The rain
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2014
New column day
Here, on how the Harper Cons’ kabuki consultations can’t mask the fact that their budgets utterly neglect what’s most important to Canadians. For further reading…– Dean Beeby has previously reported…
I’m going to make Valentin Erikson Prime Minister of Canada one day
I can’t tell you why I think he’s the best political staffer ever, and he won’t tell you why I think that. His Conservative antecedents notwithstanding, this guy is awesome.…
Re-reading Heraclitus
I started to re-read Haxton’s 2001 translation of Heraclitus last night. I came across references to him when reading introductory material on Montaigne recently and I wanted to flesh out…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, August 14, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, August 14, 2014: Ferguson riots and the military-like police response – World – CBC News The View…
Ontario’s answer to the deficit: 35 years of revenue cuts
In a recent long-term report on the economy, the Ontario government recognized that own-source Ontario government revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) has declined over the last…
Oil Industry Study Claiming Bakken Crude Safe Contains Whopper of a Disclaimer
On December 30, 2013, a train carrying Bakken crude oil crashed in Casselton, North Dakota resulting in a massive explosion. In January of 2014, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety…
Hot Air And Bad Law
http://o.canada.com Steve Sullivan writes that Stephen Harper’s obsession with PR makes for bad laws.
John Tory, the Conservative Party’s candidate for Toronto mayor
John Tory, who pretends to be a pal of Liberals, shows his true essence: the first chance he gets, he beats a path to a barbecue that pays tribute to…
Justin Trudeau Speaks
But, unfortunately, says nothing. As I have noted elsewhere in this blog and in comments on others’, I have grave misgivings about the Liberal Party under the leadership of Justin…
Is Justin Trudeau peaking too soon?
With at least 14 months to go before the expected federal election, you would be wise to hold off placing bets. And it has little to do with the pollsters…
Help Save The Icelandic Goat
Iceland is a beautiful country filled with beautiful life and sadly one of those lifeforms is threatened: the Icelandic goat. The goats have been on HBO’s Game of Thrones and…
Byline: Trudeau, Harper, polls, and Marc Emery is an idiot
If you watch carefully, you will see I wear Chucks to work. .
Stephen Harper and the Shattering Impact of the EKOS Bomb
By now it should be obvious, if only by the bizarre way he has been behaving, and the way him and his Cons have been trying to smear Justin Trudeau,…
What to Look for in a Nursing Home for Your Ageing Parents
When your parents get to an age that you believe they would be better off living away from their (or your) home in order to receive the care they need,…
Truth and Consequences #nlpoli
Wednesday morning started with an intriguing but hardly surprising story. CBC’s David Cochrane tweeted that sources in the John Ottenheimer camp believed that Conservative leadership candidates Steve Kent and Paul…
Libya—another dictator replaced with chaos
Political use of the term “blowback” first appeared in the CIA’s internal history of the 1953 Iranian coup. Orchestrated by Britain and the U.S., the coup replaced the democratically-elected Mosaddegh…
Reefer Madness:The Cons Try To Use Doctors to Attack Justin Trudeau !!
There is apparently no sordid depth to which Stephen Harper will not stoop or plunge, no sewer he will not crawl through, in his depraved and desperate attempt to smear…
Southern Ontario Skins: A Cast of Stooges Part VII
It would appear that McKee's Blood & Honour and Hynes' Southern Ontario "Skinheads" have decided to continue their little spat on our blog. Truth be told, we are more than…
The boss has gone crazy! He’s giving away PC Party memberships! And this time, it’s no joke!
Tory leadership frontrunner Jim Prentice: Yeah! That’s it! I’ll give away memberships! Below: Candidates Ric McIver and Thomas Lukaszuk. Holy Cow! Not only does Alberta Tory leadership frontrunner Jim Prentice…