Big Media Influencing Canadian Election For Political Favoritism
As the debates over the debates has raged on over the past several months, one thing is becoming increasingly clear. Journalists in Canada seem to be throwing out their duty…
2015
Reincarnation as a Consultant or a Psychic?
A wag met Nasrudin. In his pocket he had an egg. “Tell me, Mullah, are you any good at guessing games?” “Not bad,” said Nasrudin. “Very well then: tell…
Victor Hugo’s Hunchback
I have just finished listening to a well-read audio book (in English) of Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel, Hunchback of Notre Dame, or more properly, Notre Dame de Paris, as the…
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? No One, Angela, No One.
Is it the Euro or is it Angela Merkel – or both? Whatever the case, Merkel’s brutal subjugation of Greece has the neighbours outside the Eurozone good cause to think…
It’s Spelled R-E-C-E-S-S-I-O-N
It’s OK to call it as it is when it comes to recession. Ooops … not in Canada.
On Moving
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Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts
It’s an old adage going back to the legend of the Trojan Horse described by Virgil in the Aeneid. In Latin it’s Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes which translates into…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Carol Goar rightly criticizes Stephen Harper’s plan to deal with an apparent recession by making Canada’s economy even worse off through yet…
Sometimes We Have to Take Matters Into Our Own Hands and Out of the Hands of Failed Leaders
Given that all of Canada’s mainstream parties embrace the petro-state, it’s pretty obvious that change is going to have to be driven from without, not within. All this bullshit –…
SeaWorld Infiltrates PETA
The animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has a long-running battle with SeaWorld, the place that takes beautiful orca and confines them in the orca…
July 16:bad news
This day, I am at the shore, and so will have only a short blog. It’s also grim. It’s about what recent events in Greece mean for us. The source,…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, July 16, 2015
Your news links for today: Internet of things: the greatest mass surveillance infrastructure ever? – The Guardian No U-turn: David Cameron still wants to break encryption – WIRED Researcher Receives…
New column day
Here, expanding on this post as to the Harper Cons’ choice between short-term tactics and long-term viability. For further reading, Jamey Heath argues that the Libs are serving only split…
Harper government a textbook Karl Rove approach
That the Harper government is anywhere near the top of the polls is a testament to their discipline and adherence to the political strategies of Karl Rove. The Conservative Party…
In Harperland, Saying "Drought" Ist Verboten!!!
By Harperland I mean Alberta and Ottawa, two places where it is undesired that anyone should utter the word “drought.” This CBC News report is humorous on one level and…
Typical Jamie Heath
A windy, wordy exposition. Proposes marriage with Liberals, then attacks them on the steps of the church, here. Typical.
On acceptable surprises
When Alice Funke first identified the effect of an extended writ period under the Cons’ well-hidden revisions to the Canada Elections Act, I mused the effect was less problematic than…
Stephen Harper and the Day of Reckoning
For years Stephen Harper was able to fool or brainwash many Canadians into believing that he was a Great Economist Leader.Even as he put all our eggs into one oily…
Berlin’s New Rent Laws Helping People Faster than Predicted
In cities all over the world housing people is an issue and some cities have it worse than others. In Berlin, where things weren’t awful they decided they waned to…