Taxpayers subsidize more Harper litigation
There’s a story in Postmedia about Harper using a private lawyer and not a Department of Justice counsel to defend himself in the Guergis lawsuit against him and many others.…
2012
Debt Free – How to Get That Debt Monkey Off Your Back
So, I’ve spent the better part of a year and a half I’ve been doing my best to learn a skill that was never taught to me, and that I…
july 1 2012: national stop harper day
From National Stop Harper Day: Traditionally, July 1st is a day known as “Canada Day” by Canadians across the country. This year however, that all changes, In most cities across…
Ask General Kang: What musical instrument should I learn?
I think it depends a bit on where your talents lie. For example, can you carry a tune? Then maybe a kazoo. Or even a harmonica if you’ve got some…
Water: A Wake Up Call
If you drink water, Last Call At the Oasis is a movie you should see, according to film critic Christopher Campbell. The movie …presents a powerful argument for why the…
ConCalls: Now it Gets Interesting #RoboCon
I’m kidding. RoboCon has been the biggest collective Canadian (Christian-) Conservative cock-up in the history of bonehead crooked cover-up conspiracy scandals. It’s always been interesting, we just didn’t collectively realize…
Memo To Self: Get Electoral Reform In My Lifetime
If I’m really lucky, I’ve probably got about 30 years to help make it happen. If you want to get involved please visit Fair Vote Canada and sign the Declaration…
Can someone tell me if it is normal…
… for a CFL to burn out this way… major smoke… major acrid smell. Note the blackened tube and base. Just askin’… Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Bernie Farber At The Kickoff To Ontario Jewish Heritage Month
I was lucky enough to attend the kickoff to Ontario’s first Jewish Heritage Month at Beth Torah Synagogue on Monday evening. Highlights included a choir, the name of which I…
Duncan’s twice-yearly annual checkup
There has been a cluster of cat deaths among my friends lately. Several good friends have lost beloved cats, and they’re grieving. It doesn’t seem to matter if the cat…
“A new Sprung Greenhouse”: one year later #nlpoli
Since May 8 was the 25th anniversary of the announcement that the people of Newfoundland and Labrador were going into the cucumber business, it seemed fitting to give a link…
A Tory Here, A Tory There.
The new Cabinet appointed today by Premier Redford is both a continuation of the status quo, but also contains a few hints about what to expect. The 17 member cabinet…
Canada has no plan
Canada has no real plan to meet its stated 2020 GHG emissions goals, and has no idea how much its hodgepodge of sector specific regulations will cost. In his latest…
Everything new is old again in Alison Redford’s first post-election cabinet
Where’s Waldo? Yesterday’s official cabinet swearing-in photo. Who is missing? With roughly 40 per cent of its members new to a cabinet role – and 15 per cent of them…
Fracking Disclosure Proposals: Way Too Little, Much Too Late
frackingfluids.jpg The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has finally decided to do something about the lack of oversight regarding fracking fluids. A new proposal by the agency would finally…
Flashmob – Copenhagen Metro
Copenhagen Philharmonic in collaboration with Radio Classic – April 2012 via: MetaFilter
Finkelstein on HARDtalk: American Jews falling out of love with Israel?
Norman Finkelstein takes an unbelievable amount of flack for stating hard truths about Israel. In a recent interview on the BBC show “HARDtalk” host Sarah Montague kept raising objections to…
Firefighters and cancer
When you consider the chemicals firefighters are forced to inhale it's hardly a surprise they have a significantly increased risk: http://www.thestar.com/mobile/NEWS/article/1175316 "Research has found firefighters are more likely to develop…
The Oil Sands in Alberta is like Language Laws in Quebec… It’s a domestic issue
This post isn’t based on a poll I’ve conducted or some rigorous methodology, rather it has evolved out of conversations I’ve had with friends, thought leaders I’ve run into, articles…