KCCCC Day 70: don’t be a turkey
Heading out to get a 20 pound bird. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with you and yours. Here’s a cartoon that succinctly brings together this weekend, politically and gastronomically. The farmer…
2015
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Edward Keenan writes that a lack of affordable child care is the crucial financial pressure facing families across the income spectrum. And…
Strategic voting in South Okanagan-West Kootenay: vote NDP
Update for Oct. 15. A new poll for BC from Insights West (pdf) confirms that strategic voters in South Okanagan-West Kootenay should vote NDP: Polls for South Okanagan-West Kootenay: vote…
Strategic voting in South Okanagan-West Kootenay: vote NDP
Update for Oct. 15. A new poll for BC from Insights West (pdf) confirms that strategic voters in South Okanagan-West Kootenay should vote NDP: Polls for South Okanagan-West Kootenay: vote…
Strategic voting in South Okanagan-West Kootenay: vote NDP
Update for Oct. 15. A new poll for BC from Insights West (pdf) confirms that strategic voters in South Okanagan-West Kootenay should vote NDP:Polls for South Okanagan-West Kootenay: vote NDPStrategic…
Strategic voting in South Okanagan-West Kootenay: vote NDP
Strategic voting in South Okanagan-West Kootenay The riding of South Okanagan-West Kootenay in a new riding that includes the cities Castlegar, Grand Forks, Oliver, Osoyoos, Penticton, and Trail. That is,…
Some Things To Give Thanks For
H/t Toronto Star As we celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend, moving beyond the usual things we express gratitude for (family, health, etc.), here are a few other things I give thanks…
#elxn42: fear, frustration, disbelief, and hope
Although I haven’t been blogging much (or at all) about the upcoming Canadian federal election, I’ve been thoroughly and utterly obsessed by it for months. These last weeks have brought…
A Change For The Worse
The polls tell us that 70% of us want change — change as a counter weight to the change Stephen Harper has delivered in the past ten years. If you…
Strategic voting Kootenay-Columbia: vote NDP
Strategic voting in Kootenay-Columbia As I pointed out in my post on strategic voting in North Okanagan—Shuswap, some might be surprised that some of these ridings in the BC Interior…
Strategic voting Kootenay-Columbia: vote NDP
Strategic voting in Kootenay-Columbia As I pointed out in my post on strategic voting in North Okanagan—Shuswap, some might be surprised that some of these ridings in the BC Interior…
Strategic voting Kootenay-Columbia: vote NDP
Strategic voting in Kootenay-ColumbiaAs I pointed out in my post on strategic voting in North Okanagan—Shuswap, some might be surprised that some of these ridings in the BC Interior are…
Strategic voting Kootenay-Columbia: vote NDP
Strategic voting in Kootenay-Columbia As I pointed out in my post on strategic voting in North Okanagan—Shuswap, some might be surprised that some of these ridings in the BC Interior…
Stephen Harper and the Failed War on Justin Trudeau
Oh dear. I see that Stephen Harper had to take the day off yesterday. No doubt to try to recover from the brutal effects of the long campaign he inflicted…
It’s been a bumper-sticker campaign.
Recently a reader accused Babel-on-the-Bay of using ‘bumper sticker’ arguments. The truth is that the simpler you make your arguments the more people listen to them. In these days of…
excellent selection, price, and service from canada computers
Allan has been using Canada Computers & Electronics for a while, but for some reason, I was not onboard. I thought they were a small outfit that wouldn’t have a…
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…
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.…