Moon and Autumn Leaves
(click to enlarge) Filed under: Light
November 2014
At The Breaking of Day
Day broke, a liquid egg: Filed under: Light
Clearing The Forest
The Queen’s act against this homeless woman is unkind, and Canada’s laws shouldn’t be unkind for the sake of protecting unused land from First Nations people building a temporary home.…
Stephen Harper’s Bizarre Missionary Mission to China
Well I see that Stephen Harper's visit to China has got off to a heavenly start. With our new Chinese overlords wanting to talk about business, now that Harper has…
Apprentice. Intern. Slave.
The employment climate for many students and graduates has been a difficult terrain to not only navigate but also survive. And slavery masked under labels of ‘apprentice’ or ‘intern’ only…
I’d say he deserves some criticism
Wouldn’t you?
25th Anniversary: Thatcher Tells UN Markets Must Face Limits to Prevent Climate Change
Margaret Thatcher was at the height of her premiership when she took to the podium at the United Nations general assembly on the global environment held at the UN building…
No sex please, we’re parliamentarians.
When you are part of Canada’s parliament, you are assumed to be an adult. You are expected to act like one. You hardly expect Members of Parliament and Cabinet Ministers…
Becoming Our Burden
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/ As EKOS reports that the Harperites are making political hay from the fear of terrorism, Paul Adams argues that there is a good case to be made for doing…
Con MP Supports Action on Climate Change? What?
What? What? What? What? Could this be the end of the denial of science? Chong for prime minister? What? “This most recent report concludes that the warming of the planet…
Violence Against Women: Why We All Need to Look in the Mirror
I'm ashamed to admit that when the stories about the ghastly harassment of women in this country began to emerge, first at the CBC and then on Parliament Hill, I…
Stephen Harper’s Outrageously Stealthy F-35 Scandal
Two years ago he told us that he was pressing the "reset button" on his plan to buy 65 F-35 fighters from his friends at Lockheed Martin, after it was…
Poppy Day will never be the same in Canada
For the first time since I was a little kid when my mother sewed one on my coat, about sixty years or so ago, I will not be wearing a…
Poppy Day will never be the same in Canada
For the first time since I was a little kid when my mother sewed one on my coat, about sixty years or so ago, I will not be wearing a…
Business arising from the minutes: Unionized St. Albert workers sign deal; CTF Alberta director suddenly departs
Toronto’s once notorious Rochedale College, now a perfectly respectable apartment building. Below: Outgoing Canadian Taxpayers Federation Alberta Director Derek Fildebrandt and the King’s Noodle Restaurant (grabbed from TripAdvisor). TORONTO It…
Poppy Day will never be the same in Canada
For the first time since I was a little kid when my mother sewed one on my coat, about sixty years or so ago, I will not be wearing a…
Musical interlude
Mahmut Orhan & Boral Kibil – Fringe
Yahoo Finance: CRTC forces Big Telecom to end 30-day cancellation notice policy
Thousands of Canadians joined in on the CRTC’s Let’s Talk TV hearings, and told the panel they want more choice and flexibility. Now we’re finally seeing some improvement. Article by…
Nov. 7: Miscellania
This is not one of the regular blogs. It’s one I’ve started just out of frustration at the lying and corruption that characterizes so much of our news media. I…