TED Talk Tuesday: Follow Your Curiosity
In this talk from a 2012 TEDx conference at the University of Florida, Morris Morrison talks about the subjective nature of what it means to be successful, drawing on his…
2012
Foolish Humans, Kneel Before Me!
Perhaps my sense of human is on the wane, but if you really think about it, the implications of this story are deeply disturbing. Recommend this Post
24 hours in legal politics
First, on the Racknine suit against Martin and the NDP…NDP MP Pat Martin issued an apology yesterday for the statements he made regarding Racknine when the issue appeared in the…
A very lame Harper excuse on the Charter
I’m surprised Harper commented at all on this, but I suppose he felt he had to, given the attention to his government’s notable silence on the issue of why they…
Harper Meet Keedle. Your Black!
I an surprise of events Harper told Canada that the War on Drugs have failed. Now when I heard this I was on the verge of an aneurysm. Harper a…
Glad Somebody Noticed
Ms. Smith’s language may prove attractive to voters, but it means Alberta will likely be pursuing a more aggressive strategy at a time when it most needs the co-operation of…
On April 26th, The Abortion Debate Gets Briefly Re-Opened
Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth’s motion M-312 calling upon Parliament to debate whether an unborn child is a human being and the human rights implications of those findings, is scheduled for…
Drug stores, mail carriers, and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
As your humble e-scribbler pointed out in August 2011, the province’s drug store owners lost their fight against lower drug prices for consumers in the province. Some of them –…
$30K+ Liberal donations involve Charles Jago
True intermediary needs impartiality, Editorial Peace Arch News, April 11, 2012 “Wherever one stands on the current teachers’ dispute, it must be recognized that it is crucial for all sides…
Competence and integrity: abject failure
John Cummins talks to Craig Oliver, CTV Question Period: “The issue really is more a matter of competence and a matter of integrity and the Liberals are abject failures on…
Truthiness in BC
During the past week, this blog’s third birthday slipped by and I barely noticed because life is busier than ever. What began as an aim to gain a little writing…
RCMP take a unique approach
100 B.C. Mounties to probe sex harassment within force, Tamsyn Burgmann , The Canadian Press “British Columbia’s top RCMP officer says he’s talked to hundreds of women who work for…
Conservative Sources Admit Concealing Identity of “Pierre Poutine” Fraudster?
I take a week off from blogging, and things stay interesting in my absence anyways. The National Post reports that the Elections Canada investigation into the Guelph robocalls has spread…
Kyle McKee in Jail
Nosferatu200 was a lot better at keeping up on this stuff than I am. Kyle McKee has been in the Calgary Edmonton Remand Centre since at least April 12. Not…
Be thankful for our Canadian Charter of Rights, 30 years old today, and remember who hates it
April 17, 1982: The Queen signs the Constitution as Pierre Elliott Trudeau, then Canada’s prime minister, looks on, apparently bemused. Below: The Charter; a sterner Mr. Trudeau. CALGARY Today is…
Housing Market Hypocrisy
Yesterday brought new house price numbers showing that the Canadian housing market has not, as yet, fallen off a cliff. Prices are down a little in Vancouver while still rising…
Housing Market Hypocrisy
Yesterday brought new house price numbers showing that the Canadian housing market has not, as yet, fallen off a cliff. Prices are down a little in Vancouver while still rising…
Housing Market Hypocrisy
Yesterday brought new house price numbers showing that the Canadian housing market has not, as yet, fallen off a cliff. Prices are down a little in Vancouver while still rising…