More Canaries
My guess is only the willfully ignorant, the profoundly stupid, and the ideologically blind do not realize the environmental peril we are experiencing, one primarily but not exclusively driven by…
2015
The Assault On Planned Parenthood: A Long Campaign Against Reproductive Rights
In 2011, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding, a move deemed necessary to ensure no taxpayer dollars were used on abortion despite existing…
KCCCC Day 23: the Apple Watch entry
The future is here. Lisa gave me an Apple Watch as a present. I have been lusting after one for months. So, I am writing today’s entry entirely on an…
When Bad News is Good News: Harper’s Call to Poloz
Was there any concrete economic reason for Stephen Harper to call Stephen Poloz yesterday, as global stock markets continued their gyrations? And then to have his office subsequently issue a…
Thomas Mulcair and Stephen Harper Dance to the Beat of a Shared Drummer
Someone posted a link to an interesting article yesterday, from January of this year. At the time the NDP were third in the polls and going nowhere, so the party…
Thomas Mulcair and Stephen Harper Dance to the Beat of a Shared Drummer
Someone posted a link to an interesting article yesterday, from January of this year. At the time the NDP were third in the polls and going nowhere, so the party…
Thomas Mulcair and Stephen Harper Dance to the Beat of a Shared Drummer
Someone posted a link to an interesting article yesterday, from January of this year. At the time the NDP were third in the polls and going nowhere, so the party…
Thomas Mulcair and Stephen Harper Dance to the Beat of a Shared Drummer
Someone posted a link to an interesting article yesterday, from January of this year. At the time the NDP were third in the polls and going nowhere, so the party…
The Magdalen Islands do not an election make.
While always having great respect for reporter Chantal Hébert of CBC and Toronto Star fame, she cannot forecast an election based on visiting Iles-de-la-Madeline. And it is also far too…
Not A Smart Man
http://www.livememe.com/ We learned last week that the Prime Minister ignored the advice of his in-house lawyer. Alan Freeman writes: When Perrin was asked by Harper’s then-chief of staff Nigel Wright
The Duffy Scandal, the PMO, and the Corruption of Stephen Harper
If you've never had the misfortune of sharing a room, or an elevator, with a member of Stephen Harper's PMO, you need to know some things:They wear the scent or…
The Uri Geller of MUN Economics Strikes Again #nlpoli
Does anyone really take Wade Locke seriously anymore? Really? Do they? Seriously. Go back to last October to see why. The next time reporters have Wade on camera, give him…
Give a thought to Alberta’s approaching budget day: there’s little to gain and plenty to lose from ‘debt free’ government
PHOTOS: Former premier Ralph Klein, now elevated to sainthood by the neoliberal cargo cult, celebrating the retirement of Alberta’s debt in 2004, never mind the mess the infrastructure was in.…
Duffy scandal: The Troublespotter who did not read line 5 of the email
Chris Troublespotter Woodcock Imagine you hold one of the most powerful offices you can hold in a democracy such as ours, and your job is this: “My job was to…
Pay To Access Harper
A lot has been said recently about people paying to have access to the Prime Minister. @Justin_Ling @saskboy you are being told what to write?if i an issue with that…
Rafe Mair’s ‘State of the Union’ on Canadian environmental politics
Before I get onto the federal election, let me say I have never been more depressed about governance in this country. A recent note from a reader pointed out the…
Hot Nasties play ‘Teenage Lament’
Written by Pierre and me when we were 17 or so; reprised here, 35 years later. We had a very positive view of the future, as you can see. When…
Powerful Boys Caught With Illicit Toys….
Today (August 24, 2015) no referring back to any specific media stuff…only some thoughts on something in the news that makes me crazy…and no, this time, it isn’t Stephen Harper……
Powerful Boys Caught With Illicit Toys….
Today (August 24, 2015) no referring back to any specific media stuff…only some thoughts on something in the news that makes me crazy…and no, this time, it isn’t Stephen Harper……