Best of Both Worlds
A guest article by Jared Milne. Politically, 2013 wasn’t much different than previous years. In Toronto, Rob Ford accused his opponents of wanting to keep the “gravy train” going, while…
2014
Ask General Kang: How do you address the work-life balance?
For myself, I like to knock off work at about 3 pm, hit the links or drop by the club for a single malt scotch (or three). Back on my…
Ditch the North American Diet and Climb Out of the Fat Trap
We are a fat folk, myself included. One out of three of us are overweight and one out of five are obese. And boy do we love to eat. Trouble…
Other people’s agendas #nlpoli
If you have not read Kathy Dunderdale’s resignation speech, take a moment and do so now. What is most striking about the speech is that there is absolutely nothing anywhere…
Rob Ford’s Deeply Disturbing Gangsta Fantasy Problem
I have to admit I have been doing my best to ignore Rob Ford. I find keeping up with the criminal activities of Boss Harper and his Con gang hard…
Eating the Poor
Do you look up to the 1%? How could you? Come, children, let’s take a look! Fact: The world’s 85 richest people hold the same amount of wealth as its…
Dunderdale’s departure relocates Redford deeper in premiers’ popularity sub-basement
Getting to know you… Getting to know all about you. Not necessarily a good thing with certain dancing partners! There’s just no way actual Canadian premiers, no matter whom they’re…
The more things change… Amazon’s “anticipatory shipping” and the village square
Media outlets recently publicized Amazon’s patent for what it calls “anticipatory shipping.” The premise is as simple as it is creepy: Amazon will charge and ship items before customers have…
Cancelled: Alison Redford’s expensive Afghanistan photo-op
TweetAlbertans discovered this week that Premier Alison Redford cancelled a secretly planned trip to war-torn Afghanistan after suicide bomber blew herself up in a Kabul restaurant , killing twenty-one people,…
Forward thinking: The dollar, gold, silver, and bitcoin
Oh boy, the tizzy that is being caused by the “weaker” Canadian dollar is quite entertaining. Few seem to have the first fucking clue what’s happening and so in my…
Same As The Old Boss
I know, the blog has been dark for quite awhile. Call it a lack of inspiration, or perhaps a small amount of callousness over world events at moment, but either…
Same As The Old Boss
I know, the blog has been dark for quite awhile. Call it a lack of inspiration, or perhaps a small amount of callousness over world events at moment, but either…
All hail the Ditherer-in-Chief
I love this column. “That Chow person is everywhere! Do something, Rosedalian braintrust!” But the part I loved best? After one anonymous source says he’s in, another anonymous source says,…
Christy Clark’s Flatulent Gas Projections Leave Bad Odour
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Cruising through my daily blog watch I came across this interesting piece from the Common Sense Canadian. Damien Gilles featured Mark Hume’s story from the Globe and…
Same As The Old Boss
I know, the blog has been dark for quite awhile. Call it a lack of inspiration, or perhaps a small amount of callousness over world events at moment, but either…
In the zone, as they say
My first effort to slow down went pretty well I think. I started out painfully slow. The “low heart rate” warning beep came about one minute in, and I thought…
Food fights against austerity
The European markets might be quiet for the moment. The alarm bells are not ringing in Greece or Spain. However, underneath the numbers about economic growth, recovery rates and forecasts,…
TransCanada’s Keystone XL South Pipeline Set To Begin Operations Today
Today, January 22, the southern portion of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline is set to become operational, although environmentalists and Texas homeowners are continuing to fight against it. TransCanada is surely…
Balance: Solitude and engagement, stillness and action
“When I observe the ruts in a road, I inclined to think, how much deeper the ruts in the mind.” – Henry David Thoreau “If necessary, let us forgo one…