January 2013

Satire…

..or reality? You be the judge. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/01/nra-defends-right-to-own-politicians.html?mobify=0 (1) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario

It’s Cold Outside

The ol’ digital thermometer is saying it’s about -35 in Regina this morning, before the windchill value is calculated. I still saw ESL students walking to school without toques or…

Tweet this. Or, not.

I’m sorry, but the otherwise-intelligent people losing their shit over Twitter having a service interruption is beyond comedic. What did they do before it was invented? More salient: what will…

A Man Of His Word?

After meeting with First Nations chiefs three weeks ago, Stephen Harper vowed that his office would give native issues “enhanced oversight.” Shawn Atleo got the impression that the government was…

New column day

Here, updating the respective effects of smart investment and needless austerity in the economic laboratory provided by the 2008 financial meltdown – and noting we have all the more reason…

Thursday Morning Links

This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jeffrey Simpson rightly notes that Alberta (like other resource-heavy jurisdictions) should be trying to diversify its revenue sources and economic development instead…

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