Gawker and the Rob Ford crack video
Graydon enjoying the high life I don’t think much of Gawker. It’s a trashy site but I go to it fairly regularly because there is usually something amusing to read.…
May 2013
ronda to cordoba / cordoba / zuheros
We left Ronda very early: we had to ring a bell at the desk and get the hotel manager out of bed to settle our bill. Poor guy shuffled out…
On the Eve of PMO`s Chief of Staff`s Resignation
Inspired by too many stories to list here!
Statements: Resignation of Harper’s Chief of Staff Nigel Wright
From the day it emerged that Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright cut a $90,000 personal cheque to cover Sen. Mike Duffy’s fraudulent Senate expense claims, the Conservatives tried…
Stephen Harper Is Far Too Sleazy, Corrupt And Dishonest To Be Straight With Canadians About The Senate Scandal ….
-Stephen Harper is never going to be honest with Canadians about the sleaze that is oozing out of his political administration. -There isn’t even any point in the RCMP investigating…
The Rats in Uncle Steve’s Pantry
Stephen Harper knows he’s got rats in the Conservative pantry and it must be giving him fits trying to figure out just who they are. Somebody is leaking a steady…
Akaash Maharaj: A Witness to Triumphs and Terrors
My article in the Huffington Post: Recently, work took me to Istanbul to meet with the Syrian resistance. We discussed options for the international community to help bring an end…
Nigel Wright resigns due to scandal
That’s a word I never, ever thought I’d see appended to Nigel Wright’s name: scandal. We don’t know each other, but we sort of know each other. Long story. Anyway:…
The Green Party demostrating strategic and tactical smarts on Vancouver Island
The Greens are running a tight ship on Vancouver Island these days. In the wake of Andrew Weavers win in Oak Bay Gordon Head on behalf of the BC Green…
Saturday Photo: More from the Jardin botanique
Marie Victorin was a Roman Catholic teaching brother and naturalist who championed access to nature for all. He was the driving force behind the establishment of Montreal’s lovely Jardin botanique…
Deep thought
An infinite number of monkeys using an infinite number of typewriters will eventually produce the Kirby report on health care reform. This is not a sound argument for spending hundreds…
Mike Duffy and Rob Ford: The match made in heaven.
They’re two soul-mates. Only difference is that Rob Ford can be fired. Mike Duffy is settled for life. He won a lottery and he did not even have to buy…
On corrupted institutions
Plenty of others have had loads to say about the scandal surrounding Stephen Harper, Nigel Wright, Mike Duffy and the Senate generally – with Wright’s resignation today serving as just…
The Perfidious Peter Kent
This is too important to miss. Read Miranda Holmes revealing look at Harper EnviroShill Peter Kent and his close personal ties to Canada’s fossil fuelers. This is eerily like the…
Harper’s Dilemma – Rash and Hazardous Speculation
It has always been my suspicion that Stephen Harper wanted to govern at least until he pushed through the Northern Gateway to get Athabasca bitumen flowing to Asia. With no…
6019…Connect The Duffs
Russell Barth had this on Facebook. Fun game, eh? WFDS
The Preferential Treatment of Disgraced ‘Senator’ Mike Duffy
If you watch this video from the 5:40 mark, a natural question arises: If someone knocks on your door, will the police arrive if you call them? Recommend this Post
6018…Rob Ford, Disc Jockey, CFRB, Calls In Sick
NewsTalk 1010‘s hot Sunday night talk show, The Fords, will not have its star dee jay tonight. Shock jock and mayor of Toronto Rob Ford called in sick. Friday. Life…
6017…Nigel Wright For The High Jump
A name that most of us in Canada did not know until he dropped that check into the esteemed Senator from Kanata-PEI’s porcine hands, Nigel Wright, has resigned from the…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Justin Ling writes that the Cons’ aversion to accountability isn’t limited to their own government, as they’re one of the few holdouts…