All this talk about political honeymoons…
…sent me to the pages of The New Yorker, naturally. As a rule, they keep going until they don’t. Enjoy ‘em, because when they end, you’ll sure know it. To…
2015
THIS WORKED TO QUIET MY MIND
Once, I tried relaxation exercises. I was hopeless. In an earlier life, I was an acting student and for actors, it’s important to relax your body and focus intently on…
Dreaming
Since I was a child it seemed often I did not know the people in my dreams, and I also ran into well-known international leaders. For example last night in…
A Shameful Legacy
Yesterday I attended a funeral service for the father of my good friend and former colleague, John. Although I never met John’s father, a retired Presbyterian minister, his son’s stirring…
Saturday Photo: The Excellent Adventure
This week I finished the revisions on Road through Time, and sent it off to the University of Regina Press which will publish it in Spring 2017. The book, about…
Justin Trudeau and the Grim Hypocrisy of the MSM
As I've mentioned before, ever since the good Prince Justin toppled the evil King Harper, I've feel like I'm living in some kind of fairy tale. A really nice one.Trudeau…
Downfall #nlpoli
On Day Two of the official provincial general election campaign, a new poll by a different polling method lines up with the Abacus Data poll. In both Abacus and Forum…
Leave it in the ground says Obama.
President Barack Obama has finally let the shoe drop on the Keystone XL pipeline. His rejection of the partially built pipeline was expected. It is now the answer to many…
They Don’t Get It
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ The Harperites don’t seem to understand why they lost the election. “We got the big things right,” Jason Kenny says. “We got the tone wrong.” Andrew Coyne disagrees. The…
The Con’s Porky Action Plan Finally Bites the Dust
For what seemed like forever, they were the ads we couldn't get away from. The Con's porky Economic Action Plan ads coming at us from every direction twenty-four seven.Trying to…
Left Parties In Portugal Vow to Topple New Center-Right Government, pt. II
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Left Bloc, Portugal
Huffington Post: TPP Trade Deal’s Data Provisions Could Put Sensitive Canadian Info At Risk: Critics
The TPP will restrict the ability of governments to establish safeguards over sensitive information such as your financial and health data. Tell Trudeau you care about your privacy: StoptheSecrecy.net/Canada Article…
Trudeau’s Liberals Behaving Badly On the Day Obama Kills Keystone
On the day that U.S. President Obama nixes the Keystone XL pipeline because of concerns related to climate change, Canada’s new Liberal government is falling all over itself to tell…
Trudeau Said He is “Disappointed” By Rejection of Keystone XL. But Is He Really?
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has been Prime Minister for nearly 72 hours and for a large number of people, Canada is well into the ‘Everything is Awesome‘ phase of his…
Musical interlude
Banks – Brain
Nov. 6: (almost) the bottom of the bucket…
There really is almost nothing to say about today’s Irving press. Even the letters to the editor were pretty…unpretty. What was worth reading was, at most, the continuing story of…
If you’re in Vancouver, you’re won’t want to miss Media Democracy Days 2015 on November 7!
Your OpenMedia team works hard to support a number of great community events every year, and there’s one taking place tomorrow, that we wanted to put on your radar. The…