World Forest Area Still on the Decline
World Forest Area Still on the Decline (via sustainablog) By Emily E. Adams Forests provide many important goods, such as timber and paper. They also supply essential services—for example, they…
2012
New Democrats And Conservatives Tied at 34% each: Poll
The poll by Toronto-based Forum Research Inc is bad news for Tom Mulcair and the NDP. Real bad news for Canadian democracy. According to the National Post: With these voting…
in Sunday’s Sun: leave Joyce alone
Agency Files) Non compos mentis is the Latin term. It means “not of sound mind.” It’s a legal phrase, mainly, although physicians use it as well. If a person is…
Yeah.
Quebeckers? Think about it. Do you really want another separatist government or one that is even greener and unknown than the péquistes? Think about it. (8) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Slicing through ignorant anti-circumcision rhetoric
Share this: Every once in a while, the subject of circumcising male newborns and boys rears its ugly head – no pun intended – and the discussion rarely takes long…
Poo poo and pee pee I love you mommy and daddy
Irene and Mallory went to get school supplies late this afternoon. Included in the haul were some blank index cards which Mallory unearthed along with her new pencils and pencil…
CBC Promotes Myth of the Liberal Media
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind seeing a Conservative politician writing a column for CBC. Even if he is a creationist. But I’m dismayed to see, once again, a…
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Revolutionary thought of the day: I’d rather go to prison for desertion than kill a child by mistake. Camilo Mejia, US War Resister
ConCalls: It May Not Be Over, But It’s Forked #RoboCon
Stick a fork in it, Elections Canada is done like dinner. They’ve been sitting on evidence that ties Prescott to Poutine, and have known since at least May, 2012. Why…
Hayek and Contemporary Neo Liberalism
In the spirit of “know thy enemy”, I recently read Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom. (Note to the anxious – I survived the experience, and remain a convinced left Keynesian…
Tankers too risky for coast environment
Three engineers including two professors emeritus from UBC have verified what I and others have been saying for some time. An article in the September 1 Vancouver Sun tells us…
Crazy Guy Has Inside Track On BC Conservatives
Dean Skoreyko is an angry flake, perhaps best known for getting thrown out of the BC Conservative Party. But he still seems to have connections in that particular political clan,…
The Clint Eastwood Speech at the RNC figured out.
If you follow politics and more specifically follow American Politics.. you know the talk lately has been the quirky offbeat speech that actor Clint Eastwood gave at the Republican National…
When all else fails…
… launch a petition. Though, based on 20 years of covering council, I can’t think of a petition that’s been successful in swaying council, at least one that’s opposed to…
Why Quebec should give Charest the pink slip on Tuesday
Jean Charest and his Liberals have been a relatively good government for the past nine years, but it is time for that province to elect a new Premier with a…
Saturday Afternoon ‘Rider Blogging
Yes, last week’s loss to Calgary was downright ugly to watch at times. But it may also signal some positive changes for the Saskatchewan Roughriders – and we should find…
5116…Sun TV Supports The Parti Quebecois
This should make Ezra Levant and Charles Adler’s panties all moist.The wife, well not really his wife, his conjoine, of the owner of Sun TV, Pierre-Karl Peladeau, Julie Snyder, took…
Hats Off to the Cowichan Valley Citizen!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger It was very encouraging to read the latest Cowichan Valley Citizen editorial in Friday’s edition, well done. It is all too easy for local media to…
BLOG RE-DESIGN: New professional blog for Yours Truly…
I’ve decided to end my political blogging and re-focus my online efforts to promoting my career as a screenwriter, producer and filmmaker. I’ll keep my existing content on this site…