July 14:This is the making of history….
New Brunswick is, almost certainly, going through the most important political and economic moment it has seen in a hundred and fifty years – and more. The corruption and the…
July 2013
Canada is full?
Recently there has been a claim that Canada is full – the population cannot grow larger. Certainly in parts of the South good farmland has been, and continues to be,…
Sunday Sermon
Just got back from my bike ride, so this will have to suffice for the time being: Recommend this Post
Throw the engineer from the train.
With the blame game in high gear over the disaster at Lac-Mégantic, it seems everyone is sympathetic but the person to blame is the train engineer. The best way to…
Zimmerman Walks
An unarmed black teen is dead, and his killer – who is white – walks free? What is wrong with Florida? Meanwhile, in another Florida case, a black woman who…
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Stephen Harper’s Victory song
He sings after he won majority in 2011. Enjoy!
dear liberal public: there is nothing shocking about the george zimmerman verdict
Dear liberal public, The internet tells me you are shocked – shocked and outraged – about the verdict in the George Zimmerman case. Seriously? You are shocked? You have lived…
They Do It Without Blushing
On May 2nd, the Harper government staged a ceremony to commemorate the Canadarm and Canada’s contribution to space exploration. Curiously, Marc Garneau, Canada’s first astronaut — who was later made…
Small glitch, please stay tuned
Oops. Seems there’s a coding glitch in the latest WordPress update. Comments are getting attached to a header image rather than to the post they’re supposed to be associated with.…
The Harponado and the End Times
Sometimes these days I feel like a guy in a boat who can see a massive thunderstorm bearing down on him.But can't row fast enough to escape it. Can't shake…
Zimmerman
The acquittal was not a great surprise. The prosecution’s case did not come out especially well. The attempt last week during closing (!!!) to allege child abuse was not a…
In Sunday’s Sun: we don’t give a rat’s ass about your stupid cabinet shuffle
Cabinet shuffles don’t matter. Not to Joe and Jane Frontporch, they don’t. To real folks, like Joe and Jane, it’s just Ottawa talking about Ottawa. To those who stalk the…
A jury
…is a group of people of average ignorance.
Guess the author: ecology and overpopulation
Who said this, which has been tweaked to make it a bit of challenge: “The annual increase of population in difficulties of providing for this army of new citizens which…
Harper Gvt Withholds Docs on Controversial Canadian Mining Company: United Steelworkers
by: United Steelworkers | Press Release: TORONTO, July 11, 2013 – The United Steelworkers (USW) union is asking federal Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault to investigate the Conservative government’s failure, for…
Faith that the End is Near
In today’s G&M, Jared Bland writes from a perspective I’ve been taking lately as well. “Despite seeming reasonable in other areas of my life, I believe that we are quite…