Stephen Harper, Don Meredith, and the Deathly Bigotry of the Cons
It's been two days since senator Don Meredith resigned from the Con caucus after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl. And since then the Cons…
June 2015
Jim Carrey? Bill Murray?
Brandon Blaine (of Plague Vendor) and me (of SFH) do Jim Carrey and Bill Murray impersonations, backstage in TO, midnight June 20, 2015.
Montreal Fringe: Laureen: Queen of the Tundra
As an American expat unfamiliar with the pop-cultural aspect of Canadian politics, a lot of the jokes in Laureen: Queen of the Tundra went over my head. However, it is…
Made with Paper and Vintage Design Creator. Had a couple of things sitting around awaiting judgement.
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Made with Paper, something else and Vintage Design Creator
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Just more teacher bashing: Deconstructing the Ontario report card debacle
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Just more teacher bashing: Deconstructing the Ontario report card debacle
This post appeared first on rankandfile.ca Please visit if you haven’t already – an excellent source of labour news you won’t find anywhere else.— The mainstream media wasted no time…
Just more teacher bashing: Deconstructing the Ontario report card debacle
This post appeared first on rankandfile.ca Please visit if you haven't already - an excellent source of labour news you won't find anywhere else.---The mainstream media wasted no time this…
Just more teacher bashing: Deconstructing the Ontario report card debacle
This post appeared first on rankandfile.ca Please visit if you haven’t already – an excellent source of labour news you won’t find anywhere else.— The mainstream media wasted no time…
Quick update on the Senate
Just the numbers; the drama won’t fit into a single blogpost. At this time, there are 49 Conservative senators. They caucus with the Tories. There are 29 members of the…
ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is…
The haters, who they are, and how to beat them
I’ve written a couple of books about extremists on the Left and the Right. Along the way, I’ve noticed a few shared characteristics of the extremists – the terrorists, really…
A million here, a million there…
…pretty soon you’re talking real money. North Van’s Grumps at Blog Borg Collective scours provincial files, searching for meaningful data chunks. Usually, these are indicators of underlying stories that are…
Anti-austerity protests: tens of thousands rally across UK | World news | The Guardian
Anti-austerity protests: tens of thousands rally across UK | World news | The Guardian. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, UK
This is not an Onion story: "white supremacists worried that Charleston shooting makes them look bad"
When I first read a tweet about this article, I thought it had to be an Onion joke: White supremacists on Thursday quickly tried to distance themselves from the suspect…
Dylann Roof and Racist Symbolism
We will be posting an article on this horrible tragedy that examines the reaction from Canadian boneheads soon, however we did want to briefly discuss part of Roof's, "manifesto" that…
Shell-led LNG project for Kitimat gets conditional approval from BC
Workers on LNG Canada project (Source: Kitimat LNG) Read this June 17 story from The Globe and Mail on the conditional approval awarded to Shell-led consortium LNG Canada’s proposed terminal…
The CVRD Has Amended Their Petition Over Bylaws To Halt SIA’s Contaminated Site Facility
Here is the CVRD’s late Friday release. In communications circles late Fridays are the time to deliver unpleasant news, firings, and the like. I spoke with CAO Brian Carruthers and…