Just to set the mood, it’s Left-Leaning B.C. Premiers Day on Alberta Diary. Here’s your blogger with some former NDP premiers from that province – Dave Barrett above, Mike Harcourt…
Insects will be a staple food on Mars and other space colonies. Paul Pardee : Lets have the delegates to the UN have a bug banquet to show their support…
After reading the following article .. much of what’s happening with Senator Duffy suddenly became very clear. 1) Some of the claimed ‘Senate business’ expense claims filed by Mr. Duffy…
R. v. Lu, 2013 ONCA 324 holds: Before dealing with these submissions, it is important to recall the role of an appellate court when reviewing a sentencing decision. Appellate courts…
“Well this is awkward” We’ve been reminded this week that an 8-point lead in the dying days of an election campaign is about as safe as a 2-goal lead in…
An American poll done by and printed at http://www.publicpolicypolling.com tells the world, or at least our part of the world, what we already knew. We are sooooooooooooooo over hipsters. “Just…
If you start at about the 5 minute mark, you will witness Harper’s pet parrot Pierre, through endless repetition, parody a Member of Parliament actually answering a question and showing…
In a stunning upset of “Dewey Defeats Truman” proportions, the BC Liberals have defied all the polls save one and returned to power with a fourth straight majority government. No…
I grabbed this off of venturebeat.com and wanted to share it with you. It was put together by students at Cali’s Humboldt University. They went through 150,000 Tweets to put…
A new survey conducted by a team of volunteers at Skeptical Science has definitively confirmed the scientific consensus in climate science literature – 97 percent of peer-reviewed papers agree that…
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Our Senatorial soap opera entered a new chapter on Tuesday. Independent Sen. Patrick Brazeau informed the media that he’ll defy the Senate’s order…
Well it looks like this may be the day that Edmonton’s fancy shmancy arena gets pushed through. Thus I’ve decided that this will be the last arena post I ever…
It’s been a hornet’s nest for the past two months. Quinte Health Care’s plan to shut down its lab at Trenton Memorial Hospital and replace it with “Point of Care…
The north pole is on the move and, according to scientists, it’s moving because of climate change and the loss of Arctic ice. From 1982 to 2005, the pole drifted…
Although he is addressing an audience in NYC, Cornell West‘s words are equally applicable on this side of the border. They seem especially important given the Harper regime’s many efforts…
In case you were asleep last night and just found out, the BC Liberals under Premier Christy Clark completely blew away the challenge from Adrian Dix’s NDP. Not only did…
This article by Chantal Hebert sums up some of my feelings about the NDP in the face of their stunning defeat in British Columbia last night. Here are my lessons…
Premier Clark’s astounding election victory deserves to be celebrated. Almost nobody thought she had a shot, and the reports on her chances were dismal. The polls were bad. The media…
It’s always nice to see a car thief like Darrell Issa get his ass handed to him. I’m no Holder fan but this was delicious. “It is inappropriate and too…
Reality TV hits the internet. Epic. Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nighmares episode Amy’s Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro aired recently in the US. It was the first time Ramsey walked…
