Idle No More Racism Watch: Manitoba Newspaper’s Racist Editorial
The CBC News is reporting that Gavin van der Linde, the mayor of Morris, a southern Manitoba town, is “furious over what he calls racist comments about aboriginal people in…
2013
Changed the temp unit of measure…
… To Fahrenheit to show my American friends how trippy Canuck weather can be. Yup. A 30 degree swing in 24 hours or so. It’s all good. (2) Trashy, Ottawa,…
A classy move to honour one of the best…
… Musicians ever. Props to Granada, Spain for naming one of its squares in honour of the great Joe Strummer. Awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qcy0-7ngw (2) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
A Conversation with His Nibs
His Nibs: “Ummmm. Why is there a handful of blue nitrite surgical gloves in the pocket of your pants?” me: “I have no idea, but was wondering where they went.”…
Statement From Dean Del Mastro
I didn’t say what I just said. Anyone who says I did, is lying.
Regina Leader-Post And Saskatoon Star Phoenix Continue Their ‘Pro-Wall’ Bent …
Since Brad Wall wrote to President Obama in his role as ‘premier’, Sask‘s major newpaper‘s choice of a photo of him with a partisan Sask Party banner is highly inappropriate……
Forget Champagne & Reefer. Make Mine a Bicycle & Dope.
I don’ wanna live like Buddy Guy. I wanna live like Lance Armstrong. Here’s his house, or one of them any way. And this is the room where he keeps…
5524…Idle No More No So Popular
Hmmm. The Huff Post reported earlier this day that “…a new poll reveals Canadians aren’t exactly behind the demonstrations. And money management on First Nations reserves seems to be at…
WTF? The Polar Vortex Has Split in Two?
On Monday there were reports of mid-January flooding in Anchorage, Alaska. Now the Polar Vortex has split, apparently the result of massive heating from below. Follow the link above to…
5523…Dear Abby,Dear AbbyYou Won’t Believe This
With apologies to the greatest U. S. Postal worker ever, John Prine, I share the news I heard on CFRA, that being that Dear Abby is no more.“Pauline Phillips, who…
An American Makes the Case for Public Healthcare
Public healthcare works. Ask any American senior citizen. The Washington Post’s Harold Meyerson explains: …a funny thing happens to Americans’ life expectancy when they age. The U.S. mortality rate is…
Andrea Horwath: “We’re not interested in a coalition government”
Earlier this week, someone suggested that, if chosen to succeed Dalton McGuinty as Ontario premier next weekend, Liberal leadership front-runner Kathleen Wynne would invite the Ontario New Democrats to form…
Very pleased to see this Blogger Accreditation thing finally happen for the OLP Convention.
I’m glad to see the money I spent on VIA Rail tickets was not in vain (of course, they have to accept my application as well). If you’re a blogger…
The Accreditation Form for the OLP Convention is up.
You have til Jan 20th to apply. The link is at http://www.ontarioliberal.ca/newsblog/blogger_accreditation.aspx
Macdonald-Laurier Institute on Dutch Disease
Here is my Economy Lab piece on the study by Philip Cross released yesterday. On close examination, his “expanding sectors” turn out to be low value-added resource processing and his…
NRA Gets Its Tits Caught in Its Very Own Wringer
If the National Rifle Association needed to convince Americans, including staunch Republicans, that it was an extremist and perhaps truly unstable outfit, it could not have done better than it…
Ditching Quinoa the Wrong Reaction to Peruvian Realities
This article in the Guardian and similar articles seem to be getting a fair bit of traction on social media. While they focus on quinoa specifically, they discuss more broadly…
Video: We Are Jamaicans campaign to fight homophobia
Dane Lewis, the Director of the Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (JFLAG), is featured in the above video, part of the impressive new We Are Jamaicans campaign to…