Some positive messaging from Christy Clark in BC – but that name change…
I wrote earlier this week about some lessons I hoped BC Liberal Premier Christy Clark would take from the experience of Alberta PCPremier Alison Redford, who was able to win…
2012
How Kids Shape Parents
An excerpt from my third “special to National Post“: Now I’m doing something quite different: watching an episode of Bewitched with my younger daughter. Though it was a TV show…
Get Fourth Wall on Tour and Online
Dave Meslin is a Toronto based awesome dude that wants to make Toronto a better place, and now he and the Fourth Wall team want to bring something cool to…
Wildrose redux: why the Internet is fun, etc.
Wildrose not as scary as some say The Daily News (Kamloops) Fri Apr 20 2012 Page: C1 Section: Opinion Source: Vancouver Province It is intriguing to hear the gathering chorus…
How Nurses View Themselves
A selection of “What I Actually Do” meme posters” related to nursing, which have been making the rounds on the Interwebs. Some of them, I guess, are funny and clever,…
Harper Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Appoint CBC Leadership by Ian Morrison
Keen to control the media and how it portrays his government, FRIENDS says Prime Minister Harper should not be allowed choose the leaders of our public broadcaster.
FRIENDS launch People’s Pick for CBC Chair
FRIENDS says the antiquated practice of political patronage for appointing the CBC Board and President is in need of reform.
4538…At Least The Tories Are Consistent
They hate on the poor and the underclass in Canada and now it appears, no, it is certain, that they hate on the poor internationally. Don Cayo in today’s Vancouver…
CBC’s advertising debate by Graham F. Scott
FRIENDS says adding advertising on CBC Radio 2 threatens its “distinctiveness”, especially niche programming that private broadcasters are unlikely to step in to replace.
4537…Another Note To Gary Bettman
You gotta get ahead of this racism bullsh*t among your fan base in the NHL G-man. blacksportsonline.com has an array of racist bullsh*t that Boston Bruin fans unleashed when Joel…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Paul Wells had previously theorized that the size of environmental demonstrations in Montreal might hint at the NDP’s ability to establish a…
Finlandia
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New column day
Here, following up on Sarah Schmidt’s report showing that an outright majority of tested food products are inaccurately labeled by noting that nutrition information is just one of many areas…
Whip the Vote, Mr. Rae (#lpc #prochoice)
Citation: R. v. Morgentaler, 1 S.C.R. 30 Date: January 28, 1988 State interference with bodily integrity and serious state-imposed psychological stress, at least in the criminal law context, constitutes a…
A lobbyist is a lobbyist is a lobbyist
I’m one. So is the United Church and the Salvation Army. So are plenty of folks. What brings the word “lobbying” into disrepute is crap like this. And, no, I’m…
Bev Oda is Fraudulent, But Still No More Expensive than her Predecesors
Okay, so Bev Oda, aside from being a documented liar, is also a pampered, self-entitled twit who thinks the proper use for taxpayer dollars is on swanky five-star hotels and…
4536…Russell Barth On The Dalai Lama
Why can you not speak better english? You are smart and english is easy and you have been speaking it for decades. WHY do you still sound like you just…
The Response To Food Dictatorship: Occupy Our Food System
* VandanaShiva.org: Global Visionary Solutions For A Secure & Sustainable Energy And Food Future Dirt! The Movie
April 26 mea culpa
I’m having a computer