Katrina remembered
Today is the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which struck on August 29, 2005. In the days following the hurricane, I copied messages off a New Orleans message board and…
August 2015
Katrina remembered
Today is the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which struck on August 29, 2005. In the days following the hurricane, I copied messages off a New Orleans message board and…
Katrina remembered
Today is the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which struck on August 29, 2005. In the days following the hurricane, I copied messages off a New Orleans message board and…
Will This Be Remembered as The Summer North Americans Woke Up to Climate Change?
Smokey haze, intense heat, encampments of evacuated residents next to the highway: these were the conditions that greeted Renee Lertzman when she recently drove through Oregon. It’s no wonder why…
Olivia Chow’s Video About Bill C-51
Given yesterday’s post on the growing worldwide governmental repression of civil society groups and NGOs, as well as the disturbing information included in my update, a video by Olivia Chow…
Deficits, the left, and Twitter confusion. . .
I got into an interesting, though entirely unproductive, twitter exchange this morning concerning the issue of the Left and balanced budgets. It all began when someone posted a link on…
Meanings of Life
Don’t eat apple and don’t vote for Harper.
Paul Martin Gives Tommy Angry Beard a Well-Deserved Kick in the Ass.
Paul Martin was the finance minister who plucked the federal government from the brink of fiscal chaos. It was a tough time for all including the provinces, even the Canadian…
This election, let’s really talk about the economy
Here’s a short, “populist” piece on going beyond the very limited economic debate in the election campaign so far. It was published on Ricochet: The word ‘austerity’ is finally in…
It is kind of muffled through the beard
But if someone is on record as admiring the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, defends that admiration and then goes on to quack about no deficits now matter what, he is…
It is kind of muffled through the beard
But if someone is on record as admiring the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, defends that admiration and then goes on to quack about no deficits now matter what, he is…
It is kind of muffled through the beard
But if someone is on record as admiring the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, defends that admiration and then goes on to quack about no deficits now matter what, he is…
I am Tony Turner!
Posted in solidarity with the real Tony Turner, whose suspension gives another illustration of the need to depose Harper. Hey Steve, I thought you could “take a punch”?
I am Tony Turner!
Posted in solidarity with the real Tony Turner, whose suspension gives another illustration of the need to depose Harper. Hey Steve, I thought you could "take a punch"?
I am Tony Turner!
Posted in solidarity with the real Tony Turner, whose suspension gives another illustration of the need to depose Harper. Hey Steve, I thought you could “take a punch”?
The CVRD is trying raise the Electoral Area ‘E’ financial contribution to the Aquatic Center by 313 percent.
The following is a ‘Guest Post’ from Loren Duncan, a longtime CVRD Director who represented Glenora-Sahtlam-Cowichan Station. Director Loren Duncan warns that the taxpayers are watching. Notice to electors within…
A Balanced Budget Isn’t A ‘Left’ or ‘Right’ Thing
Fiscal management isn’t a ‘left’ ‘right’ issue. It’s good housekeeping that anyone can organize. It’s the priorities that are different and ultimately set the parties apart. By their record, the…