#FF – Music Review – Bahamas "Barchords"
So, we’ve been doing a lot of politics lately, budget season tends to do that to me, but I promised diversity of content, and dammit, I will deliver!I’ve decided that…
2012
What’s up at PavCo besides operating losses?
Whispered leaks say that PavCo’s professional managers are arm wrestling with political hacks who want only happy talk reaching ears of the public. Trouble is, good news at PavCo is…
Saskatchewan has much bigger problems than ghosts
Saskatchewan’s environment minister is fuming about a report from the David Suzuki Foundation that says the province isn’t taking climate change seriously. (CP) From The Huffington Post. “REGINA – Saskatchewan’s…
If It’s Not One Thing
…It’s your Mother. Is that how the expression goes? == The Conservatives haven’t been in hot water over just one scandal lately. There are more than the average human can…
4478…Culling The Herd In Michigan
MLive, a Michigan website, has good news for people needing organs in that state. “Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law a bill that would allow motorcycle operators 21…
4477…Alberta Moves Right; Canada Moves Left
WTF is going on here? Latest info on Wildrose in Alberta has the Danielle Smith’s cruising 17 points ahead of the Progressive Conservative dynasty. Meanwhile the numbers for the country…
4476…James Henderson Is My New Hero
Quite the mensch. Check this hot off the press article from today’s Chicago Sun-Times. An Indiana man previously arrested with a 0.552 percent blood-alcohol level was arrested after he was…
4475…This Is What Passes For Tory Funny
From my friend Dan Colterman’s Facebook: Dan ColtermanCan you believe it? They sent my income tax return form back to me! In response to question # 4, “Do you have…
There is a devil in Ottawa too!
He is possessed by big oil/gas companies. A big challenge for exorcists.
4474…Cut The CBC Off Public Money Entirely
Take a chill pill and read this WFDS fans. The CBC is number one in morning drive in about every market it is in French and English. In Ottawa CBC…
Albertans—more progressive than conservative
As Albertans face an election later this month and the Conservative Party is seriously challenged by an even more conservative party, the Wildrose Party, we might stop for a moment…
4473…How Many Heads Are Getting Bashed?
At the G8 stuff going on in DC. My sources, which are the newspapers of the world, tell me that the foreign ministers, including John Baird, met this week. Next…
49 Cliff Clavin’s Walk into a Bar and Talk Climate Change
Cliff1.jpg This is a guest post from Dr. John Abraham You could almost set your watch by it. It has become a regular absurdity that a bunch of non-scientists try…
Solitude: Something for Prosperity?
This was book group week, and an engagaing tale by Quebec writer Denis Thériault was the subject in the original French (Kirkland library) and in English translation (Atwater Library. Le…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Murtaza Hussain nicely sums up why we should be pushing for businesses and wealthy individuals to contribute their fair share through a progressive…
4472…Russell Barth’s Dream Vac Kay Site
Kuwait. Russell Barth is a long time friend and a big time God hater and I advise him to actually avoid Kuwait. Reuters reports that yesterday their law makers voted…
Campaign Research #AbVote Poll – 42.8% WRP, 34.4% PC
This poll is likely the last pre-debate poll, so we should mark the occasion now. It also highlights a growing trend in the race: marginalization of the Liberals and NDP…
I know more about American political parties than 92 per cent of Americans
Don’t take my word for it. The Pew Research Center says so. All I did was take their quiz about the two major American political parties and answer all the…
Video: Can boycott, divestment and sanctions stop Israeli apartheid?
On July 9, 2005 , Palestinian civil society put out the call for an international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions to compel the Israeli state to follow international law.…
The Administration of Justice In Disrepute
While I have nothing especially insightful or profound to say about Rick Vaive’s acquittal on drunk driving charges, I must confess to a certain perplexity pertaining to the following: All…