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March 2014
Better To Reign In Hell
Jim Flaherty jumped ship yesterday. It came as no surprise. When he questioned the wisdom of income splitting, he signalled that he was heading for dry land. He had the…
Tony Blair and the Corporatization of Social Democracy
Tony Blair, by any sensible yardstick, is a douchebag. Recently, The Guardian, under the headline “Toxic”, detailed Blair’s “downward spiral”. This included the revelation that he may have been having…
Recusal motion
Dugas v. Gaudet et al., 2014 NBCA 7: The grounds giving rise to the apprehension of bias must be sufficiently serious to rebut the presumption that the judge will abide…
More From Star Readers
Whenever I need a morale boost, I look to the letters’ section of The Toronto Star. There I find regular confirmation that progressive notions are far from dead in this…
The Sad and Dismal Legacy of Little Jimbo Flaherty
Well I see that little Jimbo Flaherty has fallen off his mole hill for the very last time.Or left Stephen's Harper's murky pond. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has resigned. He…
Doing it exactly right #nlpoli
No one could have picked a better panel of three people to review the provincial government’s access to information law than the three announced by Premier Tom Marshall on Tuesday.…
Godzilla Preview/Review: Godzilla Vs. Pacific Rim
It can’t POSSIBLY be as good as Pacific Rim! Pacific Rim had Giant Monsters in the plural AND GIANT ROBOTS!!! This has just one (1) monster, even though he’s a…
Stephen Harper and the Con Day of Infamy
It couldn't have been a more welcome sight. The last Canadian soldiers returning from Afghanistan. If I had been watching them coming in to land, I would have been waving…
Early Autism Identification Breakthrough? That’s Funny, Conor Was Diagnosed 16 Years Ago At Age 2!
Above: Conor last month leaving school with his Mom on his 18th birthday Below: Conor 16 years ago on his 2nd birthday. The next day he received his autism diagnosis.…
Stop. Obeying. The. Rich. NOW!
Once upon a time, we were taught to envy and respect our “betters,” like the rich. No more. They’re taking our money and throwing us under the bus every day.…
What the War Nerd says about the Crimea
Over the years, whenever there is a war going on just about anywhere, it’s The War Nerd, Gary Brecher, who seems to explain it better than anyone else.So I’ve been…
The CVRD Has Established a Special Committee to Investigate Management Compensation.
Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations Contributor With rumblings of discontent at over-large salaries growing around the board table, a $200,000-a-year man sent down the road carrying a bag of gold, and an…
Electoral math is calculus, not arithmetic, so 15 more Tory defectors won’t necessarily bring down Alison Redford’s shaky government
Alberta Premier Alison Redford and her crack team of Tory political strategists consult the Billion Dollar Brainiac, the Alberta government’s carbon- and vote-capture supercomputer, to figure out how many members…
Beyond The Book Lecture: John Gormley – #UofR 2014
I’ve been to a lot of University of Regina lectures over the years. None by a right wing radio commentator, until tonight, and it didn’t turn out how I expected.…
4 ways out of the PC leadership crisis
Tweet The increasingly public struggle between Premier Alison Redford and a group of disgruntled MLAs in the Progressive Conservative Party continues this week. Following Monday’s announcement by Calgary-Varsity PC MLA…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Outstretched cats.
John Tory campaign: AWOL
Oh, but I’m sure the rally will go great. Don’t worry, fellas. .