An Alberta Labour Relations Board official suddenly realizes how the world works, and immediately rules in favour of the employer. Application of the law in Alberta may be pretty much…
TweetFive years ago today, on January 8, 2008, I sent out an email that changed my life, and this blog, in more ways than I would have ever imagined: Right…
Bailey’s Irish Cream.At least if you are in Cameroon you should n o t drink Bailey’s.Why you ask? Coz it can land your butt in jail and not for being…
I missed this Rap News from last May. You won’t want to miss it. If it’s confusing though, you’ve got fifty minutes of documentary catch-up, plus some news footnotes to…
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As you’ll know if you follow my blog, I sent off the first draft of a fun new book to my agent. He is a dear as well as smart,…
There is no joy in South Bend this day for the number one ranked Irish got beaten like a rented mule last night by Alabama. The Tide won by a…
Alright, let’s see if I can’t get this damnable post finally done in a manner I find acceptable for posting. This is an issue I’ve struggled with for awhile, if…
Because Stephen Harper was a self-described “radical right-wing ideologue”, he was the only one who could make the conservatives more Liberal. Because Barack Obama was so anti-war, he was the…
You might call it the Hamlet Principle. You know, from William Shakespeare’s play of that name. Act 3, scene 2, wherein Hamlet’s mother famously observes that another character “doth protest…
Rereading Gene Sharp’s book “From Dictatorship to Democracy” I was struck by the following passage: “Defiance strategists should remember that it will be exceptionally difficult, or impossible, to disintegrate the…
Great moment at 1:45 mark where an eagle flying overhead an #Idlenomore rally in Vancouver is captured on film. Also, check out the 2:20 mark, but of course.
“The Defense Department is Bloated” “There is a Jewish Lobby” “The Iraq War was a Mistake” Such straight talk is surely to be welcomed in American defense policy. President Obama…
The FBI hatched a “plot to identify and assassinate Occupy leaders”? It’d seem so, according to the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and civil liberties activists. Information obtained by the…
Well it's not in the Book of Chaos, the 200-page handbook the Cons once put out to disrupt the opposition, and shut down committees.But it clearly comes from the same…
The CBC News report about lake contamination from Tar Sands operations came straight from the horse’s mouth, an Environment Canada “spokesman.” “Not so bad, no indeedy,” proclaimed EnviroCan spokesman Adam…
The federal Conservative government is creating an Office of Religious Freedom, intending to monitor and criticize religious persecution and to promote religious freedom around the world. Perhaps especially in Winnipeg,…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Fracking is simply a ponzi scheme according to the prestigious Forbes Magazine. It is in full bloom in the eastern states and of course in British Columbia…
ORNGE providing a vital service. Photo: Jason Edward Scott Bain The Globe and Mail kindly lobbed a few questions for the disgraced, former boss of ORNGE, Chris Mazza to swat…
