Canada has always been at war with Eurasia
RB Bennett was one of Canada’s most popular Prime Ministers, to the point where average Canadians would name their buggies after him. We found out last week that the Harper…
May 2013
Toronto Mayday 2013 – Photo set 1 These pictures are from the…
Toronto Mayday 2013 – Photo set 1 These pictures are from the starting point of the International Workers Day rally in downtown Toronto in the early evening of May 1,…
The Ideal BC Election Result
Last year’s provincial election in Alberta, and the 2011 federal election, show that the science of election polling is a bit like weather forecasting: something that is being knocked backwards…
we movie to canada: wmtc annual movie awards, 2012-13 edition
It’s time for the wmtc annual movie awards. For my silly rating systems, so far I’ve done:– Canadian musicians and comedians (2006-07 and 2007-08)– my beverage of choice (2008-09)– famous…
Here’s Warren Kinsella Doing His Best Imitation Of A Serbian Nationalist ….
When the Harper Conservatives attacked Justin Trudeau, who decried the nastiness of their attacks? Yes.. Mr. Kinsella. But what is this? Mr. Kinsella has decided to adopt the tone of…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Aviva Shen looks at Monsanto’s history of regulatory capture – with the recent “Monsanto Protection Act” serving as just a minor example in…
As I was saying…
Few complete application to reverse Ontario, Quebec pipeline Fewer than 200 interested parties have completed a 10-page application form asking the National Energy Board to accept their written comments about…
The Harper Government’s Legacy of Death
Checking my blog archive, I found that I have written a total of 22 posts on asbestos. Here is number 23. Two years ago, Canada was the sole nation to…
A classless act of petty personal vindictiveness
“When Joe Clark’s portrait was unveiled in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Stephen Harper skipped the event, a classless act of petty personal vindictiveness.” – Jeffrey Simpson’s column in…
5953…Fun, Fellowship, Firearms
Tha’s the sell line of the National Rifle Association, the good people who provide hours of programming to American TV stations and networks.The Columbine Massacre, Aurora Theatre Massacre and Sandy…
5952…59 Dollars A Gallon For Gasoline
Normally “Conventional JP-8 jet fuel costs $3.73 a gallon, according to the Defense Logistics Agency.”The Washington Examiner tells all that even though times are tough financially in the States “……
Snow White and the Huntsman reviewed
Take one part Brothers Grimm and one part Malory’s Morte d’Artur, add a dash of Tolkein, a pinch of Joan of Arc, a sprinkling of Robin Hood and a sprig…
The Resource Curse
In a recent interview with The Globe and Mail, Al Gore referred to something he called The Resource Curse: The so-called resource curse is most often understood in the context…
Summer Sabbatical
After closely following the decline of our democracy for more more than 4 years and posting over 200 articles at Democracy Under Fire detailing just a few of the ways…
UPDATE-5: The-the-the-that’s all folks
Update-3 I am doing something I’ve never done before and re-writing my entire post on the Syria explosion, without providing the original. Why? You might be asking. This blog doesn’t…
May the fourth be with you
We even drove past the comic book store today and saw a bunch of people in costume, but we still forgot that today was Star Wars Day because May the…
Adrian Dix is Turning up Green Heat – In 10 Days We Vote!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Adrian Dix has challenged Christy Clark to state her position on Enbridge, Kinder Morgan expansion and a huge increase in oil tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet, one…