Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Roderick Benns reports on Ryan Meili’s argument for a basic income: Dr. Ryan Meili was in Kingston, Ontario, recently to talk to more…
June 2015
Stuff Happens, week 23: And you wonder why the PCs lost; The Donald enters the race; atrocity of the week
Aside from a few staffing hiccups, things continue to go reasonably well for the New Democratic government. The Speech from the Throne, although limited to just two real bills, was…
Private Prosecutions
Most criminal cases are started when someone complains to the police and, following investigation, the police lay charges. That said, anyone can go before a Justice of the Peace and…
Government travel
Just a short note to express my displeasure in seeing a whole lot of attention being paid to, what are really, fairly reasonable travel expenses. I get that there needs…
Government travel
Just a short note to express my displeasure in seeing a whole lot of attention being paid to, what are really, fairly reasonable travel expenses. I get that there needs…
Rob Douglas & Roger Hart’s Big Idea Series Focuses On Small Business in Cowichan
Here is Big Idea No.4: Small Business Supports from Rob Douglas and Roger Hart regarding economic development and the potential of expanding co-operatives in the Cowichan Region. It is encouraging…
Jon Stewart Speaks Out About the Murder of Nine People At The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina
With Jon Stewart set to leave The Daily Show in a matter of months, the show has already started paying tribute to its longtime host. And while funny montages are…
Scrooge of Port Moody is going home.
James Moore, enfant terrible of B.C. politics has quit. He is going home to care for his family. He will be missed. Despite his serious gaff at one time of…
Saturday Photo: Emerald Ash Borer and the Sixth Extinction
Lots in the news about what climate change and human intervention in the natural world lately: the Pope’s encyclical on the environment is a case in point. I thought of…
What district is Earle in, again? #nlpoli
Since the bill to change provincial districts cleared the House last week, the provincial New Democrats have been tweeting sanctimoniously about the harm done to rural districts by the bill.…
On The Dyspeptic Rona Ambrose
In a post last week, I explained the basis for my outrage over Health Minister Rona Ambrose’s manufactured rant at the Supreme Court’s decision permitting medical marijuana users to ingest…
Not With A Bang
James Moore left yesterday. And Don Meredith was booted from the Conservative Senate caucus earlier in the week. It looks like things are falling apart in Harperland. And, as she…
Stephen Harper’s Monstrous Plan to Steal the Election
After four years and 24 days of being slowly strangled by Stephen Harper, the 41st Parliament has finally groaned its last, and given up the ghost.And although that bestial leader…
Water lilies in my small garden pond. Made with #waterlogue and #etchingsapp
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Musical interlude
Electrostatic – Eliminate Me
Jon Stewart Disects Charleston Terrorist Attack, Its Rhodesia Inspiration
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart got serious about the racist Charleston church shooting, racial hypocrisy and the terrorist’s apparent Rhodesia inspiration. The post Jon Stewart Disects Charleston Terrorist Attack, Its…
Telcos charge Canadians in some provinces more for wireless services
This should not happen! Speak out now: UnblockCanada.ca Article by Dylan Young for Yahoo News Imagine you’ve just snagged yourself a brand new 128GB iPad Air 2 for $700 at…
#C51 Is a Brazen Power Grab
Canadians are so trained to accept power grabs, that we didn’t fight sufficiently to stop it. The police state usually pads up behind you on cat’s paws. But this time,…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sam Becker discusses the economic harm done by growing inequality, while Alexandra Zeevalkink previews Katharine Round’s upcoming documentary on the issue. And Carol…