Pete Seeger tribute on CBC’s Ideas with Paul Kennedy
As you all know, Pete Seeger died Monday night after giving us music for the past 70-odd years (he was 94). Last night CBC Radio’s Ideas with Paul Kennedy rebroadcasted…
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Hooray!
There’s a new Rob Ford video! The waiting is the hardest part.
City sidewalks, pretty sidewalks
Well, today was a shoveling day for this Haligonian. I chose to clear my own sidewalk, rather than allow the contractors working for the city to do it. These are…
Peter Van Loan knows his base!
Peter Van Loan worries about the effects of the so-called Reform Act: Van Loan believes there are “real problems” with the Reform Act. He says the bill may be well-intentioned…
Greetings from Winnipeg, you infidel atheists!
Just in case we waver and forget how the base Conservative actually views those of us who have eschewed organised religion: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/seasons-greetings—-even-to-infidel-atheists-pallister-234034381.html Conservative Leader Brian Pallister says he didn’t mean…
Hubert LaCroix continues his mission to destroy the CBC
Well, that’s my explanation for this: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/nhl-broadcast-deal-league-reaches-12-year-5-2b-agreement-with-rogers-1.1560824 While the CBC holds onto “Hockey Night in Canada,” the new deal will limit its control over the broadcast and lead to job…
A quote from a former opposition leader:
At worst, he personally ordered it done and chose the people who executed the plan. At the very least, he fostered an attitude within the party , chose the managers…
Is there a cure?
In what I presume is an attempt to seem sensitive, and not schadenfreude-istic, many people who want Mayor Ford to step down say that they want the Mayor to seek…
One quick note for Mr. Rob Ford:
Dear Mr. Ford, I believe it was Pierre Trudeau who said “There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.” I cannot emphatically enough say that…
Shorter Christie Blatchford:
Blame the messenger! Unless I happen to the the messenger, of course. Really, I just don’t like that other paper that keeps scooping the Grope and Flail on these Rob…
Hal-con is on!
How do I know? I just walked through a impromptu photo-shoot featuring a woman I suspect was YaYa Han. Plus, there were a few people sporting costumes in Scotia Square.…
An idea for Stephen Harper:
“I appointed all of those Senators while in a drunken stupor.” You’re welcome.
Ideology versus principles
Just a thought running through my head right now: When does ideology trump principle? Are there people who exist for whom principle always trumps ideology? Lets look at some examples:…
The most important question(s) of the day:
Will Rob Ford’s crack smoking video knock Mike Duffy’s expense scandal off the top of the wires? Which story is worse for the Conservative establishment? How’s that convention going, anyway?
It’s getting dark out there
Fellow cyclists of the world, I implore you to start putting lights on your bikes. Around these parts, the sun doesn’t rise until about 7:30 or so at this time…
Dear Pamela
Ms Wallin (and messers Duffy and Brazeau): The plum you received from Stephen Harper turned out to be laced with poison. That is a small shame. I have some advice…
I’m coining a new word
Well, a new hyphenated word, really. base-whisperer This refers to someone who knows how to communicate to his or her political base, and forms all of their communication and political…
One step forward…
… Metro Transit is cutting evening ferry service. The last boat leaving Halifax in the evenings will now depart at 10:30 p.m. instead of 11:45 p.m. This is insane. Dartmouthians…
Paving the path on Barrington! Yay city!
My morning commute (cycling) takes me along a gravel path that runs parallel to Barrington Street, starting at the MacDonald Bridge and ending at the end of the navy dockyard.…
Democracy, for some, is an exercise in hoodwinking voters
Disgusting: Elections Canada has traced fraudulent phone calls made during the federal election to an Edmonton voice-broadcast company that worked for the Conservative Party across the country. While the agency…