Truth and Premier Photo Op remain strangers
David Akin’s On the Hill, November 2/12, Latest job numbers: BC is number one — in job losses ” ‘I’m going to run on (being) number one in job creation,’…
February 2013
Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Billionaires
A new academic study confirms that front groups with longstanding ties to the tobacco industry and the billionaire Koch brothers planned the formation of the Tea Party movement more than…
Stephen Harper and the War on Gay People
He has always been an enemy of gay people. A man who would murder their rights tomorrow, if he thought he could get away with it.He has voted against every…
When did Alberta become a have-not province?
TweetEighteen days ago, Alberta became a have-not province. Eighteen days ago, Premier Alison Redford appeared on Albertans television screens to warn them of the notorious “bitumen bubble” that has been…
Who leaked Alberta’s budget details? And who plugged the leak?
Some of the members of Alberta’s Treasury Board are pictured above. While not exactly as illustrated, they are all suspects in the leakage of budget details, in the office, with…
Great line of the day
The Sixth Estate rips apart the latest Harper Con talking point — leaked to one of their most reliable courtiers Jane Taber — about how Senator Duffy isn’t really defrauding…
Breaking: Independent ISP Distributel Stands Up Against Copyright Troll Seeking Private Info of Canadians
Since the recent passage of the government’s problematic Internet lockdown bill C-11, old media conglomerates have been dreaming up ways to put it to use in their quest to protect…
Palma Violets are gods
Driving to do a TV hit. Listening to Jian on CBC. This amazing, incredible tune comes on. Band are perfect. Tweet Jian. “Who the HELL was that?” Him: “Palma Violets.”…
5614…I Sleep With Mara Carfagna Every Night
Mara Carfagna is, of course, the former Italian minister for equality under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. I sleep with the other Mara Carfagna. My dog. Postmedia reported recently that I…
5613…Moving On Up
The new regime in Ontario, headed by Kathleen Wynne, has made Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi honourable by adding him to the cabinet. He is going to be the minister…
Thank you Minister Bentley
Just under a year ago I was co-presenting with Theresa Lubowitz at the LPC(O) AGM. Our presentation was on social media and politics but we put a large emphasis on…
I have forgotten more law than you ever knew; but allow me to say, I have not forgotten much.
Sir John Maynard to Judge Jeffreys likely in 1684
Kathleen Wynne’s Speech & Some Thoughts on the 2013 OLP Leadership Convention
“I want to put something on the table: Is Ontario ready for a gay premier? You’ve heard that question. You’ve all heard that question but let’s say what that actually…
Who do you trust? Premier Redford or Alberta’s Doctors?
“How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can’t even trust his own pants.”—a line from the spaghetti western Once Upon a Time…
Doomsday averted (again)
Seventeen thousand miles. Seems like a long way, but it’s less than one tenth the distance from here to the moon, and it’s within the satellite belt. In cosmic terms,…
Blowback – Drone Warfare
Send in the drones. Few grasp the significance of drone warfare. We don’t see them. Our people don’t get killed. We rarely know who does get killed and when, infrequently,…
Campaign Update: Ryan Meili
Ryan’s Website: http://www.ryanmei.li/democratic_renewal Best laid plans…No discussion of the debates for now, due to losing the bulk of my weekend. So, we will talk a bit about Ryan’s democratic renewal…
Political disengagement in Canada: Why is Justin Trudeau ignoring the obvious?
Trudeau vs Reformer Murray Justin Trudeau told a crowd in Hamilton that a Liberal Party led by him would take steps to reengage Canadians in our political life: The Liberal…
La Banque du Canada dit non au reflet de la diversité sur les dollars -OU – La xénophobie structurelle à la Banque du Canada: le jupon qui dépasse
Quand la nouvelle est tombée l’été dernier que la Banque du Canada avait effectué un nettoyage ethnique dans les images imprimées sur la monnaie canadienne, le faux-pas a fait le…
5612…Can One Get Kicked Out Of The Senate?
With all the fuss over Senator Patrick Brazeau, potential felon and a wee bit of a fibber when it comes to money coupled with l’affaire Mike Duffy I ask the…