And They Want More Tax Cuts, Ever More Tax Cuts.
Since 9/11 America’s adventures in the Middle East have run up astonishing costs. As of this time last year the total of all direct and indirect costs was estimated at…
October 2017
B.C. Coal Mine Company Teck Fined $1.4 Million for Polluting B.C. River
Teck Resources pled guilty Thursday to three violations of the federal Fisheries Act for polluting a tributary of the Elk River and was sentenced to pay a $1,425,000 penalty into…
Cats and beasts #10
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In The Eye Of The Beholder
It is my practice each evening at 6:30 to switch back and forth between NBC Nightly News and Global National, in part because I like to see the differing emphases…
Me and Charles on stuff
He thinks I’m a quote machine. I don’t necessarily disagree, but I’m not sure that’s a good thing, either.
Making Their Way Bareheaded
An entire generation — those who are presently in charge — has grown up thinking that the Unholy Trinity — Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek and Ayn Rand — understood how…
The latest from the son of Gord Lewis of Teenage Head
His location information would be appreciated by me and the police. He’s a friend of white supremacist lunatic Kathy Shaidle. I’m told he’s the same criminal who did this.
Or, as George Carlin said, how come when it’s us it’s abortion, and when it’s a chicken it’s an omelette?
The key thing when you are playing politics with abortion is not to look like you are playing politics with abortion. #onpoli #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 6, 2017
Is Andrew Scheer Canada’s Milo Yiannopoulos?
In my last post I looked at how the creepy social conservative Andrew Scheer was accusing the Trudeau Liberals of "intolerance," for refusing to accept his nomination of Rachael Harder…
“What to my wondering eyes should appear…”
Christmas was in in October this year. The wife needed some parmesan cheese for our spaghetti dinner and insisted I stop at the local Metro grocery store. I went in…
Ode to Tom Petty
What an amazing collection of talent. The Traveling Wilburys – Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jim Keltner on drums. The band wasn’t around long…
Karyn Draper, For God’s Sake, Stop Digging!
So a few days ago the media caught wind of Karyn Draper, a candidate for Public School trustee, supporter of such august groups as the Worldwide Coalition Against Islam, Facebook…
TransCanada pulls the plug on Energy East: the fallout in Alberta will be measurable
PHOTOS: Protesters opposed to the Energy East Pipeline project in Montreal last summer (Photo: Radio Canada). Below: United Conservative Party leadership contender Brian Jean, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, Alberta Premier…
Blunders, haste and waste
BC Hydro’s Chris O’Riley may be new to the CEO’s chair, but he’s not new to the management of Site C. So, it is astounding that his letter to BCUC…
Storm Alliance Brags About Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle; Overt Racists Included in Protest
Prior to the September 30 rally in Quebec, Storm Alliance founder and president Dave Tregget was voicing some concerns about people getting involved who had their own agendas: There was…
Hey There Girl by the Hot Nasties!
Coming soon on The Ballad of the Social Blemishes EP on Ugly Pop!
Four days, 86kms, one root fire: fall trip in Algonquin Park
Chatty write-up with photos, GPX file and numbers about the annual Chris-Martin fall canoe trip. Nine years and counting. This year we rambled through main street Algonquin Park on the…
How America Sees Puerto Rico
Enjoy. Unless, that is, you’re Puerto Rican. And, if you are Puerto Rican, well, it sucks to be you. Sorry.