New column day
Here, on the Saskatchewan Party’s choice to turn the graduate retention credit into a purely political goodie rather than a program which could conceivably retain Saskatchewan graduates, while at the…
March 2015
A Little Perspective, Please.
There’s a split in the Liberal ranks over Canada’s role in our notional air war against ISIS. Should we be bombing ISIS forces in Iraq? Should we expand our missions…
Bad Thinkers and the Unknown Knowns
I came across an interesting piece on bad thinking online recently. In it, the author argues some of the points I’ve mentioned in the past about people who believe in…
The Day Stephen Harper Was Called an Idiot by Tom Mulcair
Ever since he came to power Stephen Harper has made a mockery out of our parliament.He has used it as a bully pulpit, he has cut off debates, he never…
He Wants It Both Ways
https://www.pinterest.com/ When Stephen Harper rode into town almost ten years ago, he claimed that he was the new sheriff and he vowed to make Canadians feel safe. To that end,…
Why the Mike Duffy trial/scandal/whatever won’t topple the government, with bonus ALL CAPS
You all know my views on scandal stuff, but you also know I am a digitized, Internet-based broken record, and possibly not even a person. To wit: scandal-mongering DOESN’T WORK.…
Meanwhile, South Of The Border
Ah yes, that land whose political representatives make our elected reprobates look like shining exemplars. For this edition of The Dark Side, we return to the ongoing saga of Gordon…
When losers are choosers.
Somebody needs to rap knuckles around Toronto. People who should know better keep coming up with really dumb ideas and nobody tells them to stop being stupid. Once again the…
New South Wales election
New South Wales is Australia’s largest state in terms of population, it is home to Australia’s largest and most well known city, Sydney, and it surrounds the independent Austrian Capital…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – In advance of this weekend’s Progress Summit, Robin Sears comments on the significance of the Broadbent Institute and other think tanks in…
Political & Economic Leaders Who Support Energy East are Acting Against Your Best Interests
TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline project will transport diluted bitumen from Saskatchewan to Ontario through a 40-year old converted natural gas pipeline, and then from Quebec to New Brunswick through a…
Jason Kenney’s Monstrous Day of Delusion
What a happy coincidence. The day after I pointed out that the Con's religious base has been pressuring them to expand the war into Syria.So they can help the Syrian…
More of the same. It’s the economy. And, … #nlpoli
Past behaviour is a good indicator of future behaviour. If that’s the case, then lots of people are getting their knickers in a very great bunch over nothing when it…
Just Sayin’
C’mon, wrap your heads around this one. Does anybody find it curious that (radical Sunni) Saudi Arabia can barely make a token contribution to the fight against (radical Sunni) ISIS…
Austerity-driven cuts ignite protests in Montreal
By Stefan Christoff -Rabble.ca Last night on the streets of Montréal thousands joined a spirited protest against austerity, targeting the violent cuts to the public sector currently taking place under…
The Con Regime’s Never-ending War on Vulnerable Canadians
While Stephen Harper declares war on the Great Terrorist Menace, claiming only he can save our lives from those who would behead us in our beds.His foul Con regime continues…
Top Gear Becomes Dropped Gear
The BBC has given Jeremy Clarkson the boot from the world’s most popular TV programme, Top Gear. The show is sold to more than 124 countries and gets about 350-million…
A Small But Hard Won Victory Over Harper
It’s bittersweet at best. Health Canada has issued an exemption to Vancouver’s Insite, the city’s clean needle injection site. That’s not to say the battle is over. Despite the clear…
Whatever You Do, Don’t Let Harper Find Out.
This would appeal to Stephen Harper. Actually, appeal wouldn’t be the right word. The new leader of Thailand, junta boss Paryuth Chan-ocha, says how he’d react to journalists who don’t…
Parents protest BC’s education budget cuts
Parents and education supports will be out on April 12th protesting the latest round of cuts to BC's education budget (details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1550717231856110/). Below is a post I wrote for…