Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Michael McBane highlights one of the less-discussed changes in the Cons’ 2014 budget – as it officially eliminates the federal distribution of…
This and that for your weekend reading. – Michael McBane highlights one of the less-discussed changes in the Cons’ 2014 budget – as it officially eliminates the federal distribution of…
Little did I know when I made my post on the country yesterday, that so much would change by today. I had planned on going though a second post to…
A1. Big photo. “Roughly” a hundred community-minded citizens showed up at city hall to see what our new downtown will look like. Gee Whillikers. That means only a hundred and…
I’m a movie-junkie, and I’ll happily pay to watch. That’s why I’m love Netflix. But sometimes there are movies people want to see that aren’t on Netflix. They’re out there,…
The last few weeks has been a series of horrifying revelations for supporters of LGBT rights. What it has unveiled is the “scorched earth” approach that the far right in…
America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency has released a quick video showing what happened to the “old” Arctic ice (the most important stuff) from 1987 until 2013. The video covers…
Digging through a set of files in the provincial archives once upon a time, your humble e-scribbler came across a particular file in a set bequeathed to the archives decades…
Look no further. This is almost too painful to watch, but watch it we must: Recommend this Post
The Conservative caucus at Queen’s Park must have got to their Leader Tim Hudak. They made him promise to cool his jets on right-to-work laws. With a broad wink, he…
Andrew Coyne is upset. The Liberals may have a new leader. But he worries that they are pretending to be a left wing party: This is not a “new” or…
This is a guest post by Charles W. Elliott, Esq. Fact and fantasy took the stage at this past Sunday’s CBS “Meet the Press”. Bill Nye and Rep. Marsha Blackburn…
I’m here to drop off Son Two for hockey, and behold what I spot on the wall opposite the elevator: him. Full disclosure: I worshipped this man. When I was…
Classic. John, who is a nice fellow, is widely regarded as his own worst enemy. Because, mainly, he is. I went through this exercise with him several times: he’d debate…
I forget what the game is called, but it was all the rage on Facebook a couple weeks ago. Daughter was asked about it. The exchange:
If Stephen Harper fails to get his precious Keystone pipeline, he’ll have Tom Steyer to blame almost as much as Barack Obama.Because the anti-pipeline billionaire has just produced a devastating…
I haven't had a chance to see much of the Justin Trudeau show yet.But what I've seen I've mostly enjoyed. Justin Trudeau is telling his Liberal party that their revival…
Well, I’d ask people to be surprised but it seems Andrew Coyne, the prolific journalist and author, doesn’t seem to like the Liberals as we work through our wonderful four-day…
Seems a little risky, but pretty hilarious:
It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust, and here’s a fascinating talk by “wrongologist” Kathryn Schultz, on the human tendency to be wrong about just about everything. * “This internal sense…
There's an old saying in Quebec, more Con or more stupid than that and you die.But it clearly doesn't apply in Ontario eh?Because if it did the loser Tim Hudak…