First Robin of Spring Sighted…Or At Least, My First Robin
Out walking this morning and sighted the first robin so far this spring. The grass is mostly free of snow, but now yet green here, nor are there any leaves…
2014
The boredom of bitumen.
The wife does not want to read another commentary on tar sands bitumen. She thinks that some people who worry about bitumen should get a life. You have to admit…
April 14: Z-Z-Z-Z-…
It must take very special minds to produce, year after year, a newspaper that says nothing at all. Today, I read the paper through breakfast, with nothing to do on…
Cat looking at things
Filed under: art Tagged: Cat
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, April 14, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 14, 2014: Federal appeals court overturns conviction for ‘white hat’ hacker ‘Weev’ Wall Street Journal on…
A Guest Post From The Mound Of Sound
I have missed reading the Mound of Sound since he put his blog, The Disaffected Lib, on hiatus about five weeks ago. A man of wide-ranging interests and passions, his…
RoTo: 151 days with no policies
But I love Dithers’ addled mouthpiece’s quote at the bottom (link is under the 24 front pic): “It is a fabrication that our campaign doesn’t have strong policies. We will…
What the defeat of Rob Anders means
1. Calgarians have again shown the world – viz., Calgary Centre, Wildrose wipeout, etc. etc. – that they aren’t just moving to the centre. They are in the centre. 2.…
The Unfair Elections Act and the Republican Connection
He has always been more of an American style politician than a Canadian one.The closest thing to Richard Nixon and his dirty trick Republicans this country has ever seen.He brought…
Spring revival
Oh it is so nice to have the snow melting and be out and about in the ‘hood once more. Was great to be on the street with the kids…
Spring revival
Oh it is so nice to have the snow melting and be out and about in the 'hood once more. Was great to be on the street with the kids…
Spring revival
Oh it is so nice to have the snow melting and be out and about in the ‘hood once more. Was great to be on the street with the kids…
Tom Adams, Jack Mintz, and Me On The Price Of Wind In Ontario
Tom Adams gets a lot of play as an expert on Ontario’s energy system. The fact that he is or was once associated with Lawrence Solomon’s group Energy Probe does…
Effective management… of bonuses
The marvellous managers of British Columbia’s public service demonstrate an indisputable skill. Come hell or high water, they always manage to hit pre-determined objectives and thereby manage to trigger payments…
Stephen Harper and the Great Kitimat Rebellion
When historians assess the legacy of Stephen Harper fifty years from now, the many scandals of his corrupt regime will probably merit only a few paragraphs.But what they will say…
Budget Basics: Unfunded Pension and Benefits Liabilities #nlpoli
While the provincial budget for 2014 was all about spending government money, the budget speech did raise one issue that the provincial government appears intent on cutting dramatically. A key…
What Yoko Ono Knows About Fracking
Today we are fresh off the tar soaked heels of Enbridge’s lie and spin machine in Kitimat, leading to a vote AGAINST their toxic future. In Kitimat, in a non-binding…
Frazier Glenn Miller, Supporter of Craig Cobb, Suspect in Kansas City Murders
Like a lot of people who learned about the three murders that took place in Kansas City today, we assumed that hate was a motive especially when reports that the…