How the Coalition Came Back to Haunt Stephen Harper
More than four years later I can still remember how frightened Stephen Harper looked.The Great Canadian Coalition was threatening to remove him from power. And the people were in the…
May 2013
Paulie Gloats About McKee’s Release, Then Throws Temper Tantrum Over Love’s Arrest
Something we've noted over the course of this blog's history is the increasing tendency of Paul Fromm (whom we lovingly refer to as Paulie) to move away from the, "genteel…
Mayor of Toronto has wrong public relations “strategy”
If you’re a politician and have been accused of doing something that threatens your job and reputation try to avoid the issues confronting you. Lay low, be quiet and hope…
O.A.S. Drug Review a "Game Changer"
The Organization of American States has issued a report on global drugs policy that, some believe, could lead to the end of blanket prohibition. Publication of the Organisation of American…
6016…A Marine And His Dog
The Associated Press has a touching story out of mid America. Madison, Wisconsin’s Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan and like many of us he…
Citizen engagement meets policy work as we push for strong national rules to protect cell phone users
We at OpenMedia.ca have been working hard to ensure your voices are heard as the CRTC works to develop national rules to protect cell phone users. If we’re successful this…
Evidence That Stephen Harper Is Stepping Down..
…and Port Moody-Westwood MP James Moore is stepping up, is here. PS. That suit makes him look thinnish. He is not. Might be an issue. You see him at televised…
Polling Should Be Banned During BC Elections!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger This is as good a time to take a step forward and ban political polls beginning 30 days before voting day. We have all seen…
Spinning out of control?
It can hardly come as a surprise to anyone that governments – like corporations – employ spin to portray their actions in the best possible light (and to cast their…
Appreciating B-Movies
It drives Susan to distraction that I love B-flicks. She squirms and fidgets if I put one into the DVD player and can seldom sit through an entire movie. They…
Nigel Wright, Adrian Dix are this Week’s Unexpected Losers
Nigel Wright and Adrian Dix are both people that I have written about, in a generally critical vein. But neither of them are people who I expected to flame out…
random notes from ronda
We have seen many happy, well-cared-for dogs on this trip, dogs of all shapes and sizes, all obviously loved. We have seen no street dogs. There are some feral cats…
grenada to ronda / ronda
We changed our plans, then changed them again. Originally, we had pencilled in a drive to the very southern tip of Spain, where on a clear day you can see…
Canada Leading The Way On Climate Change!
When it comes to making the seas rise, our glaciers are kicking ass!The new research found that all glacial regions lost mass from 2003 to 2009, with the biggest ice…
Radio host: "I want to shoot her [Hillary Clinton] right in the vagina and I don’t want her to die right away"
What progressives are up against. This is acceptable language for the right wing. UPDATE: Nobody on the right seems to know about this action. So I did a little experiment.…
When Will Stephen Harper Resign?
It’s time Canada called for the resignation of Stephen Harper. Anything less would be a failure of democracy.
Growing Public Cynicism
I can only hope that the growing public cynicism evident in these Star letters translates into a deep and abiding anger that lasts until at least 2015. Here is a…
Athabasca Bitumen and the Koch Bros’ Gift to Windsor, Ontario
This might be why Alberta isn’t too crazy about refining Athabasca bitumen on site and why British Columbia should reject the proposal to refine it in Kitimat. “This” is a…