Reveling In Ignorance
It is perhaps the supreme irony of our age; for the first time in history we have access to a world of information and data literally at our fingertips; it…
May 2014
TFWP: Yet Another Reason To Shut It Down
The consequences of the Harper Government’s widening of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program over the last several years keeps going from bad to worse. At first it was employers choosing…
Learning Timmy Hudak’s ‘rithmatic.
One of the problems politicians face is that voters often take you literally. If you are stupid enough to tell voters that you are going to create a million jobs…
The Perils Of An Inflated Ego
Next month, the Harper government will announce its decision on the Northern Gateway Pipeline. Murray Dobbin writes: The momentum of opposition to the pipeline — and perhaps more importantly, to…
Toronto Councillor Doug Ford Confirms His Fear of Children With Autism
Dear Toronto City Councillor Doug Ford, as the father of a son with severe autism disorder, my son Conor pictured above, I want to reassure you that you needn’t be…
Stephen Harper’s Excruciatingly Embarrassing Supreme Court Fiasco
Gawd. I bet I know how Stephen Harper is spending the May Two-Four weekend eh?Trying to build up his courage to say sorry to the Chief Justice for smearing her…
The left-wing conservatives #nlpoli
In 2010, the provincial Conservatives had a chance to reinvigorate their party in time for the 2011 general election. They deliberately stuck with an interim leader in order to avoid…
Environment Journal Editor Responds To Conservative Media Storm Over Rejected Climate Manuscript
THERE’S an old proverb that suggests it’s always the lie that gets half way around the world while the truth is still pulling its boots on. But if evidence from…
Thousands across Europe rally against EU policies (VIDEOS) — RT News
Thousands across Europe rally against EU policies (VIDEOS) — RT News. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Protest
Europe’s Brutal Discipline » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
Europe’s Brutal Discipline » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names. The European utopia is turning into a system for delivering punishment. As Europe’s regime gets tougher, there is a…
Jim Prentice: A Risk Adverse Banker Meets the Black Swan
Two energy company executives made a wager. The one who bet that Jim Prentice would never give up $3 million a year in exchange for power lost. True story. Mr…
Hashtag hypocrisy: #on the other hand my husband orders drone strikes that have killed hundreds of kids
The kidnapping of the Nigerian schoolgirls by Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, also known by the Hausa name Boko Haram, happened over a month ago. By now a percentage of…
Song arrangements for CPLUG
I have arranged several songs for our local ukulele group (CPLUG – the Collingwood Public Library Ukulele Group) over the recent months, and put them online for our members and…
What is the GTA?
No Teddy update of the prediction this week; as polls are just as wild as before, and thus, not much has changed. Rather, an answer to a discussion that came…
This is why we can’t permit another abortion law in this country
Because when politicians get the chance, they will spend endless time passing more and more ridiculous and picayune anti-choice laws.Like this one in Missouri last week: requiring a woman to…
Ontario election: Shades of the 2015 Harper-Trudeau battle?
When it comes to elections in Canada, with its relatively low voting rates, age matters. Older folks vote with their feet, all the way to the polling stations, while younger…
Three more PC MLAs throw their support behind Jim Prentice
TweetBy: Scooter M. Rock Political reporter with the Calgary Gazette Tribune: CALGARY- More than twenty MLAs have now pledged their support to former federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice’s campaign to…