KCCCC Day 22: Election 42, as seen from Maine
So, we got hitched down by the ocean. Nothing fancy, lots of family and friends, Hot Nasties reunion, lobster, weather was great. And I got to marry my best friend.…
August 2015
In the heat of an August by-election.
The wife is usually the reasoning member of this household. She is the peacemaker but not when it comes to Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown. She is no fan…
Police Expert: Re-Open the Duffy Case and Question Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper did something yesterday that he hasn't done before. He actually mentioned the name of Ray Novak.But even though Novak has now been shown to be at the heart…
The 2015 Ballot Box Question: Who Can I Trust To Do The Right Thing?
The first couple of weeks of the Canadian 2015 General Election are mercifully over and the ballot box question has emerged, largely due to what has happened in the courtroom…
The 2015 Ballot Box Question: Who Can I Trust To Do The Right Thing?
The first couple of weeks of the Canadian 2015 General Election are mercifully over and the ballot box question has emerged, largely due to what has happened in the courtroom…
Hey Canada, Make Climate Change Part of the Election
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Elect Harper = Kill Medicare for Good
#HeaveSteve THIS is how much the Harper Conservatives resent, hate and want to kill Medicare with a slow, painful death …leading to for-profit healthcare where the rich are OK, the…
Honouring Newfoundland Writers #nlpoli
Most of you have probably never heard of a fellow named Alonzo John Gallishaw. John Gallishaw is best remembered in his native land for his brief service in the Newfoundland…
Michael Harris: Have the Mounties Become Harper’s Private Police?
A few days ago I wrote a post where I wondered why the RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson has so far failed to explain the reason his investigators decided not to…
Jack Layton would be proud of Canadians’ growing hunger for change
Canadians’ ever-increasing hunger for changer from the dictatorial Stephen Harper regime would make the late NDP leader Jack Layton proud. The post Jack Layton would be proud of Canadians’ growing…
Photo of the Day: Smoky skies over beautiful Jasper National Park
Smoke from forest fires in the Rocky Mountains covers the mountain skyline of Jasper National Park.
Wiz Arrested At Airport for Hoverboard Use
Meanwhile, on Thursday night, a guy showed me his “hoverboard” as we waited for the hotel shuttle at San Francisco airport.
What Nigel Wright (PMO) Could Learn From Andrew Fastow (Enron)
“It’s like inviting Kim Kardashian to talk to your daughters about chastity.”—Andrew Fastow, former CFO of Enron in a speech on ethics You know it’s bad when Nigel Wright could…
Real Life First Person Shooter (Chatroulette version)
This is great improv acting and a great concept for a video.
On weak attempts
Following up on these earlier posts, here’s a quick look at the last of the messages Bob Hepburn thinks the NDP may face from the Cons in particular as the…
Hats, Manners and Society
I was at a local restaurant on the weekend, enjoying a nice meal with my wife. Of the six males – I hesitate to call them ‘men’ for reasons below…
The Greek Debacle
Photo by Jubilee Debt Campaign The Greek crisis has provoked a predictable mixture of indignation and self-satisfaction in Europe, alternatively lamenting the harshness of the settlement imposed on Athens or…
Federal leaders must come up with a substitute for oil
Photo by Dawn Ellner The longest election campaign in recent Canadian history is an opportunity to point to the contradictions of the major parties on the question of ecology. If…
Now this Is Getting Ridiculous
Apparently, Stephen Harper feels that Canadians are real whores for tax cuts: Stephen Harper is kicking off a quiet day on the federal election campaign trial by promising tax relief…