The Wrong Tool #nlpoli
About two thirds of the people in the province who file tax returns earn less than $35,000 a year before taxes. It’s the kind of detail that you cannot banish…
2013
Doug Christie: Some Last Words
They say you shouldn’t speak ill of the dead, and with lawyer to the Canadian far-right Doug Christie having passed a couple of days now, most of the newspaper obituaries…
Google Reader, Farewell
OMG, Google is retiring Google Reader as of July 1. Now what? – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Stephen Harper and Our New and Armed Forces
Ever since he came to power Stephen Harper has tried to use the military for crass political purposes.First he tried to use it to change his image from a nerdy…
Alberta still needs a “city party” – a role the New Democratic Party could fill
Typical Alberta Progressive Conservative Party members. Or, wait, are those Wildrose members? Alberta’s rural elite may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths, Calgary Mayor…
NDP MLA Bill Routley Challenges BC Liberals Over School Closures
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Personally I found that the dismissal of our elected School Trustees was an unnecessary action savoured by the BC Liberal Government to keep the uppity Trustees…
Starling
(click to enlarge) This is a starling, not one of the nobility like eagle and hawk, but a common bird. I see them around here all the time. They’re extroverts,…
They have no shame
The Harper Cons spent $21 million on those boring Action Plan ads last year. Rick Mercer was ranting about this last fall. And back then, it was a mere $16…
Intersex Conditions within the Transsexual Brain / Why “Born This Way” Is Not the Point
A bit of point and counterpoint here, to provoke some thought. I thought this portion of a lecture given by Robert Sapolsky at Stanford University, given in 2010, would be…
Coming Down the Pipeline
*This post has been amended from it’s original content, due to SK NDP Leader Cam Broten coming out in favour of Keystone; the ** denotes the area where the editing…
Ryan Budget Includes Mandatory Approval Of Keystone XL, Other Dirty Energy Giveaways
In what is becoming an annual tradition, Republican Representative Paul Ryan has put forth his budget plan for the coming fiscal year. Ryan’s previous budget proposals were approved by the…
Is the Garneau "Poll" Accurate?
Ever since this morning, former leadership rivers Joyce Murray and Martha Hall Findlay have been throwing cold water upon the “poll” – actually a survey, but let’s just call it…
Doug Christie: The Unauthorized Obituary (article in The Tyee)
Doug Christie: The Unauthorized Obituary (article in The Tyee): Tom Hawthorn of TheTyee reiterates what I wrote in my post about the recently croaked lawyer Doug Christie. Despite his pompous…
Canadian Taxpayer Federation Exposed! In running for ‘Turfy Award’
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger You have to hand it to the ‘Right Wing Nuts.’ when. The smallest gaggle of true believers seem able to attracting funding and dispense their gospel broadly…
The sins of the Argentinian church (article in The Guardian)
The sins of the Argentinian church (article in The Guardian): The last pope was a member of the Hitler Youth. The new one acted like a fascist collaborator in his…
5734…Thank God There Is No Poverty In Canada
Wrong again WFDS. WFDS
5733…Gang Problem In Northern Ontario
Seriously. These motherf*ckers will f*ck you up bad. WFDS
Errh, so doesn’t that just make him a follower of Church teaching?
"Bergoglio is no progressive. He opposes same-sex marriage, abortion and the use of contraceptives. But he is a strong voice for social justice, calling the unequal distribution of wealth a…
5732…Stompin’ Tom Lives, Really, Sorta
Many white folks in Ottawa are familiar with Lucky Ron. LR has a long running show on Saturday afternoons at The Chateau Lafayette just down the hill from The Hill…
5731…News In Ottawa Has Gone To The Dogs
Or puppies. Seriously your capital, my hometown, Ottawa, has to be the mellowest big city on the planet. The news reflects that. Back in the day the late and lamented…