It isn’t Throwback Thursday, but I had to share this.
Saint Bonaventure Junior High student council, Calgary, 1976. Spot the cocky ones.
October 2014
The Conservative Government Responds to the Deaths of Two Canadian Soldiers
Two Canadian soldiers were killed this week. The first, Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, was run down by a car in a parking lot in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. The second, Cpl. Nathan…
CBC Live As Composed As A Live Blog
Ancient years ago, about 6, CBC journalists could be heard explaining to crowds how bloggers might one day be eating their lunch, but for the time being the responsible journalism…
Ukraine election
Teddy here, I’ve quickly put together a map showing the results of the Ukraine election. Remember that the ridings seen on the map are supplemented by Proportional Representation, and, that…
Will Canada have a snap election over new anti-terrorist laws and ISIS?
Big Brother is watching … There is a clear fault line between the two opposition parties, and PM Stephen Harper’s policies with regard to how to combat ISIS. The Conservatives…
CBC severs ties with popular Q host Jian Ghomeshi
The CBC announced Sunday it had severed its ties with Jian Ghomeshi, the popular host of the public broadcaster’s cultural affairs radio show Q. The post CBC severs ties with…
Jon Lefebure Takes on the Tax Issue
Here is Jon Lefebure’s pushback on Taxation, the dominant theme of Election 2014 in North Cowichan Municipal Election. Jon Lefebure Taxes, we all wish we they weren’t necessary, but they…
Something Ugly This Way Comes
I really don’t know what this is about, and frankly I’m not sure I want to. But you wanna talk about the nation losing its innocence? The career of the…
A British Celebrity Russell Brand’s Reaction To Stephen Harper’s Handling Of Ottawa Attack
TORONTO – A British celebrity isn’t wowed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s handling of the aftermath of the shooting of an honour guard at the National War Memorial. The video…
U.S. Tar Sands Action: Reports from the Front Lines in Utah
For the past five months, activists from the Utah Tar Sands Resistance have camped out on the sage-swept, high plateau lands known as PR Springs in eastern Utah. From the…
Hockey Night in Canada: winning hearts and minds
Filed under: Cartoons (Single Panel), Making fun of Conservatives
Jian Ghomeshi Has Left The CBC Building-But Why?
Richard Hughes-Politically Speaking Jian Ghomeshi has been fired, resigned, was forced to resign, chose to leave of his own free will or just what the hell has really happened? Arguably…
rotd: this changes everything
Revolutionary thought of the day: …if there is a reason for social movements to exist, it is not to accept dominant values as fixed and unchangeable but to offer other…
Economics 101
On October 21, Chris Ragan wrote a column for the Globe and Mail titled “In defence of Economics 101.” The link to his column is available here. On October 24,…
Thoughts on a terrible week
Like most other Canadians, I’ve had a hard time processing everything that has happened in Canada this past week. It seemed that the peaceable kingdom had been turned upside down,…
On taboos
Regular readers will know that I’ve spent plenty of time discussing all kinds of plans for multi-party pre-electoral cooperation – and that I’ve been highly skeptical about whether the ones…
My final decision: John Tory, Kristyn Wong-Tam and Chris Moise all have my support!
It has been a grueling municipal election race in Toronto since it began all the way back in January, when the repugnant incumbent Rob Ford jumped into the race for…