Say it with Song
After six and a half years of writing about our failing democracy under the Harper Regime there is little more that I can say that I have not already said…
October 2015
Is Stephen Harper Trying to Start a Hindu Muslim War in Canada?
I've always assumed Stephen Harper's grotesque anti-niqab crusade was primarily designed to win him the support of some Quebecers.Like these two clowns who turned up to vote yesterday with their…
Who got it right in 2011: Pollsters and Accuracy
This has been cross posted at iPolitics It can be difficult at the best of times to make sense of the flood of polling data issuing forth from Internet and…
Who got it right in 2011: Pollsters and Accuracy
This has been cross posted at iPoliticsIt can be difficult at the best of times to make sense of the flood of polling data issuing forth from Internet and airwaves.…
Who got it right in 2011: Pollsters and Accuracy
This has been cross posted at iPolitics It can be difficult at the best of times to make sense of the flood of polling data issuing forth from Internet and…
Lawyers, guns and money: Russia’s intervention in Syria offers a useful teaching moment for Canadians
PHOTOS: A Russian Su-34 bomber releases a bomb near the provisional ISIS capital of Raqqa in Syria. (Russian Ministry of Defence photo.) Below: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Syrian President Bashar…
Greens Brown Out! May says Green Party Would Support Refineries, Not Pipelines-Orange is the New Green Now!
Richard Hughes – Greens Brown Out! Elizabeth May might have just taken the Greens out of the election. Even her own seat could be in trouble over this bizarre move.…
Random Thoughts: Directly-Elected Executives Vs. Legislatures?
The US Senate in all its impotent glory. While commenting on one of Warren Kinsella’s older articles(comment has not appeared as of this writing due either toconnection failure or queuing)…
On credibility blows
Presumably, at some point in the future, the Wildrose Party will run in another Alberta election campaign, with Derek Fildebrandt as one of its candidates. And plenty of us will…
David Suzuki: The ecological and economic costs of food waste
This Thanksgiving season, David Suzuki wants us to remember this fact: ” In Canada, food waste cost estimates increased from $27 billion to $31 billion between 2010 and 2014.” The…
Would My Son With Severe Autism Disorder Be Happier If I Had Listened to Robison, Ne’eman, Silberman & Other Strangers?
The picture above was taken a few days ago. I believe anyone can look at the picture and see the happiness on my 19 year old severely autistic son Conor's…
Would My Son With Severe Autism Disorder Be Happier If I Had Listened to Robison, Ne’eman, Silberman & Other Strangers?
The picture above was taken a few days ago. I believe anyone can look at the picture and see the happiness on my 19 year old severely autistic son Conor’s…
Would My Son With Severe Autism Disorder Be Happier If I Had Listened to Robison, Ne’eman, Silberman & Other Strangers?
The picture above was taken a few days ago. I believe anyone can look at the picture and see the happiness on my 19 year old severely autistic son Conor's…
Would My Son With Severe Autism Disorder Be Happier If I Had Listened to Robison, Ne’eman, Silberman & Other Strangers?
The picture above was taken a few days ago. I believe anyone can look at the picture and see the happiness on my 19 year old severely autistic son Conor’s…
Liberal Party ready to give Harper pink slip on October 19
The latest Poll Tracker seat projection 9CBC/308) show the LPC winning the most seats:You will note from my September 3 X-marks-the-spot projection that I overestimated the NDP seats when I…
Liberal Party ready to give Harper pink slip on October 19
The latest Poll Tracker seat projection 9CBC/308) show the LPC winning the most seats: You will note from my September 3 X-marks-the-spot projection that I overestimated the NDP seats when…
On conversation pieces
Following up on this post, the stretch run of the election campaign (particularly a holiday weekend with advance polling already underway) is exactly the time when our messages in talking…
CVRD’s CAO Carruthers Hires A Spin Doctor Despite Board Rejecting Such A Post
Richard Hughes It looks as if the CVRD’s CAO Brian Carruthers has settled in nicely and is running affairs at the CVRD as he sees fit in spite of direction…
Joyce Murray on physician assisted dying
Just over a week ago, I commented on a post on Joyce Murray’s page (the Liberal MP and candidate in Vancouver Quadra) asking her position on physician assisted dying. She…
Will the real Marc Boyer please stand up?
My Storify of figuring out who’s actually running for the Marijuana Party in Vancouver Quadra. ” on Storify]