Fixing the World’s problems
I’ve discovered what ‘sardonic’ means. I mean this is a perfectly workable plan isn’t it? And after all, Carbon Dioxide isn’t strictly speaking a chemical weapon or poisonous gas. Plants…
2013
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Richard Seymour rightly calls out right-wing lobby groups in the UK for distorting the facts in order to attack social programs: The report…
Well, Trudeau
I can’t believe I am about to say this, but Paul Wells should be read for what he has to say, here, about Justin Trudeau. The short version of it…
Juxtaposition
The Fouge sez: have no fear about corporate abuses or contract manipulation in a privatized wastewater system because…public procurement process! Hamilton Wastewater System – A sewage operation and maintenance contract…
The Shorter Paul Wells
Prime Minister Harper plays Chess; his opponents, a broken Bolivian Armpit Flute. He first wrote this column in 2007, and he’s just changed up the words a bit since.
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, September 6, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, September 6, 2013: Tim Hortons coin thrower found guilty of assault Japan’s Fukushima region fishery products banned…
Political survival for party leaders.
Reading a political survival strategy for Ontario Conservative Leader Timmy Hudak proposed by Bob Hepburn in the Toronto Star the other day, it seems that what he says applies at…
It’s Still The Economy, Stupid
Justin Trudeau has been talking about pot. Tom Mulcair has been talking about abolishing the Senate. But, Paul Wells writes in Macleans, that talk will not generate votes in the…
Your Morning Jolt
Most people get their morning jolt from their breakfast cup(s) of coffee. As I wrote earlier this week, an 80-year-old woman, now identified as Iole Pasquale and suffering from dementia,…
TIFF, campaigns, wasps and loyalty
This time of year, more than previous years, is making me feel a bit nostalgic. At the end of August, and at the start of September, Summer starts to wind…
Thag grok free will!
The journey back to the Thunka Grunkas had been a long and difficult one, but Thag had finally returned from his sabbatical with the Drunka Grunkas, learning how to make…
Libs up. Tories and Dippers steady. #nlpoli
By now you have all heard about the latest CRA August quarterly marketing poll. Fascinating stuff. Supposedly the Liberals grew at the expense of the New Democrats. You’d believe that…
Stephen Harper’s Con Klown Summit Show
I must admit when I saw Vladimir Putin getting ready to greet Stephen Harper I wasn't sure whether the Russian Dictator was going to shake the Canadian Dictator's hand. Or…
Alex Spourdalakis Killing Exploited by Neurodiversity Extremist Emily J. Willingham.
Parents who speak honestly about the realities of autism disorders and the few journalists who dare challenge established views of autism causation are under attack …. again … by Forbes…
I’m Mad As Hell, But Apparently I’m Still Going to Take It.
Recommended listening: Shades of Grey - Billy Joel Of the list of things I said we would talk about, this wasn't one of them. It is an issue we have…
I’m Mad As Hell, But Apparently I’m Still Going to Take It.
Recommended listening: Shades of Grey – Billy Joel Of the list of things I said we would talk about, this wasn’t one of them. It is an issue we have…
Minister’s F-Bomb illustrates the lamentable state of Alberta’s political discourse
A cheerful looking Doug Griffiths, back when he was running against Alison Redford for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party. Below: Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith. Many of us were…
Sanctions—deadlier than war?
Most Canadians, I suspect, don’t pay much attention to the use of sanctions in international politics. War, yes—people being shot, bombed, and apparently even gassed is hard to ignore—but sanctions…
Hudak Finance critic bills you for second home
If Hudak wants to lower the deficit, his own Finance critic not billing you 20 grand for a rental home while he spends his time in Niagara-on-the-Lake, 150 km from…