On twisted outcomes
At the moment, plenty of Canadians are looking forward to waking up on October 20 and finding that Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have lost the election, to be replaced by a…
August 2015
C’mon Christie, Give Us a Break.
Christie Blatchford doesn’t like covering the Mike Duffy trial. She finds it a burden. To Christie, Duffy’s defence counsel, Donald Bayne, is wasting everyone’s time, or at least hers, demolishing…
David Phillips’ Weather Whiplash Warning
It snowed yesterday in Alberta, just to the west of Calgary. Canada’s rainforest has turned tinder dry. The east has experienced a curious summer that seemed unable to make up…
ConCalls: Badge
Here’s a joke about the Boy Scouts standing behind Harper for a photo-op he arranged. #HarperScoutBadges: The "Wipe the Logs of the Robocall Database" badge #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/jKbVfdL7oM — Stephen Lautens…
Today
No KCCCC today. Getting, you know, married. That’s me and my gal before the Red Sox game this week. She makes me pretty happy. She is smart and sensitive and…
Wherein John Ibbitson Explores the Darkness that Lurks Within Stephen Harper
Let’s be blunt. John Ibbitson is probably the most prominent journalist in Canada totally in the bag for Stephen Harper. Note that I used the word “journalist,” a noun that…
Champion Liar: Harper vs. NIxon
Harper wins the liar championship.
Stephen Harper: Liar, liar your pants are on fire
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Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Jackson discusses how increased development of the oil sands fits into Canada’s economic future – and how it’s foolhardy to assume that…
On incomplete assessments
Yes, there’s plenty of reason to be outraged by the fact that the National Energy Board is delaying its review of the Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion – and perhaps setting the…
The Pain Campaign: Election 2015, week 3: Harper rejects your premise.
After months of being labelled “just not ready” by the Conservative attack machine, the Liberals have launched a counteroffensive. Let’s call it the Just Not Ready for Being Just Not…
Andrew Thomson’s Candidacy Exposes a Much Bigger Problem for the NDP
The media has been in a frenzy recently over the decision by former Saskatchewan finance minister, Andrew Thomson, to run for the NDP against Joe Oliver. According to Thomson: “My…
Andrew Thomson’s Candidacy Exposes a Much Bigger Problem for the NDP
The media has been in a frenzy recently over the decision by former Saskatchewan finance minister, Andrew Thomson, to run for the NDP against Joe Oliver. According to Thomson: “My…
Andrew Thomson’s Candidacy Exposes a Much Bigger Problem for the NDP
The media has been in a frenzy recently over the decision by former Saskatchewan finance minister, Andrew Thomson, to run for the NDP against Joe Oliver.According to Thomson:“My time in…
Andrew Thomson’s Candidacy Exposes a Much Bigger Problem for the NDP
The media has been in a frenzy recently over the decision by former Saskatchewan finance minister, Andrew Thomson, to run for the NDP against Joe Oliver. According to Thomson: “My…
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #17
A customer comes to the reference desk to ask about Zinio. I tell him that Zinio allows him to get full access to hundreds of magazines, all at zero cost,…
wheelchair rugby finals, parapan am games 2015
The 2015 Pan Am Games and Parapan Am Games were held in Toronto and the GTA this summer. Although I regard these events as a ridiculous waste of money, a…
The Vets Are Going To War
http://www.starshipearththebigpicture.com/ The Harper Party used to be be able to count on the support of veterans. That was because they made the right noises. But, as Preston Manning said, “Words…
Go On, Make Her Day
You’ll understand the relevance of my post’s title when you get to the end of the following video, about the efforts of 81-year-old Doreen Routley, a former steadfast Conservative, to…
Justin Trudeau: Meet the GOYA Group.
During his years as Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau would often remind your writer that we were both members of an exclusive club. Its full name was the Get-Off-Your-Ass Group. It…