April 2014
What the defeat of Rob Anders means
1. Calgarians have again shown the world – viz., Calgary Centre, Wildrose wipeout, etc. etc. – that they aren’t just moving to the centre. They are in the centre. 2.…
The Unfair Elections Act and the Republican Connection
He has always been more of an American style politician than a Canadian one.The closest thing to Richard Nixon and his dirty trick Republicans this country has ever seen.He brought…
Spring revival
Oh it is so nice to have the snow melting and be out and about in the ‘hood once more. Was great to be on the street with the kids…
Spring revival
Oh it is so nice to have the snow melting and be out and about in the 'hood once more. Was great to be on the street with the kids…
Spring revival
Oh it is so nice to have the snow melting and be out and about in the ‘hood once more. Was great to be on the street with the kids…
Tom Adams, Jack Mintz, and Me On The Price Of Wind In Ontario
Tom Adams gets a lot of play as an expert on Ontario’s energy system. The fact that he is or was once associated with Lawrence Solomon’s group Energy Probe does…
Effective management… of bonuses
The marvellous managers of British Columbia’s public service demonstrate an indisputable skill. Come hell or high water, they always manage to hit pre-determined objectives and thereby manage to trigger payments…
Stephen Harper and the Great Kitimat Rebellion
When historians assess the legacy of Stephen Harper fifty years from now, the many scandals of his corrupt regime will probably merit only a few paragraphs.But what they will say…
Budget Basics: Unfunded Pension and Benefits Liabilities #nlpoli
While the provincial budget for 2014 was all about spending government money, the budget speech did raise one issue that the provincial government appears intent on cutting dramatically. A key…
What Yoko Ono Knows About Fracking
Today we are fresh off the tar soaked heels of Enbridge’s lie and spin machine in Kitimat, leading to a vote AGAINST their toxic future. In Kitimat, in a non-binding…
Frazier Glenn Miller, Supporter of Craig Cobb, Suspect in Kansas City Murders
Like a lot of people who learned about the three murders that took place in Kansas City today, we assumed that hate was a motive especially when reports that the…
Motion 503: Calling all Hypocrites and Homophobes
In the same week that the Alberta government debated and rejected Motion 503, Rob Anderson, Wildrose House Leader, made an emotional plea to put an end to name-calling—specifically “Lake of…
Advice to progressives: Don’t airbrush Jim Flaherty’s record out of sympathy for his family
The late Jim Flaherty tries on the traditional new shoes just before delivering his 2012 federal budget. Below, some of Mr. Flaherty’s friends and colleagues: former Ontario premier Mike Harris,…
Vote Out Anders
It was Ron Liepert by a nose for the Calgary Signal Hill Conservative nomination. “Secret Liberal” Ron Liepert has done what a mayor, cabinet minister, and premier failed to do…
ConCalls: Testify, Born Again Christian #RoboCon
Andrew Prescott’s immunity deal is a strange development. The loyal party worker and born-again Christian had for two years categorically denied any knowledge of or involvement in the robocall affair.…
Meet two ambassadors from Canada’s indigenous tar sands resistance
by Kristin Moe | First published by YES! Magazine on March 5, 2014 In 1885, a revolutionary leader wrote, “My people will sleep for one hundred years” and then wake…
“If you Give a Gay Mouse a Cookie” by Art for a Democractic Society
I bought the book “If you Give a Gay Mouse a Cookie” by Art for a Democratic Society because a facebook friend recommended it, and I have to admit, I’m…