5433…Andrew Bynum’s Hair
WFDS
2012
Who Killed Conservative Ideologue Jonathon Kay…
…and replaced him with this bag of compassionate centrist mush? The column is factually correct, but Jeezuz talk about no fun anymore. Can someone get his momma to smack a…
5432…I Told Justin Trudeau To STFU
The legions that follow the WFDS will recall I gave him that advice earlier this autumn.Does he listen to the WFDS?No.What happens?Eric Grenier in The Huffington Post writes that JT’s…
5431…Drunken Obese Reactionary
The quote is from a French, as in France French, fish wrap called Liberation and the exact quote is “…drunken, obese petit-bourgeois reactionary.”Your first guess was wrong. They are not…
Attawapiskat First Nations Chief Theresa Spence Protests Harper With Hunger Strike
by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive “I’m wiling to die for my people,” Theresa Spence says. The Chief of the northern Ontario First Nation reserve of Attawapiskat began a…
Auditor’s Report — Warning flags about diagnostic self referrals
Today’s release by the Ontario Health Coalition regarding the 2012 report by the Auditor General of Ontario: Toronto – The Ontario Auditor General’s report released today raises warning flags about…
Will Lockheed Even Compete for Canada’s Fighter Business? Don’t Count on It.
As a face-saving measure the instinctively dishonest Conservatives say they have ‘reset’ the programme to find a CF-18 replacement and, this time, there’ll be a proper competition. Don’t hold your…
Two of My Favourite Things: Recycling and Music
A perfectly wonderful video about music produced on instruments made from recycled materials by kids in a slum. A little like steel drum bands, but with a real classical bent.
A Financial "Brain" Aneurysm
I haven’t written a post in awhile as I’ve been busy creating a new system for myself and a select few twitter friends to better manage our massive twitter link…
Guidelines for media reporting of suicide need reconsideration – Picard, Goldbloom
If the audience was expecting a debate, they may have left disappointed. Globe and Mail reporter Andre Picard and Dr. David Goldbloom, Chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada,…
Thoughts on a City Council Meeting
I went yesterday to a city council meeting. I was there with just over 30 people to watch the passing of a motion to have our city council request that…
The Next Time Someone Rails On About Sharia Law, Remember This
From the December issue of Harper’s, an item captioned Grounded for Life. From “God’s Law: The Only Political Solution,” by Charles R. Fuqua, an e-book published in April and aiming…
Canada’s F-35 — the $46 billion dollar boondoggle
Later today, the Amsterdam based accounting firm Kynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG ™) will issue a report regarding the proposed procurement of 65 Lockheed-Martin F-35-A Lightning II fighter jets for…
Why I support OpenMedia: Christina’s story
We asked our community to share stories about why they support our work as part of our yearly December Allies Drive. Christina Bub of Ontario had this to say: “OpenMedia…
Harper’s 46-Billion Dollar Boondoggle
The numbers are in and the big number is 46 as in 46-billion dollars to purchase, arm, fuel, fly and maintain a paltry fleet of 65 F-35s over a 42-year…
Alternative Approval Process (AAP) Is A Disgraceful Assault Against Taxpayers
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger The BC Community Charter provides an Alternative Approval Process for local government to essentially do an end run around taxpayers for projects that appeal to the…
Internal BP Emails Could Expose Extent Of Corporate Cover-Up Of Gulf Oil Disaster
Attorneys for Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP, claim that a spate of previously unreleased emails will “exonerate” their client in the current criminal case being pursued against Mix.…