Conspiracist Sees Canada Behind America’s Congressional Meltdown
Damn, they figured it out! Last night, I woke up bathed in sweat. Suddenly, it had dawned on me who really is behind this mess in Washington. Canada! As I…
October 2013
Is This Congressional Infighting America’s Second Civil War?
People tend to forget that the United States has never been all that united except in name. There were tensions between the northern colonies and their southern counterparts during the…
Campaign Diary Volume 15: When you vote on Monday, vote thoughtfully
Here’s a video of my opening remarks to the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce all-candidates’ forum last night. Here are my opening remarks at the fair and well-run St. Alberta…
Do Police Have The ‘Right Stuff’?
Given the killing of people like Sammy Yatim and Steve Mesic and the taser takedown of Iole Pasquale, it would seem a legitimate question to ask, as Star readers offer…
Canadian Taxpayers Fund Harper’s $65,000 Keystone XL Advertising Trip
The hotel rental for Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s September visit to New York City cost Canadian taxpayers a total of $56,582.91 according to documents recently released by CTV News. “Canada…
The Lunatics American Pundits Use to Describe Tea Party Republicans
The New Republic offers a wry look at how America’s punditry sees Tea Party Republicans hell bent on bringing down their country’s government. “It’s a pure Leninist strategy — heighten…
Mark Bourrie makes a criminal complaint against me. No, we are not making this up.
If the document below is to be believed, that is. Mr. Bourrie posted it on Twitter while darkly muttering “I don’t bluff.” Someone sent it to me. Having never had…
Preparing for the Perfect Storm: Neoliberal Authoritarianism in an Age of Austerity
Two noteworthy news items for this week: First, the Guardian ran an article last week regarding the soon to be published Social Mobility and Child Poverty report on, well, social…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – thwap highlights the cycle of austerity, stagnation and decline that’s marked the past few decades across much of the developed world. And Thomas…
US Debt Ceiling: Issues Punted to early next year
The Cat goes to the Senate Twenty-four hours of so before the US government ran out of money to pay its debts, Republican senators nudged aside the Tea Party senators…
Metro Vancouver needs to walk its “zero waste” talk
An oped published in the Vancouver Sun: When delegates attend Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste conference on Wednesday, they will hear from innovators and big thinkers about how to radically redesign…
Pay to Go Politics in YYC
So, yesterday there was an “all candidates forum” sponsored by The Calgary Chamber of Commerce, the Urban Development Institute – Calgary and The Canadian Homebuilders Association – Calgary Region. I…
Deference to Masters
2189205 Ontario Inc. v. Springdale Pizza Depot Ltd., 2013 ONCA 626 holds that deference is owed to Masters making findings of fact: The Master was the primary finder of fact.…
Joe Sacco depicts one dreadful day of The Great War
The latest book by comic artist Joe Sacco isn’t really a book at all. The Great War is a single 24-foot-long panoramic image that illustrates the first day of the…
As Harper is set to unveil ‘consumers first’ agenda in Throne Speech, Canada’s largest civic engagement organization representing consumers is available for comment
OpenMedia_Sidebar_Image.png Canadians will be watching closely to see whether the government lives up to their promise to secure more choice and lower prices in broken telecom market WHO Steve Anderson,…
China Wants World to Consider "De-Americanizing"
The United States has a huge advantage over every other nation, a goodie it has enjoyed since the end of WWII. The American greenback is the world’s reserve currency. When…
Greenpeace activists block oil pump at Kinder Morgan terminal
BURNABY, B.C. – Greenpeace protesters have set up a blockade at the Kinder Morgan oil pumping facility in Burnaby, B.C. Spokesman Peter Louwe says two protesters have climbed onto the…
Here he comes, the PM in the big white sportscar …
The second session of Canada’s 41st Parliament opens today. And early word about the Speech from the Throne is that PMS (Prime Minister Steve) will make a move towards consumer…