Ten Key Takeaways from Tony Bates
Like pretty much everyone else in the field I’ve been immensely enjoying Tony Bates’s work-in-progress, an online open textbook called Teaching in a Digital Age. Having said that, I think…
2015
Stuff happens, week 7: The return of premiums; a Canadian dog has its day.
The Prentice government continues to float trial balloons. Not long ago, it was a sales tax. Now, it’s the return of health care premiums. The government says most Albertans are…
I’ve Made My Decision. What More Is There To Discuss?
H/t Occupy Canada It would seem that our supremely arrogant confident demagogue, Dear Leader, feels little need to waste his time in the House of Commons talking about a bill…
Sayings Caregivers Hate, Such As "Let me Know If There’s Anything I Can Do"
If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never doneFact: Caregivers need help. Fact: Many caregivers have trouble asking for help.…
Harper History, Part 3 – First Con Minority
Jan 2006 – Sept 2008 In part three of our series examining the things that Mr Harper and his supporters have done that impacted our democracy we cover the period…
Here’s the way it works Ms. Wynne.
The bad news is that the buck stops at your desk, Premier Wynne. Many politicians have gone down over the years because of the same arrogance. It can happen to…
Stephen Harper and the Foul Flames of Bigotry
In his more than nine years in power Stephen Harper has done many foul and disgusting things. But he has never stooped lower than he has now.And he has never…
There’s Reason To Be Apathetic
http://www.personal.psu.edu/ Robin Sears writes that two recent incidents speak volumes about why Canadian voters are apathetic: What is a first-time potential voter to make of the nonsense from Premier Kathleen…
Jason Kenney’s Sorry and Surrealistic Terrorist Game
Well let nobody say I didn't warn them. I predicted Jason Kenney would be the worst possible Defence Minister for these troubled times.I knew that sexually repressed religious fanatic would…
The Trouble with Dijsselbloem | Jacobin
The Trouble with Dijsselbloem | Jacobin. by Pepijn Brandon Ever since his infamous half-handshake with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister and temporary chair of…
The Verdun Auditorium
Volunteered at an event today in the reception area on the second floor of the Dennis Savard Arena which is an annex of the Verdun Auditorium the former having been…
Life In Scarborough: Mormons In The Storm
Waiting for a bus that had got stuck behind a line of plows this afternoon, way out in Scarborough, I ran into a couple of Mormons who were using the…
Impeach the Prime Minister
Stephen Harper has lost the right to govern Canada. He has deliberately exposed the country to great peril and left the nation and our people vulnerable to war and terror…
Feb.21: Donne-moi un break!
Saturday’s headline is about a man who got sentenced for threatening an RCMP officer. This is the big, flash story of the day? Worse, it’s also a story that has…
True Twitter story
I tweeted this, so some guy tweeted back this. I read it fast, so I tweeted this. Someone tweeted I was a partisan apologist. When I first read it, I…
New York Times–The Trip Treatment–Psychedelics Revisited
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This New York Times feature is a clinical back to the future psychedelic trip in length and content. It is well worth the read and for those…
British satire continues
I enjoy Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe, a BBC Two satirical program now in a third series. BBC TV is not readily available in North America without use of a proxy…
How Greece Got Outmaneuvered – The New Yorker
How Greece Got Outmaneuvered – The New Yorker. By John Cassidy To the surprise of nobody except a few alarmists, the finance ministers of the European Union reached a deal…