How to be a Visionary
At least as far as this mash-up world goes, anyway. (In which running someone else’s cartoon counts as content.) Alltop is a vision of humor. How to be a Visonary,…
2012
BP Doesn’t Pay
BP isn’t repairing the damage it caused in the Gulf of Mexico. Of course, it was easy to predict that. Enbridge didn’t clean up the huge spill in Wisconsin. Yet…
Anti-Wind Groups Should Renounce Violence
This story is most disturbing: West Grey Police are investigating alleged threats against a worker, who says he had a shotgun pulled on him while working on a wind turbine…
Kathy’s Experts #nlpoli
Would you take advice on a megaproject from a company whose own megaproject is 86% over budget and 26 months behind schedule – and counting? ladies and gentleman: Manitoba Hydro…
Stephen Harper and the Parizeau Connection
OMG. This is scarier than the French Connection eh? I'm sure you know the famous story about how Jacques Parizeau decided to take a train trip from Montreal to Banff…
The ITU takes a (half-measured) step towards transparency
Last month, we reposted an article that reported a move by the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to take over management of the Internet. This is a worrying move…
Mystery story: is there an opposition candidate who can win the Calgary Centre by-election?
Your blogger with David Swann: Remember, when the author of this blog appears in a picture with a politician, it does not necessarily imply an endorsement. (That’s enough photos with…
Enbridge Shut Out Again
Ottawa, Alberta and the rest of Canada want to ram Enbridge down British Columbia’s throat as operator of the environmental calamity they call the Northern Gateway pipeline but the Americans…
4959…Bev Oda Era Ends
Yesterday was the last day that the Honourable Bev Oda of Durham was in public service. This is a good thing for all concerned. Wonder if Stephen Harper sent her…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Decked-out cats.
We get letters: this week’s winner!
From Tim Juhlke, timothyjuhlke2@hotmail.com, an instant classic! So anyone who actually wants to defend this nation is a nose breather you pathetic left wing bitch. Diversity is a weakness you…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – George Monbiot discusses the effect of inegalitarian and austerian policies imposed by the UK Conservatives: (T)he neoliberal programme has closed down political…
Bill Nye teaches you how to tie a bowtie
Bill Nye check list: Whimsy ✓ Bowtie ✓ Seemingly infinite knowledge of the universe ✓ Someone needs to check if Bill Nye has 2 hearts. Filed under: Things That Are…
Kenney’s bogus stats on refugee health care
Jason Kenney has come out with some stats on refugee claimants from ‘safe’ countries and the cost of their using Canadian health care. They will likely come off as sounding…
Enbridge foes: Schedule your statement so you don’t get Calgaried
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 All right, maybe Calgary is not a verb. But if you’re among the 4000+ Canadians who have registered to make an oral presentation to the National…
So Long, Bev Oda! Please Stay Away From The Canadian Senate
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minister of international co-operation, Bev Oda, officially retires today. A sigh of relief! What a financial burden to the Canadian taxpayer the Conservative MP for the…
Christy Clark Clobbers Adrian Dix In Latest Poll!
Georgia Straight Editor Charlie Smith comments on the surprising results . Ahem!
Why won’t McGuinty stop health care (and card) fraud?
Last week, I was shocked to hear on the news, as were a lot of people in Ontario, that there are still 3.5 million of the old red strip, no…
Die News Corp Die!
The Daily, News Corp.’s attempt to create a digital newspaper for the iPad age, is laying off nearly a third of its staff. The publisher plans to tell its workers…
The NDP’s Dangerous National Unity Game: The Triumph of Talking Points Over Truth
What’s going on with Canada’s New Democratic Party lately? It seems to me that the NDP has decided to imitate Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party, at least when it comes to…