On the Weakening of the Collective
Summary of interviewed, June 23, by Adam Kahane as part of his Possible Canadas project and first appeared here on Possible Canadas website Kahane: What keeps you up at night?…
2014
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, December 19, 2014
Your news links for today: Unprecedented amount of mobile spectrum to be released to Canadians in 2015 – Canada News Centre Spectrum Wireless Spectrum Auction: 60 Per Cent Reserved For…
Oh, here, my tale
Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, tail, tale
Best song from the best album of 2014
And I’m very happy that Laura Jane Grace is happy, too. Sometimes things work out, you know?
A list
Things #PrincessSassypants is afraid of: Leaves Certain kinds of paper The poop bag holder (that’s shaped like a bone) My skirt Little pieces of dust bunnies Her own farts The…
On representative units
Does anybody remember which particularly prominent political pundit went far out his way to trumpet the idea that basic unit of political legitimacy is the caucus – to the point…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, December 19, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: My post this week @SlawTips: Avoiding File Avoidance After a career change, Blind Melon guitarist is a BigLaw lawyer…
The Curse of Petro-Politics
http://thetyee.ca/ Stephen Harper has made no secret that it is his intention to transform Canada into a petro-state. Stanford professor Terry Lynn Karl has devoted her
“Well look, Mr. Mansbridge” said the Hair.
To be interviewed by his nemesises at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on a bad hair day was really more than the Hair should suffer. And what has befallen Michelle Muntean,…
Stephen Harper and his CRA Stormtroopers Prepare to Kill a Charity
For months Stephen Harper has been unleashing the stormtroopers from the Canadian Revenue Agency upon his many enemies.They have been harassing environmental groups and other progressive charities, and trying to…
Michael Harris REALLY Doesn’t Like Peter Mansbridge
As I said in my last post, I wasn't impressed with the way Peter Mansbridge handled his year end interview with Stephen Harper.I thought he stroked Great Crazy Leader with…
Stephen Harper’s Crazy Carbon Tax problem
As I've been warning recently, Stephen Harper's mental state is clearly growing more unstable by the day.The exhaustion of all those foreign photo-ops, combined with the shock of seeing his…
Top Five UK Fracking Moments of 2014
DeSmog UK has compiled a list of the top 5 fracking moments of 2014 for our #FrackingFriday series – complete with controversial government reforms, industry blunders and the defining moments…
PEI buying Quebec electricity #nlpoli
Prince Edward Island is in the market to buy 100 megawatts of electricity from Hydro-Quebec, according to media reports on Thursday. -srbp-
Of Torture And Tortured Logic
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on December 18, 2014 The executive summary of a nearly 7,000 page report into the C.I.A.’s Detention and Interrogation program under the Bush…
Tory resistance to Wildrose interlopers? Don’t believe it! Here’s why Danielle Smith will soon get her cabinet post
Preston Manning joins the sales team for the new, new, newly united Wildrosey Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta. Actual beloved godfathers of the conservative movement may not appear exactly as…
What is Wrong with Whoopi? The View co-host delusional, downplays racial profiling
"Momma! There's a black lady on TV and she ain't no maid!"That’s what a young Caryn Johnson said when she first saw Nyota Uhura, a character in the original Star…
What is Wrong with Whoopi? The View co-host delusional, downplays racial profiling
“Momma! There’s a black lady on TV and she ain’t no maid!” That’s what a young Caryn Johnson said when she first saw Nyota Uhura, a character in the original…