New column day
Here, on Brad Wall’s choice to bring the Southern Strategy north with a dog-whistle appeal to prejudice against First Nations. For further reading…– Rick Perlstein puts the Southern Strategy (and…
September 2013
Senator Ted Cruz gone crazy
He is one of those tea-baggers. He spoke for 23 hours in the U.S senate to block Obamacare. Amongst developed world U.S has about the worst healthcare system. The Obamacare…
Gladue factors are significant
R v Courtorielle, 2013 ABCA 317 is a useful reminder that Gladue factors are not merely items for a sentencing judge to mouth before giving the sentence that would be…
Parchment in the Fire 2013-09-26 10:34:17
Reblogged from Pluto Press – Independent Progressive Publishing: Jack Rasmus, author of Obama’s Economy: Recovery for the Few, has published a new article entitled From ‘Taper Tantrum’ & ‘Token Taper’…
It’s her turn
I’m down with this. Spotted by my old North Van Tory buddy Dennis Prouse.
hub talk: politics and the communication transformation
Great discussion at Hub Ottawa! Click here to link to my ipolitics article describing microtargeting. Click here to access some of the political/brain research mentioned. Here’s a link to Emory…
On democratic exercises
The results are in from Regina’s wastewater treatment referendum. And unfortunately, the combined forces of the City and the corporate sector (with an assist from far too much of the…
Stephen Harper missing again at UN General Assembly
Although Harper was in New York during opening of the United Nations but he will not be speaking to UN General Assembly. His highness has no time for the UN.…
David Gilmour, RIP
I know it’s kind of mean, but I actually thought he was dead. May as well have been, now.
Tilting at Toronto transit troubles.
Who won what? How do you compare $660 million from the federal government to $1.4 billion from the province and say Toronto Mayor Ford won? What did he win? And…
Bright and Blind
Michael Ignatieff still does not understand the part he played in his party’s worst defeat in history. Bob Hepburn writes that Ignatieff’s new book should be titled It Really Wasn’t…
Canadians call on Harper to say no to extreme U.S.-driven Internet censorship proposals at final TPP talks next week
September 26, 2013 – Led by citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca, Canadians are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to make a firm commitment to reject extreme U.S.-driven Internet censorship proposals when he…
Succinct review of Ignatieff’s new book
From the Star’s Bob Hepburn, who can’t exactly be accused of being a Conservative Party shill: But despite claims the book is “deeply self-critical,” it is in fact nothing of…
All this time, apparently, we were a “Christian rock” band. Who knew?
Not our Jewish drummer, for starters!
Shale Gas and Foreign Policy: A "Highly Uncertain" Gamble for America
The Obama administration has systematically ignored the environmental risks of fracking and on several occasions it has even suppressed science to pave the way for increased shale drilling, according to…
When the Cons Start Attacking Themselves
Well I suppose it was inevitable. The Cons have spent their years in power attacking others like rabid hyenas. It's the only thing they know how to do eh? So…
Latest Nanos
The latest Nanos poll showed Liberal support at 36 per cent, the Conservatives at 30 per cent and the NDP at 25 per cent. Nanos Research polled 897 committed voters…
Jack Ford and his war #nlpoli
Jack Ford spent three years as a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp during the Second World War. He died on September 24, aged 94. The Japanese used jack…