Tax Evasion: When the Cons Are Part of the Problem
As probably you know, the Con regime has given the Canada Revenue Agency more money to go after its enemies.While depriving it of the resources and the inspectors to go…
2014
Special treatment for special friends
Andrew MacLeod of The Tyee is reporting that BC Government officials aim to exempt natural gas producers from requirements they contribute to an industry fund that would pay to clean…
The Scandal on the Hill and the Old Boy’s Club
As if Stephen Harper hadn't degraded the image of our Parliament enough. Reduced it to a fascist circus where the Big Lie rules, and shame goes to die.Mocked it, muzzled…
Cycling through Newfoundland Politics #nlpoli
A couple of recent posts included the invented word “stragedy”. As some of you figured out, it’s a deliberate combination of strategy and tragedy that reflects the strategic tragedy and…
Salmon Farmers’ ads more full of crap than seabed beneath their pens
Norwegian salmon farm (Karin Beate Nøsterud/norden.org) The BC Salmon Farmers’ Association continues to make assertions about open-net fish farms that don’t agree with the science, as a recent ad in…
There’s no better time than right now for non-union employees of the City of St. Albert to look for union protection
St. Albert’s 2013 civic election campaign was pretty dirty, as the illustration above, grabbed from an anonymous blog during the campaign, illustrates. Since those kind of tactics seemed to work,…
Sleepy Yellowhead by-election set for November 17
TweetA big Conservative win is inevitable in this rural Alberta riding When recently resigned Conservative Member of Parliament Rob Merrifield was appointed by Premier Jim Prentice as Alberta’s Representative in…
No Love From Sebastian For BC Nazi Fan
Christopher Sandau was fired by the North Delta Minor Hockey Association this past Saturday. Now, usually when a coach if fired, it is connected to some sort of abuse of…
The Con Regime and the Great Bridge Debacle
Well I see that Denis Lebel, Stephen Harper's Quebec lieutenant, has been forced to beat a humiliating retreat.After trying to rename Montreal's Champlain Bridge after the famous hockey player Maurice…
Western premiers ask federal government for $1B spend on infrastructure
Satire inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/western-premiers-ask-federal-government-for-1b-spend-on-infrastructure-1.2826670
Why Belgians marched today
Originally posted on Revolting Europe: Unions lead a massive demonstration today in Brussels against cuts to public services, pensions and wages. As many as 100,000 marched against the new coalition…
Four Prime Questions about Harper’s Response to Ottawa Shooting
Photo from Public Domain Two weeks after the senseless murder of a soldier on Parliament Hill (and another earlier in Montreal) there are several things we know and many we…
New student coalition vows to block tar sands pipelines at Quebec border
A new student coalition promises to block Transcanada’s Energy East and Enbridge’s line 9B tar sands pipeline projects “at Quebec border.” The post New student coalition vows to block tar…
Rewriting history for the past five years, and counting
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Winston Churchill once said, or wrote: “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” Or rewrite it,…
Crazy Cats and Brain Parasites
It reads like a script for a scary movie: an alien parasite invading our brains, taking control of our minds, changing our behaviour silently, secretly; making us do what it…
In Friday’s Sun: Conflicted Broadcasting Corporation
What’s a conflict of interest, anyway? A conflict of interest happens when a person has multiple interests, and one of those interests could compromise – or corrupt – something the…
Mulcair is Shocked. I Don’t Believe Him, Not For a Minute.
NDP leader, Tommy Mulcair, says he was shocked that Justin Trudeau went public, suspending two Liberal caucus members over allegations of harassment and referring the matter to the Speaker of…
Bush Family and Its Inner Circle Play Central Role in Lawsuits Against Denton, Texas, Fracking Ban
This week, Denton, Texas, became the first city in the state to ban the process of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) when 59 percent of voters cast ballots in favour of the…
Kinder Morgan may win in court, but it’s quickly losing social licence
Citizens protest Kinder Morgan outside BC Supreme Court (Photo: AJ Klein/facebook) Houston-based pipeline giant Kinder Morgan may obtain an injunction from the BC Supreme Court today to remove protestors from…