, at least it can’t get any worse than…
Watch clips of the new SNL cast members
Most couch potatos subscribe to the opinion that SNL has never been as good as it was in its 1970s heyday, although the indespensible Kristen Wiig brought the show close.…
What’s Next for BC’s Carbon Tax?
The Minister leading up BC’s Carbon Tax Review, Kevin Falcon, may be gone – his departure came just as the deadline for submissions was closing – but the carbon tax…
Ontario Liberal convention – Sept 28-30
Teddy here. The Ontario Liberal Party will be holding it’s the annual general meeting at the Ottawa Convention Centre on the weekend of September 28th though to the 30th. Details…
New Tory health plan is simple – too simple
The new Ontario Tory plan for health care is simple – eliminate the Local Health Integration Networks and the Community Care Access Centres and let between 30-40 “hub” hospitals run…
Financial Post: Bell’s vertical integration hearings begin
CRTC hearings began this morning on Bell’s proposed $3.4-billion takeover of Astral Media. If the deal is approved, it would greatly increase Bell’s media ownership across Canada’s broadcast spectrum –…
The Long-Gun Registry Lives !!!!!
At least in Québec. The federal government’s plan to destroy all data from its long-gun registry is unconstitutional, a judge has ruled, giving Ottawa 30 days to hand to Quebec…
Pat Robertson Pines For Simpler Times
Every time he speaks, TV evangelist Pat Robertson demonstrates how cruel dementia is: H/t Antonia Zerbisias Recommend this Post
More than a decade, tomorrow
Randy Scott’s note. This story is hard to read.
Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy. . . etc. . . .
As though to punctuate the irony of breaking diplomatic ties with Iran, Harper signed a trade agreement with China a day later. When he was leader of the opposition Harper…
Harper gov calls Iran ‘a threat to global peace’: Chomsky on the real threat
In a move that has greatly pleased Israeli PM Netanyahu the Harper government has shut down its Iran embassy and expelled Iranian diplomats in Canada. On Sept 7 Harper’s foreign…
In praise of failure
“In 2004, Kim and Chan (KC) carried out torsional oscillator (TO) measurements of solid helium confined in porous Vycor glass and found an abrupt drop in the resonant period below…
The folly of shunning Iran
“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,” said the oft-quoted ancient military strategist Sun-tzu. Our government, as militarist as it is, has decided to ignore this advice and cut…
Q. What will you never see too much of in a Rob Benzie story?
A. Named sources.
Thomas Soderstrom Arrived Last Night…
And his maternal grandmother’s head is not on blogging or politics today.
Liberal Party needs time to do supporter vote right
To paraphrase an old proverb, beware newspaper columnists bearing advice. That certainly applies to John Ibbitson’s column in the Globe this morning, where he takes the Liberal Party to task…