Curious Sea Lions
This curious sea lion was very interested in the little blue box (camera) I was holding Our last full day in the Galapagos ended with a swim with 4 curious…
2014
Harper-&-Rogues Gallery – Part 3 Recent news that the…
Stephen Harper and Brian Mulroney, Canada’s second-worst prime minister (Harper is the worst). Stephen Harper and Silvio Berlusconi, disgraced former prime minister of Italy. Vic Toews and Stephen Harper. Toews…
(Aryan) United Front Führer Responds to ARC Article
On January 24, we posted an article on Luke Northmore's efforts to convince his fellow travellers that he is a player on the racist scene in Canada. We MAY have…
TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline would increase Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions
By: Pembina Institute | Press Release OTTAWA — The proposed Energy East pipeline would enable a significant increase in Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, says a new report from the Pembina…
Chief Electoral Officer Laments Gagging of Canadian Democracy at Harper’s Hand
Marc Mayrand isn’t pulling any punches in his outright condemnation of the Harper regime’s election reform bill. In an interview airing Saturday on CBC Radio’s The House, Mayrand said “my…
BOYCOTT CANADIAN MUSIC
Of all the Canadian musicians, only non-resident Neil Young has the balls to stand up to the anti-environmentalists. Blue Rodeo showed their true colours – Conservative blue. BOYCOTT CANADIAN MUSIC.…
The Green Party’s Controversial Compromise
British Columbia’s sole Green Party MLA, Andrew Weaver, is willing to accept a Northern Gateway pipeline but on conditions that probably won’t be acceptable to Ottawa, to Alberta or to…
True On Both Sides Of The Border
Substitute parliamentary democracy for republic and Bill Maher’s words are a stinging indictment of apathetic Canadians. Recommend this Post
SFH, a professional portrait
I had this commissioned, and it cost me a million bucks, give or take. From left to right, Davey Snot, Bjorn Von Flapjack III, Winkie Nuclear Age Smith. Clip and…
Sorry, Woody. This Time You’ve Gone Too Far.
Woody Allen has responded to his former adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow’s allegations of molestation by attacking her mother, Mia Farrow. “Of course, I did not molest Dylan,” writes Allen. “I…
Harper-&-Rogues Gallery – Part 2 Recent news that the…
Stephen Harper and Pierre Poilivere, the minister in charge of dismantling democracy in Canada. Stockwell Day, Chuck Strahl and Stephen Harper. Day and Strahl are disgraced former Conservative MPs who…
Maybe That’s What Brought Rob Ford to Vancouver
Was a funeral really the only reason Toronto mayor Rob Ford came to the Lower Mainland? Word has it that, after the funeral, Ford got pretty well baked. On a…
Colorado Senate Passes Split Estate Disclosure Bill on Unanimous Vote
A bill requiring disclosure of a possible split estate condition upon the sale of residential property passed the Colorado Senate on January 24, 2014 in a unanimous vote. The consumer…
Soggy Old England
It’s not just the south coast any more. Flood alerts and warnings now extend across the south coast, including all of Wales, and northward as far as Blackpool, Sheffield and…
Is Enbridge Already Distributing Northern Gateway Pipe? If So, The Fix Is In.
I know a fellow who works in the Alberta oil patch. Not in the bitumen racket but in oil shale fracking in a job that takes him far and wide…
Feb. 8: Long ago, in hie early days as president, Franklin D. Roosevelt read the weekend comics to the kiddies.
This was with the magic of radio which, even in the homes of the poor, was standard equipment by the 1930s. Funny how the front page headline of today’s TandT…
Review: Little Failure
Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a memoir about life as an immigrant child from the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s,…
In Sunday’s Sun: Parliament’s giant
Weep for Parliament. Irwin Cotler is gone. You may be unfamiliar with Irwin Cotler’s name – he was a politician, but a quiet one. He was totally unlike many other…
Harper-&-Rogues Gallery – Part 1 Recent news that the…
Harper-&-Rogues Gallery – Part 1 Recent news that the drummer in Stephen Harper’s terrible cover band was charged with sex crimes re-emphasizes the fact that Harper loves to surround himself…