Why won’t Jason Kenney protect Hungary’s Jews and Roma?
I’ll have more about Kenney in tomorrow’s Sun. But, at the moment, all of us need to raise our voices – as some in the Jewish community are doing –…
2013
The Pinocchio Index
Carol Goar writes, in The Toronto Star, that the C.D. Howe Institute has developed a tool to measure government fiscal accountability. It’s called the Pinocchio Index. She writes: This year’s…
The lawyer to the damned
Now that it’s public, I suppose I can comment on Douglas H. Christie’s newest challenge. Having written an entire chapter about him in Web of Hate, I certainly know enough…
I’d say George Takach owes a few people a few apologies
Wouldn’t you?
Kingston politician to residents: I dont care what you think
Check this Kevin George guy out: he doesn’t like the results of that poll showing 60 per cent of Kingston opposes (most of them strongly) a casino. So he says…
Coordinates to Landing Zone XI
Famous Painting with SF Titles: Coordinates to Landing Zone XI No doubt this painting is known to you by the title given to it by humans, L’Ultima Cena (The Last…
Copper-fastened #nlpoli
According to the Telegram editorialist argued last week, this fuss over renovations was nothing at all. At any rate, renovations planned long in advance — to keep the legislature from…
Jason Kenney and the Bieber Factor
As you know I've always considered Jason Kenney's singular contribution to Canadian politics a real freak show.I've had trouble taking that ghastly religious fanatic seriously since he said that gays…
Growing Gap Of Truck Drivers Will Be Costly To Canadian Economy
By The Conference Board of Canada (Press Release) | Feb. 21, 2013: OTTAWA – Tens of thousands of truck drivers are approaching retirement age, but very few young people and…
According to Fromm, Christie’s Prognosis is Quite Dire
Fromm posted the following on his Facebook account earlier today: Lawyers like Gerry Spence, someone this writer admires a great deal, defended individuals he didn’t agree with but who he…
Renting seniors’ beds is a formula for failure – and it’s time for Alberta to stop doing it
Fresh air and yogurt might have helped these guys live to be 160, but if they’d lived in Alberta, instead of Russia, where could they afford to sleep? Below, seniors…
Hey big spender
Introducing the Top 10 spenders in Canada’s Senate: Gerry St. Germain, a Conservative who retired in November, was the top spender ($378,292), while Liberal Robert Peterson, who retired in October,…
Why I adore Bill Mitchell’s Billy Blog
Ratings firm plays the sucker card … again Posted on Monday, February 25, 2013 by bill Companies that sell shonky products under false pretenses are typically prosecuted by the authorities.…
Saturday Photo: Ice Castles
Given the rock ‘n’ roll temperatures, kids wanting to build snow castles have had mixed success. Just after the year end holidays someone(s) built a magnificent snow castle at St.…
Our Debunking of the Whitaker Matra Used as Source Material
We had completely forgotten about this, but we thought we’d share it now. Some time ago we were contacted by someone who spent a great deal of time debunking the…
CBC Science News: Humans Only a Few Thousand Years Old
Maybe it’s just a typo, but it’s a little depressing to see the state broadcaster’s science reporters — people whose salaries I pay — utter statements like the following: if…
Fracked Gas Won’t Solve Energy Crunch: Report
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Tyee series on energy continues, several from the series appear ‘On the Left Side.’ This episode features highly respected geologist David Hughes analysis. It is markedly…
France 24: Digital pollution? Data centers, planned obsolescence, recycling materials (VIDEO)
High-tech = high consumption. France 24′s Environment explores the environmental impact of contemporary digital culture, from energy consumption at data centres to ‘planned obsolescence’ and efforts to recycle dead hardware.…