Adult Assembly Required: The Leader And The Boss
For all of you rednecks who voted Harper into power, wait…redneck really isn’t a nice term to use, maybe all of you sheep? No…it is more like, all of you…
June 2013
Harper’s Empire 3.0
Have you ever wondered why restaurants, either fast-food or sit down, spend so much money telling you to be hungry and choose them as your provider of food? Step back…
"Political parties aren’t perfect, but that’s why I belong to one"
Giving some dap to an article written by Hillary Buchan-Terrell for Samara about her experiences in politics, and why political parties matter.
Nursing Home Inspectors: An old promise or a new one?
What is the value of a promise? In some cases we have chastised government over the lack promises kept, such as the 10-year mental health strategy that never materialized. Or…
Rafe: What the Heck are John Horgan and the NDP Thinking?!
Ok, John Horgan (BC NDP Energy critic), now I’m pissed off. You were quoted in the Vancouver Sun this week as saying you’re unhappy that the NDP lost, etc, weep,…
Tim Hortons Fathers Day promotion leaves a lot of angry Canadians
I like Tim Hortons, it is a part of the landscape of my life, and apart from the occasional less than perfect coffee, I have few complaints. Until today. The…
Ombudsman says Jail Staff Committing Brazen Acts of Violence
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is a Toronto Star story looking into Ontario Ombudsman’s report and call for and end to the ‘Code of Silence.’ It is yet another story of…
#RobFordLooksAtThings – 0008
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No Time to Go to the Country? Read Barney’s Version Instead
Just because it’s funny, and I’m looking for a way to avoid work.
A brief appendix for the blog of June 12….
It is still June 12. I have just returned from several hours of being cold and wet. I did not see a reporter from the Times and Transcript there –…
Quebec at forefront of right-to-die movement
The Quebec National Assembly introduced a bill on Wednesday that will allow health professionals to use medical procedures to end the lives of patients near death who are suffering and…
6137…Playoff Beards; Playoff Lawns
The Stanley Cup finals start tonight and all, most, much of Canada will be watching the Chicago Black Hawks take on the Boston Bruins. Canada is not the only place…
Quebec’s End-of-Life Care Act Online
CBC’s web site has the English-language version of Quebec’s End-of-Life Care Act. The Quebec approach differs from that of Vermont, Oregon, Washington and Montana where the terminally ill patient can…
6136…Dean Del Mastro Update
He is still bulletproof. WFDS
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Doreen Massey observes that our political vocabulary has largely been hijacked by corporatist language: At a recent art exhibition I engaged in an…
6135…Dippers After Justin
Mark Dunn of QMI opens this morning with the news that the “New Democrats want a secretive Commons committee to investigate Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau to see if tax dollars…
Wherein Lee Valley Tries to Help You Get Your Freak On
This was just too good not to share. Head shaving or tattoos not included.
6134…Disco Fever Claims Delaware Woman
Coolest obit ever from Delaware Online. Alicia Flaherty Stein Obituary Guest Book “I didn’t know her, but after reading this, I wish I had. …“ – A Person Unknown View…