Today in cute
Rolling Stone has an article about The Puppy Bowl: This Sunday, millions of Americans will gather around their televisions to watch their favorite athletes compete in a thrilling contest of…
February 2014
Trashing the tacky of tradition.
Speaking of mixed metaphors! Thinking of trashing Conrad Black over his recent bereavement brought to mind both the BBC’s Downton Abbey series and musical Fiddler on the Roof. It really…
Rob Ford – A Hazard to Navigation
Okay, let’s face it. Friday night, following a wake. Rob Ford. Lougheed Hwy at North Road, a high-traffic corridor dividing Burnaby and Coquitlam. The two-legged bucket of lard decides he’s…
Canada’s Veterans Need Protection from Conservatives ( #cdnpoli #cpc )
Long thought of as a core constituency of Conservative parties in Canada, veterans have been the target of Conservative cutbacks and slights over the past couple of years. Conservatives are…
Drought is getting worse in California
Now that California’s Water Board is turning off the tap to certain distributors, and reservoirs are running dry, the cost of water is slated to rise and the impact on…
Unrestrained Nastiness
Yesterday, former soldiers protested the closing of Veterans Affairs Offices across the country. They were told they could be better served on-line. And Julian Fantino, the Minister of Veterans Affairs,…
Misinformation Is Winning – Doubt In Climate Change Climbing
Climate change-related disasters have been rising for decades; yearly temperatures are rising in a nearly consistent pattern; extreme weather events are costing economies across the globe hundreds of billions of…
No Longer The Shape Of Things To Come
It’s here, and it is very, very bad. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Tip of the hat to my friend LeDaro, whose regular…
Sad news; passing of Justice DiSalle
A sensible and compassionate judge: The Honorable Mario C. DiSalle (August 30, 1935 – January 28, 2014) Passed away suddenly at his residence Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Beloved husband of…
Almost there
You know what? I don’t care how scattered or stressed I am, how many hours of sleep I have lost to insomnia, how many IQ points I have lost to…
Free Dominion Is BACK!!! Sort of…
They’ve gone read-only, for the time being. Meanwhile, it worth nothing the occasion that brought them out. A federal appeals court has put the final nail in the coffin of…
The Harperland Winter and Pete Seeger’s Message to Progressives
Well I have to admit it was a pretty grim week in Harperland. It was really cold and dark in the place where I live, and even the lights on…
‘Women Get Paid Exactly What They’re Worth’: Fox New wants women to accept pickle juice
Equal pay is not special treatment, it is correcting for the inequalities born out of patriarchy.
Deputy Health Minister Janet Davidson’s compensation: glaring omission in Alberta Sunshine List coverage explained
Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne with Janet Davidson shortly after he announced her appointment as Deputy Minister in September 2013. Below: Service Alberta Deputy Minister Jay Ramotar; Lord Black of…
How responsible is the International House of Prayer for the death of Bethany Deaton?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Rolling Stone has a sordid tale of cruelty and death in its January 30, 2014 issue. And the International House of…
Not in a drunken stupor
Of course not. Here he is in a Vancouver bar last night, just before he was stopped by police. For jaywalking, maybe more. He was drinking a Coke, he says,…