Debt ceiling negotiations: folding the bad bluffs
The White House has now declared that it is ruling out the two possible executive branch work arounds that would have potentially allowed them to bypass the congressional GOP’s attempt…
2013
The evidence mounts
In the Times Colonist today, Rob Shaw provides information that should result in every citizen, BC Liberal supporters included, demanding a formal inquiry into disposition of BC Rail. Unfortunately, that’s…
Conor’s Fredericton 2012 – Part II
The Autism Society New Brunswick met on several occasions with senior civil servants during the administration of successive provincial governments to advocate for a modern residential care facility and system.…
Manitoba Chiefs urge Canadians to demand immediate repeal of Bills C-38 and C-45
by Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs | Jan 11, 2013: The Chiefs of the First Nations in Manitoba invite all Canadians and non-‐ governmental organizations (NGOs) to join First Nations in…
January 13: invisible racism….
It’s Saturday night, and I was just reading the Sunday edition of The South China Morning Post; (they’re half a day ahead of us.) The Morning Post is not a…
The Grad School Gospels – Part 5: The University Graduate Entitlement Complex
The Grad School Gospels is a series of posts inspired by Dirk Hayhurst‘s The Bullpen Gospels. In the Bullpen Gospels, Hayhurst tells stories from his struggle to self-actualize through professional…
Ignorant scapegoating: a feel-good pastime for the thick-headed…
Ignorant scapegoating: a feel-good pastime for the thick-headed and big-mouthed Anyone who doubts that racism and religious bigotry are alive and well in Canada in 2013 simply needs to read…
Climate Change as an Asteroid
Over the break, I got a Kindle app for my Macbook (free!) when I realized I could wait for morning to go to Wordsworth to get one of Paul Krugman’s…
Major decline in nursing in Ontario hospitals
There was a sharp reduction in the number of Registered Nurses (RNs) working in Ontario hospitals in 2011, with a cut of 2,750 RNs to 58,699 according to new CIHI…
January 8th 2013
Something happened a few days ago that I missed. It’s not something you’d normally find data on either, it’s something I had to calculate myself. That’s right, Teddy here with…
Goodness, the biggest bull market in history is about to begin — eventually! :)
(originally written May 8, 2012. Part of my “Great Upload of 2013″) There was a great article in the Globe & Mail investment section about one John Maudlin’s predictions that…
You will be assimilated; resistance is not futile
Where to begin? What is this post about? To be honest I don’t know yet. Every post is getting more and more difficult to write. There are so many new…
Some chiefs boycott Ottawa meeting with Harper: call for non-confidence vote: Anishinabek Leadership message
Top: Demonstrators heading up Wellington Street, Ottawa – January 11 2013 Center: Grand Council Chief Madahbee and others / Bottom: Manitoulin group The January 11th meeting in Ottawa between Harper…
Applying to the Newhouse School (follow-up)
Something familiar happened after I wrote this little post about getting into the Newhouse School. Prospective students started messaging me asking for more information. At my undergraduate university, I wrote…
Which LPoC Leadership Campaign Has This Guy Collecting Signatures?
Other Liberal Party members weren’t so diplomatic. Fabrice Rivault, a volunteer handling media requests for Outremont Liberal candidate Martin Cauchon, received a copy of the letter from a member of…
Smelly
Oh my Lord, this is the best story ever. And I can’t believe the Post used that word in a headline! It all reminds me of that old adage of…
Saturday Photo: Snow Tracery
The temperature has risen, but before the snow is reduced to piles of grayness, here’s picture taken when our holiday snow began.
The Canadian Conversation is Not One Dimensional-But The MSM Is! *Updated*
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The concentrated ownership of the corporate media has created predictable, dull and unreliable sources of news and information. Canadians have seen their once diverse ‘Mainstream Media’ devolve…