Paulie Goes to Bat For Craig Cobb
So it seems the revelation that fugitive, neo-Nazi (er…. we mean Creator), bonehead, and all around douchebag Craig Cobb has his sights set on transforming a small North Dakota hamlet…
August 2013
Women Go Topless-Men Wear Bra’s
Women throughout the world participated in the 6th International ‘Go Topless Day.’ In downtown Vancouver crowds gathered some gawking, taking pictures, and of course many in support. There is something…
Suadis Offer Russia Control of Global Oil Markets
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting a blockbuster, back room deal being offered by the Saudis to the Russians that could hand Moscow control of global oil markets. Saudi Arabia…
Importing Democracy to Canada, a Timely Notion.
A Toronto lawyer is trying to raise funds to bring a copy of Magna Carta and the companion Carta de Foresta or Charter of the Forest to Canada. The four…
Warplanes Massing in Cyprus
Jet fighters and military transport aircraft have been reported massing at RAF Akrotiri, a British military airbase on Cyprus just a hundred miles distant from Syria. There’s still no clear…
Conservatives, the cell phone market, and who can take credit
In recent months, decision-makers have started to listen to Canadians and have begun a desperately needed overhaul of our broken cell phone market. In June alone, Canadians saw the release…
Will India defeat malnutrition?
India has a lot of a lot of things, including hungry people. It has the world’s second largest population and the world’s second highest percentage of malnourished children. It also…
Ranked ballot: Anyone But Conservative voting
The Green Party was polling as high as 10% before the 2011 election. Yet they dropped down to 3.9% at the ballot box — lower than their 2008 showing of…
Why are you persecuting me?
Amazing, isn’t it?We found out today that the Privy Council Office has been persecuted with 23 FOIA requests from journalists for its paperwork on the Duffy-Wallin scandal but not a…
Why Does John Kerry Make Me Think of This Guy?
Obama’s secretary of state John Kerry says there exists “undeniable” evidence of a recent chemical weapons attack in Syria. Of course he’s not actually saying it was the Assad government…
Roméo Dallaire Not Speaking At Fatima Center Conference
BCL reported yesterday and it has been confirmed today that Roméo Dallaire will not be speaking at the Fatima Center in September. Apparently General Dallaire had no idea what kind…
Concert of the Day
Swans – A Long Slow Screw (1986): Tracklist: 1 A Screw 2 Anything for You 3 Coward 4 A Hanging 5 A Long Slow Screw 6 Fool Watch Swans –…
Concert of the Day
Swans – A Long Slow Screw (1986): Tracklist: 1 A Screw 2 Anything for You 3 Coward 4 A Hanging 5 A Long Slow Screw 6 Fool Watch Swans –…
This poll and that poll – more summer bad news for the Conservatives
More polls to talk about today. First, two-thirds of Canadians who were polled disapprove of Prime Minister proroguing Parliament in Sept and waiting until late October to reconvene Parliament. As…
In Tuesday’s Sun: agenda-setting
The competition for the public agenda — and the public’s attention — is fierce. It’s also a bit of a paradox. The paradox is that the public’s agenda isn’t the…
How Northern and Rural Canadians are saying no to high-cost telecom
While it’s no longer shocking to most that Canadians pay some of the highest prices for some of the worst cell phone service in the industrialized world, what’s often less…
The Big Cod Says, "Keep Verizon Out."
Safely retired ex-general Rick Hillier has a new gig as chairman of Telus Atlantic Canada Community Board. In that capacity he wrote an op-ed urging the government not to let…
Official Price of the Enbridge Kalamazoo Spill, A Whopping $1,039,000,000
The largest onshore oil spill in US history – Enbridge’s ruptured Line 6B that released nearly 3 million liters of tar sands diluted bitumen into a tributary of the Kalamazoo…
Mac Harb Resigns
Liberal senator Mac Harb has resigned effective immediately and repaid a total of $231,000 for disputed housing allowances he received plus interest. Harb said there are plenty of senators in…
August 26: Mr. Baird is outraged….
That’s what it says in the Montreal papers. And for good reason. There’s a possibility those terrible Syrian government people have used poison gas. Oh, my goodness. It’s a war,…