Canadians Are On To Harper’s "Action Plan" Propaganda
Eight polls, all of them of course on your tax dollar, were commissioned by the federal finance department between 2009 and 2012 to learn that Canadians are fed up with…
2013
is there such a thing as a neutral education system?
I love it when similar or related ideas appear in several parts of my life at once. There’s been a number of things that come together to make me think…
#ForwardOnClimate Support in Regina: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
Stephen McDavid interviewed by CBC/SRC about climate change action: Stephen explains that the pipeline is a line in the sand. Using it, is crossing that line. I’ll explain why there…
Christy Clark Declare A Moratorium Now. Cowichan Schools Facing Turmoil and Chaos!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Premier Christy Clark must step in immediately and declare a moratorium to end the chaos and disruption caused by proposed and considered changes throughout the Cowichan…
5647…Raise A Glass To The Greatest Ever
Michael Jordan turned the big five-oh today. WFDS
Sask NDP Leadership Race (#Skndpldr)Profiled On Pundits’ Guide
(A nice article on the #skndpldr race by national website ‘Pundits Guide’:Meanwhile in Saskatoon, far from the radar of the national media, four leadership candidates completed the fourteenth and final…
5646…McGuinty Got Me Free Cookies Today
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. It is because of the great holiday he proclaimed during his reign as Premier of Ontario. Family Day. I was the last customer at Subway, St. Laurent Mall in…
MHF attacks JT and sort of apologizes
I’ve just returned from a few days’ vacation in La Belle Province, where I dropped in at the Sun News HQ in Montreal to talk with Brian Dunstan about the…
Continuing our Documentation Project (And An Examination of Marc Lemire: Part XII)
Hey, trivia question for our readers. What do these guys…. 1. Nick Griffin 2. Dennis Mahon 3.Richard Girnt Butler, Aryan Nations founder4. Eugène Terre'Blanche, founder of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement5.…
When you strike at the king, you must kill him
Sayeth Emerson. Otherwise, you’ve only killed yourself.
Oppression and voluntariness
R v. Kringuk, 2011 NUCJ 13 has some very helpful language on oppression and voluntariness: The common law has long required the Crown to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that…
The Senate Encourages A Few Party System
We all know that Senators, who are appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister of the day, are supposed to, in theory, represent the views of the provinces or…
#skndpldr – Saskatoon Debate II Notes
The final official debate of Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign took place yesterday in Saskatoon – and since it was livestreamed, I’ll offer some commentary on it for now, then link…
The Liberal leadership race is between Trudeau and Murray, with a 2014 early election
I decide when … The third debate is over. No-one blew their brains out. No-one surprised the audience. The race will be decided by March 4, when each of the…
Alberta’s looming water crisis
Every time I sit down to review the news before a post I always end up logging on at the exact moment that Alberta’s bullshit is exposed. As a result…
Did the Earth move?
Just noticed I now have more than 11,000 “followers” on Twitter. That’s nice.
Tar Sands Contaminated Ground Water Headed For Athabasca River!
…though it hasn’t got there yet. No good way to sugar-coat this (though the shill from CAPP makes a good attempt in the linked article): Two unsurprising facts noted in…
5645…Lotto Winners Burning Down The House
This ain’t a metaphor. It is a trueaphor. Denise Neil in yesterday’s Wichita Eagle reports that two unnamed brother in the 7 Man Army town won 75K in the lotto…
Perfect Sense
I have always liked sandbox stories; tales in which the author could stretch his of her imagination, place ordinary characters into a seemingly normal situation, then see what happened when…