2013
Privatizing Everything In Sight
There is a belief commonly held that the private sector will always be “more efficient” than the public sector. Outside of the United States, nowhere is that more prevalent than…
Stephen Harper and the Disastrous Decline of the Harper Regime
Well there is still a day and a half left in 2013, but it looks as if Stephen Harper is going to make after all. Crawling on all fours. With…
Doing right by sex trade workers
Due to multiple technical issues I haven’t been able until now to comment on the Supreme Court’s decision in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford on December 20th but all…
2014 is the Chinese year of the horse. Does this mean I should blow a bundle at the track?
I don’t often “recycle” posts. Yes, I am lazy, but what’s the point of a blog if you just re-post old stuff? But I thought that I’d dig up last…
Motorized boats stir up problems for BC’s salmon rivers
by Will Dubitsky and Jean Clark Two distinct pieces of federal legislation govern activities in and on our rivers, lakes and coastal waters: 1) The Canada Shipping Act, concerning the…
Charlie Angus Sings ‘The Reactionary Blues’
Kind of catchy, and makes for a great singalong, don’t you think? They’re melting down the ice caps And raising up the trolls.Putting shutters on the windows And burning all…
Who are the Top MLAs of 2013?
TweetIt has become tradition on this blog at the end of each year that I publish a list of Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta who have been the…
My sincere condolences to George Smitherman and his family at this tragic time…
It was startling late last night hearing the news that Christopher Peloso, husband of George Smitherman, was missing again, just a few short months after a similar incident that ended…
Great line of the day
At The Galloping Beaver, Dave provides this excellent description of Harper: I question Harper’s intelligence at times but his competence is not up for debate. This is one of the…
2014 – The Return of Occupy!
A leading American technology research firm, Gartner Research, foresees a resurrection of the Occupy Movement in 2014. They contend that America’s changing economy makes social upheaval inevitable. By 2020, the…
Pamela Wallin keeping in shape
Sorry about the picture being shaky. Mike Duffy was handling the camera..:)
Cheating the Future
The trouble with austerity-obsessed politicians is their inability to resist stealing from the future. Wary of upsetting the voters, these morally-lacking pols, try to shield them from cuts by paring…
Bunny fokz is weeyud
Let me just say this right upfront: I used to think bird people were a little odd. Bird people don’t hold a candle to bunny folk. I’m not naming names…
How the Occupy Movement is Enriching People’s Lives
Imagine an eco-community of micro-homes designed as a first step out of homelessness. Housing, easy to get into, if people care. Occupy Madison in Wisconsin has come up with an…
Banking on Failure
If you’re like most people, it doesn’t feel like we ever fully recovered from the crash of ’08. For most, the past five years have been stagnant at best and…
The NSA’s Toy Catalogue
Spiegel Online has posted an interactive graphic that shows spyware from a 50-page NSA catalogue of the devices and prices of snooping gear they had on offer. It runs the…
Sympathies to George Smitherman & family
Tragic news for former Ontario Deputy Premier and Toronto mayor candidate George Smitherman, and his family: Christopher Peloso, the husband of Ontario’s former deputy premier George Smitherman, has been found…