Rep. John Lewis’s dance
Clapping and swinging his hips, civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis danced to Pharrell Williams’ hit song “Happy” in a recent YouTube post.“This is my song!” the 74-year-old Georgia Democrat…
2014
Life In Scarborough: Olivia Chow On Better Bus Service
Olivia Chow will take downtown, but she has to do OK in the burbs if she wants to win the T.O. mayor’s race. In fact, I would argue that she…
Talk is cheap. #nlpoli
It was only a matter of time before the government that says more and more about less and less figured out that its best mouthpiece was Steve Kent, right, the…
Random Terrorism From North American Police
Five police beat and kill Luis Rodriguez. You know you’re living in an increasingly terrorized state when the police kill for no good reason. Sure there are extenuating circumstances, but…
Success Defeated Alison Redford
Alison Redford was defeated because her party is too successful. And there's proof.In politics there wouldn't be many opportunities to test such a theory; to really know if it was…
Success Defeated Alison Redford
Alison Redford was defeated because her party is too successful. And there’s proof. In politics there wouldn’t be many opportunities to test such a theory; to really know if it…
Success Defeated Alison Redford
Alison Redford was defeated because her party is too successful. And there's proof.In politics there wouldn't be many opportunities to test such a theory; to really know if it was…
Success Defeated Alison Redford
Alison Redford was defeated because her party is too successful. And there’s proof. In politics there wouldn’t be many opportunities to test such a theory; to really know if it…
Fred Phelps: Why I’m Celebrating the Death of a Bigot
It seems only right that the day Spring finally arrived, was also the day that Fred Phelps finally departed.Fred Phelps — the founding pastor of a Kansas church known for…
Fred Phelps dies
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Fred Phelps, the former pastor (as he had recently been excommunicated by his extremist Westboro Baptist Church), died today. The National…
Science Journal Set To Retract Paper Linking Climate Change Scepticism To Conspiracy Theorists After Sceptics Shout Libel
A psychology journal is said to be preparing to retract a scientific paper that found a link between conspiratorial thinking and the rejection of global warming science after climate sceptics…
Parsing a "Poll" in Alberta’ s Leadership Politics
So Angus Reid did a poll on Alberta political leadership issues that they released on March 17/14. It was a on-line poll done March 3-9 using 698 of the Angus…
Parsing a "Poll" in Alberta’ s Leadership Politics
So Angus Reid did a poll on Alberta political leadership issues that they released on March 17/14. It was a on-line poll done March 3-9 using 698 of the Angus…
Parsing a "Poll" in Alberta’ s Leadership Politics
So Angus Reid did a poll on Alberta political leadership issues that they released on March 17/14. It was a on-line poll done March 3-9 using 698 of the Angus…
Southern Ontario Skinheads Gone Walkabout in Kingston
On March 15, boneheads around North America participated in an event called, “The White Man’s March.” Well, “participated” might not be an accurate description of what happened on that day.…
Elections around the world
First, a little teaser, based on the reaction I’ve seen, so far, to the Debate (which just ended) in Quebec. Marois, from what I can tell, had a terrible debate.…
Back in running shoes
My first bit of proper exercise since January 19th. Nathalie Belanger, the most excellent physiotherapist told me yesterday evening I was okay to “resume activity” unless I encountered pain. So…
My cats’ gotta go pee, Mr. Harper
Our household is down to our last 20kg of Litter Purrfect clumping cat litter. This is the brand we buy at Costco. Costco didn’t have any this week or last…
New report: Canada falling further behind global counterparts on Internet access
This week, experts at the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) – the body that oversees Canada’s .ca domain – released their 2014 Factbook, which chronicles Canada’s advancement on Internet issues…
The “Filipino-Canadian priest” who is front page news
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission. The name of Father Fernando Suarez may be familiar to Catholics in the Toronto area. But Filipino community readers across Canada…