The snow advantage
A town in New Mexico has been buried in tumbleweeds, to the extent that some people can’t even get out of their houses.It had never occurred to me before that…
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No matter how cynical I get, I just can’t keep up
When the NDP proposed their e-petition idea, I’m sure they were thinking how nice it would be if Canadians could petition the Commons to debate things like denying health care…
Do NOT mess around with our drive home!
Politicians get away with it most of the time. I’m not talking about corruption, just the usual stupid stuff. Though journalists often try to call out rank incompetence — and…
Harper’s words slither when they pass
Trudeau was asking questions today about why the Harper Cons spent $2.5 million on advertising for JobScam, the job program that never existed. Harper’s response sounded pretty spacey: ..the Liberal…
Good faith bargaining
I don’t know the details of this particular case, but I am very glad to see a court slap down a public service negotiator for not bargaining in good faith:…
If you work in an office
Here is a conference call in real life:
Things I hate*
Well, Saskboy, I tried.Saskboy had a post about my town of Saskatoon, so of course I tried to leave a comment. Then his website wouldn’t accept my login or maybe…
Hitting them where it hurts
Companies sponsoring the Homophobic Olympics in Sochi are being shamed across the world for their contributions to the Russia games. The MacDonald’s hashtag #CheersToSochi has been hijacked by LBGT activists.…
Most offensive hashtag ever
I thought the negative reaction to Neil Young’s Honour the Treaties tour was way, way over-the-top so I’m not surprised it has circled around to bite his critics in the…
Your cute overload for today
A small dog plowing through snow – YouTube: ““ ‘via Blog this’
Guess the country
Guess which country just passed these laws? If you said The Ukraine, you’re right.But when I saw this photo on the twitter tonight my first thought was maybe it was…
Great line of the day
Dave and Boris at the Galloping Beaver have been on fire lately, burning Harper and the Harper Cons with the fierce light of a thousand suns. Here’s some of Dave’s…
Don’t go alone into a hospital in Winnipeg!
Have we reached the point where we need despanchantes to make sure the health care system doesn’t kill us before it cures us?The Winnipeg health care system seems to keep…
String ’em up
They wore aprons and sneaked behind Harper to hold up little paper signs.The horror! The horror!Now esteemed senator Bob Runciman thinks lèse-majesté is the crime of the century when Harper…
Disabled, poor and Aboriginal shouldn’t be a lethal combination
I hadn’t realized before this that Brian Sinclair was Aboriginal, as well as being disabled and poor. It was a lethal combination — Sinclair sat in his wheelchair in a…
C-c-c-christ, its c-c-c-cold
It’s 33 below here tonight — with the windchill, its almost 50 below. CTV reports that they’re expecting another snowstorm in Ontario, and there are still widespread power outages tonight…
Great line of the day
At The Galloping Beaver, Dave provides this excellent description of Harper: I question Harper’s intelligence at times but his competence is not up for debate. This is one of the…
Colorado high
In two days, marijuana in Colorado will be legal. As Neil Steinberg writes: … this Wednesday, Jan. 1, Colorado will become the first state in the nation, and one of…