Rex, re-districting, and getting it right #nlpoli
Rex Hillier: the first political victim of the bill that redrew the political map in Newfoundland. Simple story. Easy peasey. And complete crap. (Read more…)
June 2015
Stephen Harper, the Terrorists, and the Canadian Demockery
Well it's been three days since Stephen Harper and his Cons teamed up with the beasts from ISIS to make that ghastly attack ad.And even though it starts with the…
June 26th: The Day Canada Was Robbed
The ‘c’ stands for corruption, corporatism, cowardice, and caged. Oh, and copyright… but I repeat myself. If a government employee were to go to your home and steal the flyers…
Civil Disobedience the Wildrose Way
For a brief and shining moment we had détente. The NDP government and the Opposition met in the Legislature, engaged in healthy debate and came together to pass a landmark…
Canadian Bonehead Response to Charleston Church Murders
When the "National Post" published the article focusing on Paulie's involvement with the Council of Conservative Citizens (CoCC), the hate group that inspired the murder of 9 men and women…
Barry Kay of Laurier Institute: Say welcome to Prime Minister Tom Mulcair
Global News graphic of the horse race James Armstrong of Global News has a fascinating article about the findings of the Barry Kay team of the Laurier Institute, with three…
QuAIA At Pride?
They said they that this year they were going to throw in the leather trunks and the feather tickler, as it were. But old Meir says they’re there today: @JohnTory…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Carol Goar discusses the contrasting messages being sent to Canada’s middle class in the lead up to Canada’s federal election campaign –…
June 28: the meaning of morality
About a dozen years ago, I read a book whose title I have long forgotten – something like “The hundred greatest people in world history”. One can, of course, argue…
#retromatic Happy Canada Day from milk in bags.
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If Today’s Youth Care About Their Future, They Would Do Well to Keep Their Distance From Us.
We’re used to drought out here. Every summer the Rain Festival takes a break for two to three months and the place dries out. It’s great for the tourist operators…
some thoughts on the u.s. moving a bit closer to equality (#lovewins)
At last, it has happened. With Obergefell v. Hodges, same-sex marriage has been declared legal and constitutional in the United States. Same-sex couples can legally marry, just as opposite-sex couples…
On inevitable abuses
Justice James Stribopoulos sees the G20 human rights abuses as highlighting the problems with handing over poorly-defined powers to law enforcement: In an essay published in a new book on…
One Small Step, One Long Whine
The Supreme Court of the United States made a landmark decision last week that states cannot constitutionally (i.e. legally) ban same-sex marriage. The bottom line: under the Constitution, every citizen…
The Incredibly Dangerous Delusions of the Corrupt Con Regime
I must admit that when I first read that Kory Teneycke was defending the Con's latest disgusting attack ad, by claiming: "We’re better than news, because we’re truthful." After a…
Like A Festering Pustule That Refuses To Heal
Perennial posterior pain K(T)ory Teneycke just won’t go away. Currently a Conservative Party campaign spokesman, he once again appears to be out of his depth. In the following video, which…
They also vote who don’t.
Reading another editorial the other day by a writer who did not understand the subject tends to lower one’s opinion of editorial writers. We might be better off if we…
Senate Reform Redux
With a small minority of senators under the spotlight for spending irregularities and the Duffy trial adding a further spotlight on how the unprincipled nominated to that body can cheat…
"We’re better than news, we’re truthful"
So says Kory Teneycke, the former VP of the new defunct Sun News Network and now Director of Communications for the PMO. The irony here is simply too much. He…