The new Dipper and Tory ads
The former ignores Trudeau, the other is mainly about him. One tries to be positive, the other is less preoccupied with all that. Both, however, strongly suggest the election campaign…
2015
From Mafia Home to Art Gallery
Italy is home to the oldest operating museum, the Uffizi, and the country is (probably) home to the oldest operating mafia. But it may come as a bit of a…
To Each Thing There Is a Season….
And now is the time when people in these climes begin gardening. The average date for the last freeze in Montreal is May 10, it seems. Last week I brought…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, May 25, 2015
Your news links for today: Your government is spying on you online. Here’s what you can do about it – Toronto Star Surveillance, Snowden and the State Circa May 2015…
It takes a politician to screw up a good war.
Listening to Defence Minister Jason Kenney doing the rounds of the news recap shows on television this weekend one thing was obvious. Kenney probably has not heard a word of…
Stephen Harper and the Great Con Debate Fiasco
Whatever Stephen Harper and his grotesque Con regime say about the way they have blown up the political leader debates. Or the stinking fish they are trying to sell us.Nothing…
140Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of May 18th
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Ex-Israeli Premier Olmert Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison Change in overtime rules could lead to more suits over…
An Empty Chair
http://www.westernfreepress.com/ An empty chair can symbolize a lot of things. John F. Kennedy’s empty rocking chair symbolized the loss a nation felt after the president’s assassination. But, in Stephen Harper’s…
Your Monday Morning Smile
I believe this is the cartoon Pamela was referring to in her comment yesterday: H/t The Toronto Star Recommend this Post
When Giving Up Your Privacy is Part of the Job Description
Caregivers have very little privacy. We leave the bathroom door open so we can hear our loved ones if they call. The clinic calls just as we’ve poured our tea…
Laureen Harper and the Batty Leader of Parliament Hill
When I saw all those bats flapping around over Parliament Hill the other night, I wondered where they were coming from.And because of the ghastly things they were squeaking, and…
Everything will be fine. Or not. #nlpoli
This pretty picture shows a very ugly problem. Look at the point (2008) where the red and blue lines separate. The area in between represents the annual deficit the provincial…
Sunshine, ice cream and a mellow multitude of 10,000 or so usher in the NDP era in Alberta
PHOTOS: Here’s my shot of the crowd as it began to break up after the ceremony had ended and I’d managed to run upstream to the steps of the Legislature.…
Notley’s Crew: Alberta’s First NDP Cabinet
Thousands of Albertans packed the Legislature Grounds for the swearing-in ceremony of Premier Rachel Notley and Alberta’s first NDP Cabinet. This marked the first time in 44 years that a…
Podemos fuels hopes for Spain’s emigrated youth to return home
Podemos fuels hopes for Spain’s emigrated youth to return home. by Mischa Wilmers Over the last two years, Spain’s political landscape has been transformed by the emergence of the progressive,…
TOMMY Douglas–Keeper of the Flame-VIDEO
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger Tommy Douglas remains one of Canada’s most inspirational political figures. He was recognized as ‘The Greatest Canadian 2004. We are at a cross roads in Canada…
Time To Ditch Strategic Voting
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Political turmoil generally signals a shift away from the governing parties. It is easy to assign a shift to the NDP in Alberta and apply that across…
May 24: catching up.
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/03/the-death-of-american-universities/ A reader sent me the article above. It really caught my eye because, some twenty yeas ago I was asked by the chairman of a board of university governors…
Going To Work | FIFA sponsors must tell Qatar to play fair on workers’ human rights (Now With Video)
The upcoming World Cup in Qatar has already received a lot of negative press for a multitude of reasons, human rights not being the least of such concerns. The link…
Going To Work | FIFA sponsors must tell Qatar to play fair on workers’ human rights (Now With Video)
The upcoming World Cup in Qatar has already received a lot of negative press for a multitude of reasons, human rights not being the least of such concerns. The link…