The Dominatrix and the Ghastly Con Senators
I knew Terri-Jean Bedford was going to get a rough ride, or a verbal spanking, from the Cons on the Senate committee studying the dangerously flawed prostitution bill.After all, she…
September 2014
At last! #nlpoli
Without a doubt, this is the most interesting, entertaining and revealing thing to come out of the Conservative leadership campaign. This could probably use a bit of writing and editing…
I Bought Richard Tol’s ‘Climate Economics’ So You Don’t Have To – It’s Dull and Dangerous
The Sussex University economist has aligned himself with climate denial and his tweets are highly entertaining – shame this book is so damn conventional. Professor Richard Tol has authored a…
I Bought Richard Tol’s ‘Climate Economics’ So You Don’t Have To – It’s Dull and Dangerous
The Sussex University economist has aligned himself with climate denial and his tweets are highly entertaining – shame this book is so damn conventional. Professor Richard Tol has authored a…
Hudson’s Hope issues water quality advisory as heavy metals detected
Hudson’s Hope, BC (OurBC.com) A water quality advisory has been issued by the District of Hudson’s Hope, in northeast BC. Residents are being warned not to drink or use water…
Political business in great waters: When they that go down to the sea in ships are up to no good!
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Admiralty Stephen Harper. For all we know, actual Canadian prime ministers do appear in silk stockings and tri-corner hats exactly as illustrated. You…
Raise the minimum wage
$21/hour should be the minimum wage – as it is in Denmark – if there is universal public health care, adequate pensions, subsidized child care and free universal education from…
Gay Rights, Abortion big issues at Conservative nomination debate in Medicine Hat
TweetThe Medicine Hat News reports that abortion and the rights of sexual minorities were the hot topics at a debate between Dan Hein and MP Jim Hillyer, the two candidates…
A Bad Day For Terry: Tremaine Looses Appeal
Last we heard Terry Tremaine was appealing his contempt of court conviction. Today, he learned that he was going straight to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.00…
Independent Legal Perspective on BC Liberal Government’s Proposal E 80-VIDEO
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Peter Fassbender is beginning to show the stress of pretending to negotiate all summer. Added to that he is now facing shutdown classes throughout British Columbia. He…
There Are Homeless People in Saskatchewan?
How is this even possible? How could a Minister of the province of Saskatchewan not realize there are homeless people, and others struggling to pay rent right here in Regina?…
Dear #TOpoli: tonight you were a sewer of hate
It was really, really bad. My reaction:
15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford encountered an angry mob when she attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
A Mighty Girl On this day in 1957, 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford encountered an angry mob when she attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Eckford…
West Van councillor doesn’t buy economic promises of Woodfibre LNG
Watch this video of West Vancouver Councillor Mary-Anne Booth standing by her vote to ban LNG tankers in Howe Sound – taken by a grassroots group critical of the proposed…
Fracking-related earthquakes prompt halt to Ohio wastewater injections
Read this Sept. 6 Associated Press story by Julie Carr Smith on regulators’ concerns over earthquakes in Ohio connected to post-fracking wastewater injection. State regulators suspended operations at two deep-injection…
A scotch versus a brit
Filed under: Cartoons (Single Panel), Non political
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Scott Clark and Peter DeVries criticize the Cons’ choice to prioritize right-wing dogma over sound economic management: What should Canada do? For starters,…
Rob Ford and the Mike Tyson Fiasco
I suppose by now I shouldn't be surprised by anything Rob Ford says or does. Because that ghastly Con has been crawling through a sewer from the moment he came…
More Liberal devastation
A report released today shows that B.C. Liberal hikes to ferry fares are causing economic damage across the province, say the New Democrats. “This new report does the work the…