Toronto Mayor Rob Ford: A User’s Guide
By now many of you have probably heard of the rather incredible story of Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, having a relaxed and rather intimate conversation — and even…
May 2013
Saskatchewan Premier Wall No Longer Believes Senate Can Be Reformed
On this site, I give credit where credit is due. “I think it is time to abolish the Senate. I think it is reflective of what Canadians are saying,” “I…
Why 3D-Printed Housing is not a good idea
Like Alastair Parvin in the TED talk below, I’m incredibly excited about the possibilities of 3D printing and decentralized manufacturing. However WikiHouse, which deploys this technology for housing through IKEA-like…
Why I Believe Rob Ford
I believe Rob Ford was telling the truth because of what he did not say. He did not say: I have never used crack cocaine. And he did not say:…
Why I Believe Rob Ford
I believe Rob Ford was telling the truth because of what he did not say. He did not say: I have never used crack cocaine. And he did not say:…
Why I Believe Rob Ford
I believe Rob Ford was telling the truth because of what he did not say. He did not say: I have never used crack cocaine. And he did not say:…
Hustle and Ford
The Globe and Mail has published the Ford family’s history with drug dealing.Its like reading a movie script — a beefier Kiefer Sutherland playing the suburban drug dealer with the…
A Democratic Expression of Our Discontent
Oh, this idea I like very much. And the tactic is easily adaptable in situations that could best be described as ‘fluid’: H/t Sylvia Wilson Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen…
The Fords Hit The Fan
The day after Rob Ford publicly denied using crack cocaine, The Globe and Mail runs a story claiming that his brother Doug used to traffic in hash: Ten people who…
UPDATE-1: The bright young things
Let’s say you’re an elite, one of the powerful and wealthy (those who print the currency, not earn the currency) and you want to transform a society from one which…
The Fords: drug-dealing, drug-using white trash?
The Globe finally publishes their long-awaited – and what has long been known in Toronto political circles – Ford-drug-dealers investigation. Parts worth reading: There were usually a number of dealers…
Federal health minister missing in action (again) during major conference on drug coverage
OTTAWA – Experts came from as far away as France, the United Kingdom and even New Zealand. Politicians from both the NDP and Liberals were there, as well as academics…
Jason Kenney…
…scumbag extraordinaire… Why one of Harper’s most vile attack mutts thought it was OK to use the stabbing in London as fodder against Justin Trudeau is beyond me. Stay classy,…
Rob Ford’s Crack, Smokes
Filed under: Political Humour Tagged: crack, rob ford, smoke
Of drones and defaults
Hey, remember the “fiscal cliff”? Remember I told you the U.S. was going off of it head first and was going to hit every bump on the way down? The…
Herb Rice, a Coast Salish Artist from the Pacific Northwest, is a Master Wood Carver
It is little wonder that Facebook is popular. Cruising through I ran into this interview with Cowichan Bay’s Master Carver Herb Rice. An interview with Herb Rice, a Coast Salish…
Rob Ford and the Con Kingdom of Denial
For eight days he turned Canada's largest city into a circus, and the laughing stock of the world.For eight days he refused to answer any questions about whether he was…