Should Toronto Blue Jays trade d’Arnaud & Syndergaard for Dickey?
Heavily rumoured all weekend has been an impending trade between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Mets. In their most recent permutations, rumours have the deal going as…
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Let’s face it; the party’s over. The corrupt and…
Let’s face it; the party’s over. The corrupt and hypocritical Western capitalist systems — propped up by society-wide Ponzi schemes — are in free fall, and the majority of us…
The Carney brouhaha
This is causing a bit of a stir in some circles today in light of the Globe piece yesterday: “The Carney affair with the Liberal Party: It will all end…
Quebec Léger Poll: 33% PQ, 27% PLQ, 27% CAQ
This will be my first spotlight on a Quebec provincial poll since the election, though definitely not the first poll out for the province since then – Léger has had…
Fuck the USA!* *and to be fair, fuck Canada for allowing the…
Fuck the USA!* *and to be fair, fuck Canada for allowing the Harper Conservatives to drag our country through the muck, down the same failed, destructive and suicidal path as…
Can someone please tell me why…
… the Harperites keep flogging their Economic (In) Action Plan? I still see ads for this propaganda although the recession ended long ago. Is this the best use of our…
Doug Ford May Be Getting An Idea
Time to run. Follow the whole unfolding tragedy here.
Vancouver Region Bracing for Storm Surge, King Tides and Flooding.
The next couple of days pose a serious flooding threat to the Lower Mainland, particularly Vancouver’s low-lying suburbs. Sunday and Monday are expected to see the strongest of the seasonal…
Christmas Song: The Tories Are Gettin’ Nuttin’ for Christmas
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I figgered I'd better post up a little ditty for Christmas. Here goes: The Tories Are Gettin' Nuttin' for Christmas Oh, Steve's gettin' nuttin' for…
Christmas Song: The Tories Are Gettin’ Nuttin’ for Christmas
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I figgered I’d better post up a little ditty for Christmas. Here goes: The Tories Are Gettin’ Nuttin’ for Christmas Oh, Steve’s gettin’ nuttin’ for…
Christmas Song: The Tories Are Gettin’ Nuttin’ for Christmas
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I figgered I'd better post up a little ditty for Christmas. Here goes: The Tories Are Gettin' Nuttin' for ChristmasOh, Steve's gettin' nuttin' for ChristmasCanadian…
Christmas Song: The Tories Are Gettin’ Nuttin’ for Christmas
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I figgered I’d better post up a little ditty for Christmas. Here goes: The Tories Are Gettin’ Nuttin’ for Christmas Oh, Steve’s gettin’ nuttin’ for…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Bill Curry reports on Jim Flaherty’s arbitrary choice to declare that Canadians can’t have any more CPP retirement security than the most…
Governments Boycott the New Internet Rules of the ITU
It’s been a whirlwind week at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) negotiations as member states scrambled to reach some kind of consensus on the updates to the ITU’s telecom rules…
A comparison of car regulations vs gun regulations
I saw this on Facebook from a friend: It was made by the “Occupy” movement in the US, and obviously is most relevant to them, but with what has been…
Bullying is still a challenging topic.
Way, way back when I was in university I tried to write an paper about bullying for an ethics class. We were supposed to be writing about something controversial and…
Freedom of the Press, Freedom From the Press
Western mass media have long been deservedly criticized for having an “if it bleeds, it leads” attitude to news. At one point sensationalism was seen as the sizzle that sold…
Adam Lanza:Tragic shooting in Connecticut
In the United States, while there is more violent crime in the city, there are more mass shootings – including school shootings – in the suburbs. Gun violence is a…
5443…Senator Ponytail’s Tourtiere
I know that he sells them in a bar in Gatineau. Would any of you know which fine drinking emporium has such? I so love helping those in need. WFDS