John Robson, Your Pain Sustains Me
Tim Hudak is a boob. And if that means Kathleen Wynne gets re-elected, don’t blame me. It wasn’t my idea. That’s the spirit! Despair, self-loathing! Ontario’s political right as they…
May 2014
Supervised Injection In Toronto: Why The Discussion Has Screeched To A Halt
By Joe Fantauzzi @jjfantauzzi Drug use is a multifaceted issue in urban life. Addiction can take an enormous toll on individuals and can leave the municipalities in which those people…
Bell / BellAliant: Get your act together
Long story short: I tried to access CTV online. It wouldn’t accept my login and sent me to a password recovery page. But this page rejected by email address because…
Climate Change Impacts Hit Florida
* Record floods and extreme weather: Florida’s floods are linked to climate change
Nalcor promising Boston cheap electricity courtesy of NL taxpayers #nlpoli
Muskrat Falls is over budget, big time. The latest estimate is $7.4 billion and climbing on a project stat was forecast at $5.0 billion just four years ago. The project…
The Supreme Court Smear and the Incredible Shrinking Peter MacKay
I have never had much respect for Peter MacKay since the day he sold out his Progressive Conservative party to Stephen Harper's Reform Alliance.For as the moderate Con Lowell Murray…
The Scary Self Destruction of the Monster Stephen Harper
Well I have to admit that I'm not in the best shape myself. And that I will be hobbling around on crutches for about a week.But I want to thank…
Ferries’ future foretold
In a month or three, BC Ferries will publish statements of its financial position and information about remuneration earned by the top executives. I had someone look into a crystal…
Gas royalties in decine
A royalty is the price paid by a non-owner to use or consume the owner’s asset. In Canada, at least in theory, provincial governments own and manage resources for the…
Alberta Workers Compensation Board poised to give back more than $500 million to employers
Alberta Workers Compensation Board officials ready shipments of money to send back to employers. Actual WBC staff may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Labour Minister Thomas Lukaszuk and now-official…
The left needs a progressive Euroscepticism to counter the EU’s ills | Costas Lapavitsas | Comment is free | theguardian.com
The left needs a progressive Euroscepticism to counter the EU’s ills | Costas Lapavitsas | Comment is free | theguardian.com. Frustration is currently sweeping Europe and for good reason: persistent…
The All-Calgarian PC Party leadership race
TweetAnother Calgarian has entered what has been, at least so far, an all-Calgarian Progressive Conservative leadership race. Announcing his candidacy in the contest to become the next PC Party leader…
Baseball
Robert and I appeared on the big screen in the outfield briefly. Two clothed streakers were on the field. 8-0 for the Royals. Got our tickets on sale for $25…
South Africa counting votes
SA’s election was today, and the nation is counting it’s ballots. Polls closed a few hours ago. As Canadians we get used to having our final results in by the…
Tim Hudak Kamikazes Himself
I LOVE IT! Tim Hudak crashes and burns. Next question: “Tim, why the hell would someone vote for you?” Answer: “We’re hoping there’s a lot of stupid going around in…
Andrea Horwarth’s Decision to Exclude Greens from Debates is Shameful for ONDP Supporters
Oh no. Here we go again. More anti-democratic hypocrisy from the higher-ups in the NDP. The Ontario 2014 provincial election officially got underway today, although unofficial campaigning certainly began the…
Time for another urgent Asshole Alert
To wit: have you seen this asshole? .
The Harper Government: Doesn’t Play Well With Others
Is it me or do you get the sense that if a primary school teacher were grading the “Harper Government,” as it like to call itself, the phrase “doesn’t play…