The Pot Calling the Kettle Unqualified
Angry old man, Grampa John McCain is at it again. The guy who nearly made Sarah Palin his wing-gal in the executive branch had the gall to label Chuck Hagel…
February 2013
Budget 2013: NDP Urges Harper To Change Course, Put Canadians First
Budget is an opportunity to start building a fairer, greener, more prosperous Canada By New Democrats (Press Release) |Feb. 21, 2013: OTTAWA – With our economy continuing to underperform and…
Does Mike Duffy Have ‘Pump Head’?
Well, in the tried and true tradition of governments announcing embarrassing news on Fridays, ‘P.E.I. Senator’ Mike Duffy kinda sorta admitted to maybe an error, thanks to ‘confusing senate forms’…
Arctic Sea Ice Death Spiral Visible From Space
Holy sh*t – if this video doesn’t alarm the heck out of you, you don’t have a pulse! New findings on the state of the Arctic sea ice, resulting from…
Garneau vs. Trudeau: he could’ve been a contender
To wit: “Marc Garneau is challenging Justin Trudeau to a one-on-one debate. “The leadership of the Liberal Party is too important a position to hand to an untested candidate hiding…
Feb. 25: slim pickings
In the whole of section A, there are, perhaps, two news stores worth reading. Amazingly, one of them is the lead story on p. 1. “N.B. needs new approach to…
A Wild Fleesik
Filed under: art, digital, drawing Tagged: art, digital, drawing, Monster
The Roman Catholic Church Created Its Own Mess ….
Imagine being a young gay man growing up in the Roman Catholic Church of the 1950’s, 60’s or 70’s. Upon graduation from high school, there was generally a family and…
Adbusters: Why Harper Gets Away With It
In Canada, the environment dies while the press stands by. By Dugan Nichols | Adbusters | Feb. 20, 2013: Thanks to a hyperactive press, the energy baron agenda continues unabated.…
The Big Shift? Or Wishful Thinking?
Following up on the release of a new book called The Big Shift by John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker, Gerry Nicholls is in The Hill Times this morning to boil…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, February 25, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, February 25, 2013: Firearms Companies Restricting Sales to Government Agencies in Areas That Restrict Gun Rights |…
rtod
Revolutionary thought of the day: Across the road at the sawmill smoke was coming out of the chimney and Anselmo could smell it blown toward him through the snow. The…
Arctic wolf
One was stalking me yesterday but then left me alone – I suspect he was on a low fat diet and decided an alternative was healthier!!!
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk discusses how Alberta and other petro-states have ended up destroying their treasuries and their democratic systems alike by relying excessively on…
Why won’t Jason Kenney protect Hungary’s Jews and Roma?
I’ll have more about Kenney in tomorrow’s Sun. But, at the moment, all of us need to raise our voices – as some in the Jewish community are doing –…
The Pinocchio Index
Carol Goar writes, in The Toronto Star, that the C.D. Howe Institute has developed a tool to measure government fiscal accountability. It’s called the Pinocchio Index. She writes: This year’s…
The lawyer to the damned
Now that it’s public, I suppose I can comment on Douglas H. Christie’s newest challenge. Having written an entire chapter about him in Web of Hate, I certainly know enough…
I’d say George Takach owes a few people a few apologies
Wouldn’t you?
Kingston politician to residents: I dont care what you think
Check this Kevin George guy out: he doesn’t like the results of that poll showing 60 per cent of Kingston opposes (most of them strongly) a casino. So he says…