Folk Festival Saturday
Some more photos from the Wood Mountain Folk Festival, with videos to come when I send some to YouTube. Little Miss Higgins The backdrop over the audience Scene from that…
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North America’s North Koreans
When I see Tea Party rank and file interviewed on television I’m often struck by how thoroughly indoctrinated they are. They’re sort of the white bread equivalent of North Koreans…
On political legacies
Ready the fainting couch for Warren Kinsella, because I’ve got a scoop that he’ll find shocking and appalling. The NDP has been fund-raising for years based on appeals to Jack…
Don’t sweat it, Phony Tony
One’s the flip-floppin’ Ontario PC candidate. The other is the cool and collected Ontario Liberal candidate. Can you spot the winner? (HT to GritChik for the photo montage!)
One of these candidates is not like the other: Vaughan edition
On the left, Tony Genco, Liberal turned Hudak appointed Conservative in Vaughan. He’s up against Steven Del Duca, a long time Vaughan community advocate. The choice is clear – and…
Premier Clark should step aside
I simply cannot see how, short of a fluke, Christy Clark can lead her party to victory in May 2013. She didn’t have a chance from the start. With but…
One of these candidates is not like the other: Vaughan edition
On the left, Tony Genco, Liberal turned Hudak appointed Conservative in Vaughan. He’s up against Steven Del Duca, a long time Vaughan community advocate. The choice is clear – and…
5091…Juice Or No Juice Clemens Is Back
Sure it was in The Atlantic League for a team named the Sugarland Skeeters but, as Sports Illustrated posted, ex Toronto Blue Jay Roger Clemens pitched a scoreless 3 plus…
Little friends
GC and Rosie and I spent Saturday afternoon hanging out with these people: We filled a castle with dinosaurs, built a marble race, ate imaginary elephants, raced cars, flew jets…
Obvious Things That Are Don’t Seem Obvious When You Are Young…
Everyone Knows Better Than to Party Naked in a Room Full of Strangers.
That Man Behind the Curtain
While I strongly believe in being critical of unions when their behaviour warrants it, I am steadfast in my belief that they serve a vital role for the working person,…
‘Payback’: A Doc Inspired by Margaret Atwood’s Book
Canadian writer Margaret Atwood’s book, “Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth”, is the basis for this riveting doc by filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal.
Harper government scraps 3,000 environmental reviews on pipelines and other projects
Mike De Souza continues his great work for Postmedia exposing the environmental assaults of the Harper government. Harper government scraps 3,000 environmental reviews on pipelines and other projects | canada.com.…
Harper leaves North pledging funds, but social issues remain
I have criticised Stephen Harper (and probably will do so again) but in fairness to him, he has made the North a greater priority than his predecessors; yes, there is…
Mitt Romney: a portrait
Down at the beach early, this fine morn, and I was moved to sketch a portrait of Mitt Romney. What do you think? Good likeness?
Stephen Harper: Great News
Stephen Harper has acquired a house in the Canadian Arctic and he is moving there permanently. 🙂 Arctic deserves him and he deserves Arctic and being there he will be…
Is the PQ Natural Advantage back?
A few posts ago, I asked If the PQ had lost their “Natural Advantage” and my conclusion was yes, they had, as a tie in the vote between the PLQ…
Compare and Decide where the problem lies..
The latest story regarding robotic phone calls during the last federal election is that in one riding the Liberal candidates team made an error and failed to identify themselves in…
5090…Astronaut Neil Young Dies At 82
First man to walk on the moon and go platinum, astronaut Neil Young died yesterday at 3 pm EDT. Reuters reports that NBC interrupted their regular programming yesterday to report…
5089…Pride Parade In Ottawa Today
It starts at one ish and snakes by Parliament Hill down to City Hall. Look for me in my rainbow coloured sombrero, Sharpee in hand. Ttfn. WFDS