What George Carlin Knew
George Carlin knew plenty when it came to lances and tigers and he made that plain in the opening of his final concert before he died in 2008.
March 2013
Organized Labour and New Social Media
There is little doubt that the Internet has changed our lives. More specifically, the rise of New Social Media (NSM) on the Internet, most notably Facebook and Twitter, have allowed…
Iran’s Aerial Snake Oil
A few weeks back I put up a survey of various nations that were getting into the stealth game with either aircraft or UAVs under development or actually in testing.…
Forum Ontario Poll: 32% OLP, 32% PC, 29% NDP
Forum Research has released a new poll for the provincial scene in Ontario, showing the Liberals somehow managing to tie with the PCs, even after all the news recently which…
Palestinians Need Their Rosa Parks
There has been great progress, great steps forward worldwide, in human and civil rights. In the United States, people like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, John Lewis, and others fought…
5693…Two Wheelers [Bikes] Cause Pollution
It is not just our conservatives that are crazy. WFDS
March 5: Brilliant and fair-minded……
…..by the standards of the Moncton Times and Transcript. The front page even has a full colour picture of a shale gas protest, featuring two, very cute, little girls. The…
#skndpldr Candidate Rankings – March 5
So far, I’ve limited these rankings to the question of which candidate I see as most likely to emerge victorious at the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership convention. But since the rankings…
#skndpldr Candidate Review – Trent Wotherspoon
Let’s close out my series of candidate reviews with a look at Trent Wotherspoon. At the start of the campaign, Wotherspoon’s campaign looked to have plenty of room for variance…
Guest Blog from Chris Watson: “If You Can’t Buy, I Can’t Sell”
The following guest post was written by Chris Watson, legislative liaison for CUPE Ontario based in Toronto: In stark contrast to the austerity budget strategy of Don Drummond, Dalton McGuinty…
Where once they stood… #nlpoli
Labour federation boss Lana Payne made an interesting comment on Twitter over the weekend: “there is never a time for austerity.” Never. Ever. You can hear all those Newfoundland politicians…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, March 5, 2013: Ikea files suit against meatball supplier over horsemeat The White House Agrees: It’s Time…
A Canadian First: Satellite Subscribers to See Community Channels on Bell
Canadians in rural communities in BC, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario and New Brunswick can now see community channels in their area.
#skndpldr Candidate Review – Erin Weir
Following up on yesterday’s candidate review posts, let’s move on to a look at Erin Weir’s Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign. Weir’s launch came at a time when it wasn’t clear…
Sonny’s happy future demands you perk up your ears
Sonny Assu meets you where you’re at. I first came across his artworks as the Idle No More movement began to swell, his dusty blue and red posters could be…
A Tale of Two Moralities
A message from your Harper Government to all E.I. claimants: A message from your Harper Government to all Canadians regarding allegations of fraud in the Senate: Fortunately, the NDP didn’t…