April 2014
What A Friend We Have In Stephen*
* With apologies to Joseph Scriven’s original hymn, What a Friend We Have in Jesus. One can only assume that these days there are far fewer congregants lustily singing the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 1, 2014: Lawyer wants to question Bieber again about ex-Selena Gomez “Why Is LSUC Donating to…
Japan Ordered to Stop Whaling and Complies
Japan has long been criticized for its “scientific” whaling and now the UN has asked them to stop. Japan defended itself by saying that their ships who were slaughtering whales…
Rob Ford’s interview re: Crack cocaine
Interview #2. Interview #3.
A Sore Winner
In his most recent column at ipolitics, Michael Harris recounts observations from people who have had to deal with Stephen Harper: “You have to appreciate Orwell to get a feel…
Bear – Noah Parr
I met Noah Parr last year in Cape Dorset — his grandson shows promise as a carver.
Does Harper have to show you how Justin?
No Justin, you do not have to listen to some cranky left-wing liberal from the boonies of Ontario. When we first met four years ago, you were as easy to…
No April Fool’s, but foolish and in April
This really happened. My apologies for ruining your breakfast.
SaskPower Carbon Capture and Storage Going Online Today, On Schedule
@tingeyd -Construction of the @SaskPowerCCS facility is complete. Currently commissioning and preparing for commercial operation Spring 2014— (@SaskPowerCCS) January 27, 2014 “The government boasted at last week’s Boundary Dam symposium…
Stephen Harper and the Eve of Destruction
Well I can only imagine him today, huddled in his bunker with his closest advisers. The shrinking band of PMO fanatics he still trusts.Lamenting the fate of his faithful Dimitri.While…
It’s April 1st
April Fool’s day. Conduct yourself accordingly. Which is to say, trust nothing that you read. Even this. That is all.
Political Parties and Ideology in Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli
If you haven’t read it already, flip on over to Drew Brown’s blog coaker’s ghost and check out his post called “much ado about nothing.” Drew discusses some recent events…
Crossroads Christian Communications ties to controversial Newsweek owners
For awhile now, Crossroads Christian Communications has been using a David Jang website for it’s news feed at Crossroads 360. Why? Ever since the Christianity Today investigative articles on Jang…
Premier Clark ditches coal & LNG for renewables
Christy Clark announced today that the province is terminating coal exports and ending negotiations to provide free land, power, natural gas feedstock, shipping facilities and other capital and operating supports…
Occupy IKEA’s #HouseRules
IKEA’s #HouseRules = union busting! Oh, IKEA, you’d think you’d learn from all the past corporate attempts to create a Twitter hashtag to promote your brand, attempts that have been…
University Criticizes Conservative Media For Misrepresentations That Sparked Hate Mail From Climate Science Deniers
A university has criticized conservative media for a serious misrepresentation of one of its academics that sparked a torrent of abuse from climate science deniers. As revealed by DeSmogBlog, Rochester…
Well, that’s that
Single again. Weird. I think I was destined grow old in the company of dogs. Anyway, carry on. .
Stephen Harper and the Battle to Save Medicare
It was good to see Canadians out in the streets across the country today, sending a loud message to Stephen Harper:Take your grubby paws off our medicare system. On the…
Norm on CFAX1070 with Ian Jessop 3/31/14
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