heartland_billboard.jpg In the wake of the outrageous Heartland Institute billboard campaign equating everyone who acknowledges the science of global warming with "murderers, tyrants, and madmen," many of the group's corporate…
Years back, when Barack Obama first told us that his views on gay marriage were “evolving”, I predicted that he would support gay marriage before the next election. That day…
I’ve been thinking. I want to renew Raj’s contract–for leader of the Alberta Liberals. He has a nose for politics, knows exactly what the party needs to build in terms…
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For a while now a number of progressive bloggers have been fighting a losing war with the media to stop referring to the Harper regime as “Tory,” on the grounds…
One of the mysteries of American politics is why so many of the poorer, government-dependent jurisdictions vote for the party that pushes for smaller government and reduced social programs. An…
The blogosphere is latched onto the greatest political scandal in the history of Canada, involving the voter suppression crimes committed before and on May 2, 2011, which, according to Elections…
theonion_logo.png In typically grand fashion, satirical news source The Onion has skewered the rise of misleading PR bankrolled by the oil and gas industry to defend the dangerous practice of…
It is nothing new that the Harper government has put environmental issues on the backburner. Instead of making progress it is going for regression. It is a very depressing situation.…
There has been some surprise expressed at the tweaks announced today to Jason Kenney’s human smuggling legislation. Are the Harper Tories getting all soft and persuadable? The government line is…
It seems like every time BC First Nations draw major press coverage on their opposition to Enbridge, the company comes up with increasingly wild claims about how much support they…
Fear and confidence make the markets go ’round. Most economic reports are intended to drive one or the other. The power of intention can be much more powerful than that…
Today, there was a major, New Burnswick story that the Moncton Times and Transcript did not report on. I’m glad. It was embarassiing to be a resident of a province…
Alfano v. Piersanti, 2012 ONCA 297 is a helpful case dealing with expert witnesses and impartiality. The Court holds: Expert evidence is an exception to the general rule barring opinion…
The question is why a CIA officer, Jose Rodriguez, mechanically shredded 92-hours worth of video of captives being waterboarded. “It’s not a pretty sight when you are waterboarding anybody or…
Oh. Mein.Cabaret. It's showtime in Harperland. The Cons are screening their latest attack ad. And this time the Harpo hate monster is going after the NDP !!! But wait what's…
Most of Canada had a delightfully warm winter and enjoyed an early spring. Now the bill has come due. In Ontario, farms face the loss of millions of dollars worth…
My buddy tic’s fave website is BoingBoing. This is what they have. Iranian newspaper cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraiyeh drew an Iranian Parliament Member wearing a soccer jersey. For that reason, he…
