Toronto needs a mayor: Toronto Sun calls for Ford to quit
Wow. Oh, and check this out: a drunk named “Ian” calls a right-wing radio host. It’s Rob Ford. Listen.
October 2013
When An Economist Challenges The Conservative’s Pro-Big Business Agenda …. He gets called a ‘Bolshivek’. Welcome To Harper’s Canada
In 2011 the Harper Conservatives did some loud back slapping about an an out-of-court settlement with U.S. Steel. Then Industry Minister, Christian Paradis said “This settlement demonstrates that the Investment…
Old Lady Hawkins- A True Ghost Story
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Halloween, such a special night many of the folks in stores were in costume. Valley View Pharmacy staff went all out and even the pharmacists were decked…
Thank you Ms Doolittle
This powerful woman has more of the stuff that I want my granddaughters and my grandsons to have than these two posers Congratulations to Robyn Doolittle and her .associates
The Rot In Toronto Goes Deeper Than Ford
There is a temptation to view Ford as a mere aberration, a statistical anomaly of no greater significance. This is a mistake. It is true Ford’s drug problems are quite…
The Rot In Toronto Goes Deeper Than Ford
There is a temptation to view Ford as a mere aberration, a statistical anomaly of no greater significance. This is a mistake. It is true Ford's drug problems are quite…
The Rot In Toronto Goes Deeper Than Ford
There is a temptation to view Ford as a mere aberration, a statistical anomaly of no greater significance. This is a mistake. It is true Ford’s drug problems are quite…
Australian Scientists Call For Apology Over Business Leader’s "Slur" of Climate Science Profession
A LEADING association for climate scientists has called on one of Australia’s highest profile business leaders to apologise for accusing their profession of lacking integrity. David Murray, former head of…
Rob Ford and the Mysterious Reappearing Video
So, the mysterious video that Rob Ford claimed “didn’t exist” has resurfaced. Frankly, the fact that Rob Ford appears to have smoked some crack, and by his own admission a…
Toronto Police have video showing Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine
Toronto Police announced Thursday morning they have the infamous video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. Enough! Time for Ford to go! The post Toronto Police have video…
Is asphalt the new green in Vision’s Vancouver?
The Province, October 31, 2013. 5:22 pm • Section: Opinion For a political party whose goal is to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world, Vision’s disdain for green…
Bread Tales, Continued
This week I started a small batch of dough to bake later in the week, or on the weekend while I figure out a few details on my baking odyssey…
Imagine common sense
John Lennon, Imagine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8 Think about how widely loved this song is. Then think about the lyrics and what they say – this is a song that is urging anarchist…
Toronto needs a mayor: the bulldog edition of the Sun
Still think we’re all Ford enablers? By the way, I am told that both videos – there are two on the hard drive – show Ford getting wasted. Only one…
Trespassing at our MPP’s office: day 2 of the S-CAP 11 trial.
Last Monday, and again today, I got to learn a little more about the legal system. I’ve been watching the court proceedings for trespassing charges against 11 members of the…
Will Nigel Wright Destroy Stephen Harper?
Once they were the best of buddies. Two Con peas in a pod united by fanatic ideology and religion. But then Stephen Harper threw his faithful Chief of Staff under…
The West Coast steps up on global warming
Earlier this week, the governors of California, Oregon and Washington and B.C. Premier Christy Clark announced their Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, “committing their governments, and a…
CPC Policy Convention Resolutions …
Although back room conversations at this weekend’s CPC convention will no doubt be dominated by discussions of how badly Harper has been handling the Senate Scandal, and the latest revelations…
Crack’d: The Cons Behind the Cons
When depraved and corrupt people run our lives and our governments, what options do we have?