A Look at Durham
Bev Oda has resigned, and the tears of joy shed by this event – for Opposition supporters and Conservatives alike – have been fun. But now we come down to…
2012
Even a half-hearted race for LPC leader is preferable to a coronation
Chantal Hebert’s column in the Toronto Star on Justin Trudeau says that he is the frontrunner for Liberal Party leader, even as he is still not officially a candidate. It…
Go Borys!
I’ve donated 20 large ($20) to this cause. Those Supreme Court Justices better listen. That is all. Another boring day in our peaceable kingdom.
Maybe it’s just you, Kathy #nlpoli
Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with Alberta Premier Alison Redford when the Pm dropped in for the Calgary Stampede. As the Globe reported: Carl Vallée, a PMO spokesman who was…
Was Arafat killed? Uri Avnery suspects hand of Ariel Sharon
Questions have long been circulating about the strange circumstances surrounding the death of Yasser Arafat. In the months prior to his death Arafat’s health wasn’t what it had been, but…
U.S. heat over the past 13 months: a one in 1.6 million event [UPDATED]
From Jeff Masters: Each of the 13 months from June 2011 through June 2012 ranked among the warmest third of their historical distribution for the first time in the 1895…
Pingback spam
I screwed up. A few days ago Mind of Dan had a database crash. A bunch of posts were lost and I had to rebuild the site from scratch. This…
Jason Kenney and the Monstrous Cons
I made this little Photoshop graphic a few years ago, but I see I was completely right to call Jason Kenney a freak. For only a freak would run a…
Bill C-11 (The Copyright Modernization Act) Receives Royal Assent
The Copyright Modernization Act received assent on June 29, 2012, and will be enabled as its various components are declared in force by the federal government. For a succinct breakdown…
She’s no Charles Tupper: Alison Redford has been Alberta premier too long to be prime minister
A youngish Charles Tupper at his desk. “I knew Charles Tupper and Alison Redford is no Charles Tupper” – and a good thing for her, too! Below: Sir Charles as…
In today’s Sun: i hope this makes Wicary’s tiny head explode
So, there’s this fellow who works at Sun News. We often share the same page in the paper for our columns. He is quite famous, and I decidedly am not.…
Bev Odour
So, now we learn that the former minister has been smoking in her offices. Just for the record, she’s not the only MP or senator to break the no smoking…
Thank you Jason Kenney for showing us what callous freaks the conservatives are
There’s this expression “I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire” which comes close to describing the Conservative Party approach to health care for refugees. How anyone could…
Anticipatory Detox; Or, Maybe Some Posting About Masculinity
I still have one month of school left, give or take, and it is going to be a hard go of it right to the end. This term has been…
Bev Odour
So, now we learn that the former minister has been smoking in her offices. Just for the record, she’s not the only MP or senator to break the no smoking…
Being fracked
Clark’s fracking registry: a fractionary issue, Vanessa Annand, The Martlet, Sep 22, 2011, Volume 64 Issue 7 “…Fracking, a process that allows companies to pump out hard-to-reach deposits of oil…
Jason Kenney: Thank Me For Cutting Refugee Health Benefits
Canada’s federal immigration minister is way out of line here. The Calgary South East MP has posted a petition on his website – jasonkenney.ca – asking Canadians to thank him…
Eric Davis FTW
The upcoming (as yet undated) by-election in Kitchener-Waterloo could change our minority provincial government into a Liberal majority. As a Liberal and an ardent supporter of Premier McGuinty, I think…
For those who loved Kyle
I’ve been wrestling all day – less with what to write than how to write it – so I thought I’d begin with an absurd fruit-plate. Leading with humour is…