20 years ago today. A good day.
Those were the days.
February 2016
31 Days of Oscar, week 3
We’re into week 3 of TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar, the movie channel’s annual orgy of fine (and sometimes not so fine) films. Here are my picks for films to…
Returning to Libya
My position on ISIS is that it was a product of the American-led coalition's invasion of Iraq, therefore it is up to the coalition members to deal with it. As…
What’s good for the BC Liberals may not be good for BC Hydro
By Dermod Travis, executive director of IntegrityBC. One of the last things anyone would ever imagine the B.C. government doing is adopting an old NDP program, but that's exactly what…
What’s good for the BC Liberals may not be good for BC Hydro
By Dermod Travis, executive director of IntegrityBC. One of the last things anyone would ever imagine the B.C. government doing is adopting an old NDP program, but that's exactly what…
Some Days This is Exactly How I Feel
And, when I do, I think of this scene and it makes me smile. Maybe it would be a better place if we all just said "no" a lot more…
It Is Hard To Get Your Head Around The Dysfunction At The CVRD These Days
Since spring 2012 concern about a proposed South Island Aggregates (SIA) contaminated soil dump in the sensitive Shawnigan Watershed has been with us and yet the CVRD failed the community…
Is Quebec’s guaranteed minimum income a Trojan horse?
Photo by KMR Photography During a recent cabinet shuffle, Premier Philippe Couillard caused some surprise when he mandated new employment minister François Blais to implement a guaranteed minimum income in…
Why the Wild Descent of Oil Is Cause for Concern
Photo by Mikael Tigerström The signs of oil’s madcap price collapse are everywhere. Global markets now behave like digital roller-coasters from China to Europe. Schlumberger, the largest oil field servi...
Clinton and the Democratic Establishment: the Ties That Bind
Photo by Valsts Kanceleja After what can only be described as an absolute disaster of an electoral showing in the New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton’s hopes of becoming the Democratic…
Feb. 15: And the headline is …
Liberals think...That, alone, would be a great and important front page headline. But, alas, it is not quite the header in today's paper. Instead, it's 'Liberals toy ...." and it…
The Limits of Language (repost)
The best class I took in college was on the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Until that point, I had avoided philosophy of language as simply being too esoteric and hermetic to…
Antifa International (repost)
So What Happened To Roosh V.’s Misogynist Fanboys On Saturday? You’re probably well-aware that rapist and misogynist “Roosh V.” cancelled his well-publicized global public meetups for sad MRA neckbeards this…
Nova Scotia to Repay ExxonMobil $100M in Royalty Return as Hospital Replacement Postponed
By James Hutt, Director of the Nova Scotia Health Coalition. As Nova Scotia is forcing low income seniors to pay more for drugs and the province’s largest hospital is literally…
Nova Scotia to Repay ExxonMobil $100M in Royalty Return as Hospital Replacement Postponed
By James Hutt, Director of the Nova Scotia Health Coalition. As Nova Scotia is forcing low income seniors to pay more for drugs and the province’s largest hospital is literally…
The Cons and the Right Wing Terrorist Threat
They are the terrorist threat Stephen Harper never warned us about. For while he spent almost a decade branding everyone from refugees, to environmentalists, to scientists and humanitarian groups, as…
Park Board to Mayor: Elected Commissioners Strongly Oppose Sunset Beach Park as 4/20 Location
Vancouver Park Board News ReleaseFebruary 15, 2016 Park Board to Mayor: Elected Commissioners Strongly Oppose Sunset Beach Park as 4/20 Location Vancouver Park Board Chair Sarah Kirby-Yung today wrote to…
CVRD Chair Lefebure and CAO Brian Carruthers Scrambling To Discredit Boards Unanimous Motion Opposing LNG Facilities At Bamberton
Don Maroc Near the end of the February 10, meeting of the Cowichan Regional District Board (CVRD), Cowichan Bay Director Lori Iannidinardo put forth a motion that the Board advise…
Migrants? Wait Till They’re Your Neighbours.
The exodus of Syrian refugees has us thinking of migrants as strangers from distant lands with foreign cultures and languages. We don't think of migrants as our fellow countrymen. That's…
Ethics Is Not A Zero Sum Game
With Alberta’s Catholic Bishops having stuck their oar into the secular sphere of public services several times in recent months, making hardline declarations about what their faith supports and does…