HOW IS PRIME MINISTER HARPER’S POPULARITY HOLDING UP THESE DAYS?
The Huffington Post reports on a CBC exclusive survey on Canadians change of attitude about Prime Minister Stephen Harper, done by Nik Nanos, one of the most reliable pollsters in…
June 2013
‘I mean, whatever’
I like Nenshi but what I like most about him is his candor. His delicious put-down of the flatulent Joan Crockatt is followed by a more polite – but equally…
Farewell @bobraemp
It’s a sad day, Bob Rae is going away. Sure he said never say never to a return when asked about his future. This seems to be it though. It’s…
Farewell @bobraemp
It's a sad day, Bob Rae is going away. Sure he said never say never to a return when asked about his future. This seems to be it though. It's…
Farewell @bobraemp
It’s a sad day, Bob Rae is going away. Sure he said never say never to a return when asked about his future. This seems to be it though. It’s…
Chomsky – Don’t Let the Commons Be Devoured by Private Interests
Noam Chomsky delivered some blunt warnings at the Global Media Forum in Bonn. One was that private capital is taking over everything, even the Global Commons. “The commons have been…
Delusional Or Just Cynical About The People He ‘Represents’? Updated
Take a look at this and decide what is going on in the mind of Trevor Zinck, the disgraced MLA from Nova Scotia who pleaded guilty to embezzling money from…
So Who Will Defend Us from The Damned Martians Now?
Slim Whitman, he’s dead, age 90. His song, “Indian Love Call“, was all that saved mankind from maurading aliens in Mars Attacks.
Hamid Has Seen This Script Before
Washington is positively giddy at the prospect of engaging Taliban leaders in Qatar to work out some sort of peace deal for Afghanistan. Afghan leader Hamid Karzai doesn’t want any…
6165…Miami Heat Fan Changes Jobs
That would be Bob Rae.It has been widely reported that the man who shoulda been the leader of the Liberals in ’06 has decided to pack it up and pack…
New NSA recruitment ad = sexy!
Eavesdropping makes Alltop feel funny.
A letter from a reformed sexist to his daughter
I liked this so much I’ve posted the letter in its entirety below. Some time ago, while out with friends, one of the men in our group launched into a…
Stephen Harper proves, time and time again, he is a poor judge of character.
Stephen Harper proves, time and time again, he is a poor judge of character. Here’s a selection of the growing laundry list of Harper government™ appointees that have gone bad……
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Polly Toynbee writes that there’s no magic involved in collecting fair tax rates from the rich – only a need for the political…
Change, Change, Change
One of the blessings of living in a small, coastal town is being able to observe change. It doesn’t come often. We don’t have a forest of construction cranes obscuring…
Brazil, Russia Force Olympic-Sized Wake-up Call
For years, various Cassandras have tried alerting the world to the true nature, purpose and “legacy” of the Olympic Games – yet their warnings have fallen on deaf ears, muted…
Jail the Bankers, says UK Report
Ever since the financial meltdown of 2007, bankers and rating agencies responsible for much of the damage done to the world’s financial systems have escaped criminal liability (apart from a…
On revolting logic
Shorter Terence Corcoran: A Spanish-style tax revolt to defund government is the only way for Ontario and Quebec residents to avoid the fiscal disaster caused by the Spanish tax revolt.