Pseudo-patriotic madness
This is news, right from the CBC, not April Fool or The Onion: The Massachusetts House of Representatives has finally granted initial approval to a Bill naming the Fluffernutter the…
2014
The fat lady has yet to sing.
Public opinion polls can never replace voting. And the provincial election is not going to happen until New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath says it will. So, you might as well…
It Takes Sunny Ways
Yesterday — for the second time in a month — the Supreme Court reminded Stephen Harper of two truths about Canada. The first is that, as prime minister, he is…
EU Election, 2014
First things first, I want to make clear just how large and confusing this election is. What we have is 28 independent countries holding elections, and in many of them,…
Kyle Seeback, CPC MP For Brampton West, On Abortion And Rape
“If life begins at conception then abortion is taking a life. I don’t think that is an appropriate response to a terribly traumatic event (rape),” he said.“To say that because…
Saturday At The Movies
A love story. Get your hanky ready. * If you want to watch a longer version of this story, check out the video below.
More problems for proposed Trinity Western University law school
The Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario) and Nova Scotia Barristers Society have voted on whether future graduates of the BC evangelical university which recently received permission from BC to…
The Incredible Humiliation of Stephen Harper and Pierre Poilievre
Golly. I don't know who looked more more beaten or more pathetic today, Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre. It was too close to call.But what is certain is that both…
Don’t give up on the Senate, Mr. Harper
It wouldn’t be surprising if Prime Minister Harper was in a bit of a funk over the Supreme Court’s decision on the Senate this week. The Court unanimously rejected his…
McDonald’s Canada CEO calls foreign worker controversy ‘Bullshit’
You can read the story and listen to the call here:
Musical interlude
Our Lady Peace – Clumsy
Great line of the day
University of Montreal professor Paul Daly on the Supreme Court decision that the Harper Cons cannot unilaterally change the Senate: Constitutional change is “difficult . . . and why shouldn’t…
What The Senate Ruling Says About Harper
The Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on the Senate Reform questions that Harper put to them last year came out today. The ruling itself is not terribly surprising, but what…
The Shocking Dr. Levin
The long, twisty and sordid legal saga of Aubrey Levin has finally come to an end. Originally found guilty on three counts of sexual assault in January 2013, Levin’s five…
The Shocking Dr. Levin
The long, twisty and sordid legal saga of Aubrey Levin has finally come to an end. Originally found guilty on three counts of sexual assault in January 2013, Levin’s five…
New study reveals best and worst cities to be a woman in Canada
by: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Press Release | April 23, 2014 OTTAWA—A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals the best and…
Are You A Birdbrain?
Watch this video to the end, and you will realize the question is not intended as an insult: Recommend this Post
Model T and Big Mac parallels
A once convenient version of history stated that a century ago, Henry Ford paid daily wages of $5, double the usual, so workers could afford the vehicles they made. According…
Motherboard: Canada Won’t Escape the FCC’s Gutting of Net Neutrality
Canadians have everything to fear if proposed U.S. FCC rule changes around net neutrality go through. We rely on net neutrality to have an open, innovative, and democratic Internet, and…
David Black Starves His Local Papers and Want Us To Trust Him With An Oil Refinery
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Black Press owner David Black is using his newspapers, including the Cowichan News Leader, in an attempt to spread his sticky propaganda about the benefits of supporting…