The Zen of Political Disasters: Becoming A Hole #nlpoli
As SRBP noted in an earlier post, the first step in getting yourself out of a hard political spot is to recognise that you are in a hole. What often…
2012
It’s Gardening Time
It’s a gorgeous sunny May day, and I’m busy building my “hugelkultur” raised garden bed at the edge of the conifer forest which covers some of our one and a…
Engadget: Europe takes measures to curb cell phone bill shock
The European community is taking a stand against cell phone bill shock, and putting a cap on data roaming charges. But here in Canada, we still have the industrialized world’s…
Get High from Running
You may hear from people who run that they feel great afterwards and get “addicted” to running, well it turns out our bodies may be born to run, which is…
4637…Happy Birthday
Vaseline. Patented on this day in 1878 by Robert A. Cheesebrough. Before Stonewall. WFDS
Going To The ‘Wall’ For Thomas Mulcair – Erin Weir
Royalty hike cure for Dutch disease Premier Brad Wall calls federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair “very, very divisive” for expressing concern that Canada’s overvalued petro-dollar is eliminating manufacturing jobs. In…
Corbett applications not to mislead by omission
R. v. Charbonneau, 2012 ONCA 314 is an interesting decision because it makes clear that where a Corbett application is granted it is not to mislead the jury as to…
Mobile app shows dirty side of making cellphones – Phone Story by Molleindustria banned by iTunes
Video games have permeated so deep into mainstream culture that they are now places of social activism and protest. Phone Story, a game designed by the Molleindustria collective in Italy,…
"Mulcair And Energy McCarthyism" – Jim Stanford
“The high-and-mighty vitriol which greeted Tom Mulcair’s comments last week about the downside of oil-powered currency appreciation is lamentable (repeating the over-the-top reaction to Dalton McGuinty’s similar comments a few…
May 14: just voted…..
It was 10 a.m. The voting was steady, mostly of the elderly. I wonder how much the voters knew about the issues and the candidates….. I confess I had no…
What if Thomas Mulcair was Jewish?
#cpc #ndp #tm4pm #cdnpoli Now that I have your attention.. The last two leaders of the Liberal Party of Canada were eviscerated by the Conservative Party attack machine as a…
Hypocrisy 101: Black Churches vs The Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
By now you have heard that US President, Barak Obama, has now publicly supported same-sex marriage. Many cheered this revelation. Finally a leader of one of the most-powerful countries in…
Parliament in Review – April 5, 2012
Thursday, April 5 was the final sitting day in the House of Commons before a two-week Easter break. And the debate was much less sharp than in previous days, as…
Michael Moore: The Evolution of An Activist
Having suffered one of my fairly frequent bouts of insomnia last night, the blog post I had hoped to make is not yet complete, so just a quick entry here.…
Sixth Estate Dissents From CP Report on Parliamentary Secrecy
As they say, there are three kinds of statistics — and two of them are lies. On Sunday, a strange and surprising report began making the rounds of the Canadian…
Fixin’ to Execute Steve Staley
As though sane people are short of reasons to decry capital punishment. Steve Staley may be the new poster boy for state barbarism. Stanley is on Death Row in Texas…
Fat Nurses Need Not Apply Revisited
More on the Texas hospital, Citizens Medical Center, which banned fat people from being hired. Citizens Medical Center, you might remember, made it policy to exclude new hires with a…
Is The MSM Hungering For A Political Industrial Complex In Canada?
It’s interesting to note that the Canadian Media never called the NDP “dead” en masse when it sat at 20% in the polls. Sure, plenty of people wish for their…