Tory MP Rob Anders is a “great Canadian”
Well, according to Kory Teneycke he is. Current subject matter aside, I think it’s a bit of a stretch to suggest that Anders, who once called Nelson Mandela a “terrorist”,…
2012
4874…Bob Barker May Be Right
The Calgary Stampede is a meat grinder for animals. CBC Calgary reports that three horses died in a chuckwagon race yesterday. This happens all the time at The Stampede. I…
That wind was pretty strong
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Muskrat Falls Money Quote 3 #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale, Muskrat Falls lover, from a scrum on Thursday: Dunderdale said due diligence is more important than artificial timelines but that the two sides are "considerably closer" to…
pancakes, pups, palestine: mini-holiday in london, ontario
We’ve just returned from a visit with our friends David and Stephanie in London, Ontario. We had such a lovely, relaxing time – plus we were off from work the…
Video: Manitoba’s Grand Chiefs demand provincial, national & international inquiries into missing & murdered women
Winnipeg: July 11, 2012: Three of the several hundred demonstrators who marched through downtown Winnipeg demanding public inquiries into the the deaths and disappearances of 600 hundred indigenous women in…
Innu Controversy Widens #nlpoli
The controversy at the Innu Development Limited Partnership developed some political overtones on Thursday. CBC reported that federal intergovernmental affairs minister Peter Penashue borrowed $25,000 from the partnership to finance…
Liberals Fight To Stay In Conversation
The Liberals are staking out the “middle ground” as it relates to the oilsands. With strong options on boths sides, the Liberal position is part default, part natural predisposition, but…
Harper hate
I don’t hate Stephen Harper. (Don’t really hate anyone, in fact: when I hate someone, I’m not content to simply stew about it. I go out and do something about…
Those Pernicious Business Clichés
Tolbert Whistlebaum had a deep and abiding love for the English language, which is why he took a doctorate at Oxfjord University, concentrating on Naughty Victorian Literature. His scholarship was…
Worshiping At The Altar of Greed
Modern conservatives have worked very hard to make Greed sound reasonable. Thus, when Tim Hudak released his latest policy proposal last week, it was wrapped in the language of “reason.”…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, July 13, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 13, 2012: More evidence released in Trayvon Martin case Bloggers File Formal Complaint To Get Attorney…
Muskrat Falls Money Quote 2 #nlpoli
Darrell Dexter, Nova Scotia Premier: "We’ve already looked at that and we’ve done studies that look at the delivery of power to Nova Scotians," he said in Halifax."And the most…
Muskrat Falls Money Quote 1 #nlpoli
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter, in a scrum after meeting with Premier Kathy Dunderdale about cost over-runs on Muskrat Falls: "Here is this project that we have that can provide…
Morton’s Musings 2012-07-13 07:26:00
Crime and sensible punishment for firearms trafficking James Morton, Special to National Post Story here Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images A Colt .45 caliber, the type of weapon Christopher Lewis was caught…
‘It won’t happen here’ is the likely Conservative defence for Northern Gateway pipeline
The Conservative government can’t be liking this US preliminary report too much on the Enbridge oil spill in Michigan: Enbridge “employees performed like Keystone Kops” in addressing the spill, demonstrating…
ConCalls: Cutbacks
Investigating election crimes is hard work, but someone has to do it. Elections Canada in particular has to do it, and in theory they are conducting an investigation into illegal…
On Rob Anders Hair
This was the hair Rob Anders was wearing when he trashed the Harper Government for honoring humanist and Mao sympathizer Norman Bethune as a means of getting in tight with…
Phake Photos Make Come Back #nlpoli
The Mighty Ceeb ran a story on Thursday about a block of three houses in downtown St. John’s. Tourists and some residents are upset by a set of wires that…