Parsing the want ads
Are you ready for an exciting career? An award-winning, International company is looking for unique individuals with leadership ability. We are one of the fastest growing companies in the fastest…
July 2013
Not so open
Here. We’ll see what Ms. Alvaro’s view will be when some pro-life lobbyists start taking over Liberal riding associations. (Then again, Team Kennedy charter members’ area of expertise is wrecking…
From Today’s Toronto Star: A Modest Proposal for Speedier Justice
What do you tell victims of crime when they find out that because of delays in the justice system they will not get their day in court? What do you…
Christian Crossroads Through The Years
From The Winnipeg Free Press: OTTAWA – The Harper government has received scores of letters and emails over government funding being provided to an organization that referred to homosexuality as…
Athabasca River Oil Spill Still Unconfirmed, But…
The Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) suggests a sheen noticed on the river is “natural”, but pictures have emerged. And, I must day, it looks like some kind…
Some inconvenient truths: goring some educational sacred cows #nlpoli
Friday turned out to be Post-Secondary Education Day with a post here on the impact of the freeze on tuition fees and a fascinating Telegram article on the Conservatives’ 2011…
Darth Harper and the Coming War on Canada
Gawd. I knew it wouldn't last eh?I knew he couldn't play a real leader for very long. Oh sure, he tried. He did one photo-op after the other in flooded…
PMO received complaints about Crossroads Christian Communications
Canadian Press: The Prime Minister’s Office and the office of the international development minister got about 170 letters and emails after The Canadian Press reported earlier this year on the…
The Harper Government Must Be Right On Track #cdnpoli
This morning, I dealt with indignant HarperCons on Twitter, while they didn’t take my advice about the validity of claims by a certain tweeter not shy of bending the truth…
New West-Coquitlam PEDAM
It was greatto have two of the new LPCBC field workers at the Principles of EDA Management course in New Westminster-Coquitlam!
New West-Coquitlam PEDAM
It was greatto have two of the new LPCBC field workers at the Principles of EDA Management course in New Westminster-Coquitlam!
"Be yourself; everyone else is taken": probably not Oscar Wilde
This is a nice line and commonly attributed to Oscar Wilde. But… it does not appear in any of his published work and seems different from his more commonly expressed…
6219…Lac Megantic Conspiracy Freaks Out There
From the same people that don’t believe 9/11 happen, are sure that Sandy Hook was a false flag and believe that JFK, Abe Lincoln and Elvis have an apartment in…
Saturday Photo: Next in the Rotation…
Day lillies are what bloom next in my garden. Don’t have many of them, particularly since one of my neighbors convinced me that they’d do better if I divided them.…
Health Minister Fred Horne: The Puppet Master
The Google search engine connecting a reader to the Soapbox spat out this query: “Is Fred Horne as stupid as he looks?” Yikes! That’s bit harsh. But I must admit…
The Reserve Paradox, Part One: The Same Old Story
We have been fighting for so long that the original misunderstandings and differences that created this conflict have been forgotten. Various tactics have been tried by one side and countered…