The PMO enemies list
If I’m not on it, I’ll be fucking pissed off. Who’s with me?
July 2013
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Awash in cats.
Confirmed: Canadians pay some of the highest prices for some of the worst telecom service in the industrialized world
The OECD have just released their 2013 Communications Outlook – a heavyweight independent report that offers a detailed examination of the state of telecommunications across the world’s leading 34 industrialized…
NDP’s Anti-Democratic Practices – Not Corrupton – Probably to Blame for Giambrone Nomination
There’s been a bit of an interesting development in the provincial by-election taking place in Scarborough-Guildwood. It has nothing to do with the on-going subways vs. LRT debate, and everything…
Keeping Us From Knowing How Stuff Works
The idea that we are miseducated by the mainstream media, both its “news” and its “entertainment” divisions, is a pretty common one. There are lots of different ways of filling…
PC MLA Caught in Prostitution Sting Operation
Resigning from the Conservative caucus today Ft. McMurray MLA Mike Allen now sits as a independent in the legislature after being arrested in Minnesota due to being caught in a…
6248…The Golden Age Of TV Continues
Season debut of Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo tommorrow on TLC. Quality TV on your flat screen, smart phone or lap top. Tomorrow turned out to be as promised. Wunnerful. WFDS
Hanging Out and Having a Laugh
Out in the Hood Photograph by David Alan Harvey The sidewalk outside a liquor store doubles as a front porch for two Harlemites. Rather than sit in stifling apartments, many…
Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver Changes Colours-Green Mixed with Red Makes Brown
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Andrew Weaver is not wasting much time putting his oar in the water. As the only and BC’s first Green MLA he is under a…
Fort McMurray MLA Mike Allen arrested in U.S. prostitution sting
TweetMike Allen is the second MLA to resign from the Progressive Conservative caucus since last year’s election. The Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA resigned today from the Tory caucus after he…
A group effort
A year ago last March, I took Vic Toews to task for granting CSIS the authority to trade in information derived from torture. In that post, I described a scenario…
Memo to a career backbencher
Memo To: Conservative Party backbench MPs From: Someone from a media shop wearing short pants Subject: Cabinet Shuffle Q&As _____________________________________________________ Many of your constituents will be contacting your office to…
Memo to a career backbencher
Memo To: Conservative Party backbench MPs From: Someone from a media shop wearing short pants Subject: Cabinet Shuffle Q&As _____________________________________________________ Many of your constituents will be contacting your office to…
Memo to a career backbencher
Memo To: Conservative Party backbench MPs From: Someone from a media shop wearing short pants Subject: Cabinet Shuffle Q&As _____________________________________________________ Many of your constituents will be contacting your office to…
Citizen article on OCDSB playstructures
Great piece on the state of playstructures in Ottawa Carleton District School Board schools. I’m hoping the Board steps up in the fall and ups its funding commitment to playstructure…
God’s Tweets with a Shoutout for Trayvon
I just finished hacking into God’s twitter account. Here’s a sampling of what’s on his mind and, if you’re some guy named Zimmerman, you might want to skip this: I…
About those jobs without people, Minister Kenney
Upon being appointed Minister of the newly renamed “Employment and Social Development” (formerly HRSDC), Mr. Kenney tweeted his view on the Canadian labour market: “I will work hard to end…
By Appointing Pierre Poilievre To ‘Democratic Reform’ Portfolio, Stephen Harper Is Preparing To Do Battle With Elections Canada And The Press
The nasty little piece of work known as Pierre Poilievre has three big ‘issues’ on the list with his newly assigned ‘Democratic Reform’ responsibilities:-Corruption in the Senate-The upcoming RoboCalls Trial…
Zimmerman and Alexander: Racism and Sexism in America
Can you handle the contradictions? I’ve been seen things in twitter for the last few days that puts some grotesque perspective on the American culture. I’m actually quite speechless: Two…