Serves us right…
… I guess, for laughing at the winter weather that the West was getting while we basked in +25 temps a while back. Oops! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
2012
Alberta Election Tomorrow!
With Alberta seeming to have the choice between one right wing party and well another even more right wing party it seems like Alberta will have it’s first most exciting…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
For Earth Day, this prayer is reposted from May 13, 2010, nearly a month after the BP oil gusher started spewing oil into the beautiful Gulf of Mexico: T. Thorn…
Tom White, Voice of the Martyrs Executive Director, under molestation investigation before apparent suicide
Court records show Bartlesville Police filed a request for an order so White’s cell phone provider could ping his phone as they searched for him. In that request, police said…
Alberta campaign ends with all-party disobedience of Fourth Commandment
Just stepped off an interstellar Greyhound from Alpha Centauri, AB? Alberta Diary is here to help. Toronto media here to cover the campaign may not be exactly as illustrated. Below:…
Adult Assembly Required: Budget?420?Election?
Whoever coined the saying: “Everything you need in life you learned in kindergarten”, should not only take full credit for it, but also start collecting royalties. This week our political…
MoTown Music
I grew up about 10-miles as the crow flies from Hitsville USA. It spawned amazing music like this, “Shotgun” performed by the late Gerald Levert. About as good as it…
it’s crunch time!
In the final days of Alberta’s 2012 General Election, party leaders will be focusing their time and energy in the places that will matter on election day. Premier Alison Redford…
Ontario election watch
Earlier today, Andrea Horwath and NDP Leader Ontario Federation of Labour president Sid Ryan held a Queen’s Park rally sounding miles apart from the Premier in the budget negotiation process.…
Neil Reynolds’ Fuzzy Tax Math
If you need help with your tax return, don’t ask Neil Reynolds. His latest attack on the New Democrat proposal to collect modestly more tax from Ontario’s super-rich stated that…
Can I use a sea kayak in the Algonquin Park interior?
Well, it’s not against the law. And you probably won’t die if you do. But my strong suggestion would be ‘no’. Why? Three reasons: the portages, the portages and the…
NDP Byelection Wins Bad News for Both Liberals and Conservatives; Good for NDP, Environment
Christy Clark has stumbled from one gaffe to another since she took office. She must go and soon; if she stays, it will be the best news the NDP could…
In today’s Sun: Alberta’s Sarah Palin, kook
Danielle Smith, the former TV talking head now propped atop the Alberta Wildrose Alliance Party, should have heeded Harper’s lesson. When she had a chance to do so, Smith could…
Earth Day: Carl Sagan On Global Warming
Via Climate Crocks, Carl Sagan on global warming on Earth Day 19990. Note that Sagan’s C02 numbers reflect the 1990 numbers, not current ones. And when he says that the…
4514…The Calgary Herald Is Bi
Politically that is. Today’s editorial endorsed both Wildrose and Progressive Conservative Parties for Monday’s election in Alberta. How cool is that? WFDS
4513…The Tim Hortons Gift Card Is In The Post
Happy 86th to our Queen, Liz the Two. WFDS
4513…Thomas Mulcair On The Evil Weed
He hates it. Don’t legalize it. Wait, no, I meant that no one should go to jail for having a few joints. Waffle much Thomas Tom? WFDS
Saturday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Saturday reading. – As much sympathy as I normally have for Linda McQuaig, I’ll argue that her premise in discussing Andrea Horwath’s call for the wealthy…
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