Why Do I Find This So Immensely Appealing?
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2014
Thank You Alison Redford
Alison Redford did two things right during her short stint as Alberta’s 14th premier. She jumped before she was pushed and she implemented an expense disclosure policy that, like ball…
Crimea and Misdemeanours
Bad puns aside, the recent intrigue in Crimea has been responsible for more nonsensical political blustering than any single international incident in the past decade. It has been a curious…
Arctic offshore drilling preparations concern communities
(Photo: Offshore Energy Today) by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press Governments, aboriginal groups and Arctic communities Growing industry interest in the offshore oil resources of Canada’s Arctic is forcing northerners…
The Politics Of Othering
I don’t like Pauline Marois. I never have. Frankly, she reminds me of a teacher I had in grade 6 who ruled the classroom through fear and intimidation … and…
Saturday Photo: Enough Already!
More snow yesterday, and everyone is getting tired of it! Today the temps are very cold too–minus 15 C when we got up, and now about minus 10. At least…
Gender Failure: Highly readable, highly recommended
I got an advance copy of Gender Failure, by Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon. It’s not quite available in the stores yet, but it’s coming soon and I urge…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Edward Robinson laments the willingness of European centre-left parties to abandon any attempt to argue against austerity even when the evidence shows…
Reading Old Family Photos – Did My Nana’s Sister Have a Disability?
My Nana, Christina Mary McLeod, was a strong woman. I remember washing a grey, hooked rug with her at our family cottage on a Quebec lake. She filled the old…
March 23: Stray thoughts on a Sunday….
Some weeks ago, the TandT carried a story of the Moncton RCMP getting an armoured car. There was a small picture with an even smaller text that said nothing.And this…
Ukraine – U Lose
I’m still trying to understand the reasons why we’re defending unelected coup leaders in the Ukraine. And then reality set in: it’s about the oil.
Harper Meets With Ukrainian PM
Great photo-op for Harper. He seems to give the impression that he is the leader to solve the world problems. First G7 leader to visit Ukraine.
The Young Could Be Game Changers
The Canadian Press reports that pollster Nick Nanos and former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page are working on a project to increase youth turnout in the next election. Nanos has…
Popularity versus notoriety in Quebec.
In a news conference the other day, Quebec Premier Pauline Marois was accompanied by her star candidate Pierre Karl Péladeau. She was quoted as saying to the news media that…
Thinking about a new ukulele
I’ve been thinking seriously of adding another ukulele to the herd. A tenor resonator, or resophonic, like the Kala shown above. That’s the re-designed 2014 model. I’ve played earlier models,…
A More Realistic Appraisal of Jim Flaherty
If, like me, you were rather appalled by the hypocritical yet predictable enconiums offered to Jm Flaherty by his political foes, you will likely enjoy this letter from Ottawa Star…
Israel, Harper back unelected Kiev government: anti-Semitism and far-right nationalism downplayed
Top: Svoboda leader Oleh Tyahnybok in group shot with Canada’s John Baird / Lower left: Tyahnybok in action / Lower right: Svoboda parade Stephen Harper’s visit to Ukraine this week…
Electoral Integrity of Act Questioned.
When 19 international Scholars from six democracy’s across the world add their voice to the over 150 Canadian scholars and almost universal condemnation of the Harper Regime’s attempt to introduce…
Spain’s Marches of Dignity 22M, 2014: Not Anti-Politics
Originally posted on Contentious Politics in an Age of Austerity: On the 22nd of March, thousands of people will arrive in Madrid from all over Spain in six columns that…