Laurie Kingston: That could have been me
The courageous, honest and brilliant Laurie Kingston writes about her experience with depression and anxiety in response to the obituary Andy Jones and Mary-Lynn Bernard’s wrote for their son. My…
April 2014
The perseverance of Pierre Poilievre.
In a caucus of drones, Prime Minister Stephen Harper must have searched hard for one with the traits and training of a pit bull. He found that he had just…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Mitchell Anderson discusses Canada’s woeful excuse for negotiations with the oil sector – particularly compared to the lasting social benefits secured by Norway…
John Tory: he won’t go left or right – he’ll take us backwards
The amount of citizen engagement in this mayoralty campaign is something I haven’t seen before. Here’s another killer vid that came over the transom this morning, on XXXXX’s fave candidate,…
The Oil Barons Are In Charge
The conventional wisdom, Linda McQuaig writes, is that ordinary people don’t understand the science of climate change: It’s we ordinary people, with our self-absorption or resistance to change, who are…
Two-tier “Alberta Chaoulli” goes down to defeat in courts
The so-called “Alberta Chaoulli” challenge to single-tier health care has been defeated in the courts. The Ultra-Conservative Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom (JCCF) had sponsored two cases in that province…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, April 4, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, April 4, 2014: Legal experts slam Tory victims’ rights bill – Toronto Star Self-representation rising in B.C.,…
Well Worth The Read
I’m going to spend much of the day trying to finish off the bulk of my flooring project, so I shall merely offer some reading recommendations for your consideration: In…
www.warrenkinsella.com, your free Ontario politics crystal ball
Me, back in August: “I’ve been saying for months that the Ontario NDP leader is the person most likely to be elected the next Premier…Horwath is the most popular politician…
Horsefeathers #nlpoli
While people have been agitated about comments on Twitter, the Premier has been dazzling the politicians in the House with his explanation of the marvellous financial position of the provincial…
The Fair Elections Act and the Robocall Conspiracy
As I've mentioned before, one of the reasons Stephen Harper's Cons are rushing their Unfair Elections Act through Parliament, is that they want it to become law before Michael Sona's…
Calling For An Occupy Vancouver General Assembly
It’s now Friday, April 4, 2014. Greetings, world, the reboot of the Occupy Movement, the Worldwide #WaveOfAction , has begun in a variety of places around the world! And it…
Why @Suey_park won’t “enact the labour”: Women of Colour don’t owe you an education- #CancelColbert Part 4
…she seemed to discount Zepp as a “White Male” and told him that she, “won’t enact that labour” of explaining to him why a White male probably couldn’t understand why…
Fisheries Minister’s weak response to Cohen Commission petition
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea thinks everything is A-ok with DFO (Chris Wattie/Reuters) I registered the first Environmental Petition (a protocol, not list of names) on the Cohen Report with the…
Tales from the Tory crypt: Apres Alison le deluge
Tory leadership non-candidate Jim Dinning with your blogger, back in the day. Below: Former premier Ed Stelmach and non-candidates Ted Morton and Gary Mar. If we were to speak for…
Your “Nazis equal gays” candidate for Massachusetts governor
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved Used by Permission. Today as I write, I heard, over the Internet, an independent candidate who is running for governor of Massachusetts speaking at…
Sheila Fraser and the Shameful Cowardice of the Cons
When Sheila Fraser was the Auditor General and exposed the Liberal sponsorship scandal, the Cons were only too happy to quote her every word.They couldn't say enough good things about…
Calico. Couch. It’s the nap spot.
Filed under: digital, drawing, iPad Tagged: calico, Cat, nap
How Climate Change Will Kill Us in the Dumbest Possible Way
Couldn’t agree more, stupid is our our story to the end… AKIRA WATTS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT When we’re not actively engaged in killing each other, watching TV, or occupied…