Fasten your seat belts, here comes the abortion debate…
In just under three and a half years I have written or touched on the topic of abortion 21 times. In fact the most often read post on this blog…
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A nickle for your thoughts? No more pennies allowed
Finally!!! No more useless pennies. No doubt there will be much hand wringing and finger pointing about today’s federal budget. There always is, especially during times of constraint. Everyone’s laundry…
What the federal budget will say, and what it really means…cue Carlin
When Thursday rolls around Canadians will be finding out exactly what kind of government a minority of some 40% chose. We’re being told that the budget will focus on certain…
Mulclair is a winner, cue the attack ads
He won the battle, Thomas Mulcair is the new leader of the NDP. Now he needs to win the war of bringing his party together. I have no doubt that…
Need to raise taxes or cut services? Hit boomers…
I was born in 1966, and by some warped definition I am somehow included in the post-war baby boom. The baby boom is said to be the result of servicemen…
Higher temps, higher gas prices…$1.40+ in Québec City
Ahhh what a nice warm spring, and it finally caught up to the micro-climate that is Québec city, or as the signs here proclaim it…the capital of “la nation”. Oh…
Enough with the attack ads already, we get it….
Okay, okay…Canadians from coast to coast to coast should finally understand by now. There is one, and only one person who is fit to serve as this nation’s Prime Minister.…
Dépanneur owner whose store was vandalized should learn to speak French
The owner of a Verdun depanneur had his store vanadalized after a series of events resulting from his inability or unwillingness to speak French. CTV is reporting (HERE) that Anthony…
Do Republicans want a religious extremist as their nominee?
The U.S. has troops in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, and numerous other countries, and there’s some definite sabre rattling happening right now in the direction of Iran from some…
Think Ron Paul is nuts? Good, the MSM is doing its job…check out John Stewart
Ron Paul could easily drop out of the GOP race and coporate media would be very happy. They’ve built up candidates like Rick Santorum, while working very hard at avoiding…
Americans can win back world respect by electing Ron Paul
I spent a bit of time growing up in the United States. I attended kindergarten and grades one to three and a bit of four in NJ and all of…
Tories to social conservatives…thanks for the votes, now bugger off!!!
Members of Canada’s socially conservative religious right fraternity must be looking on Harper government like the insurance salesman who attends church to drum up business. I mean sure he’s on…
Are Canada’s conservatives a house divided?
Here’s a question dear reader. Are you conservative or liberal? It might seem a straight forward question, but I imagine responses would vary widely based on the context of the…
Brad Trost says Harper is not Pro-Life and chastises the PMO
I just finished reading a Macleans interview with Conservative backbench MP Brad Trost. For those, like me, who’ve seen his name in the press about the issue of abortion, and…
Taxpayers on the hook for almost $600 Billion in mortgage debt
Do you know anyone who has recently bought a house with less than 20% down? I know a few myself, young twenty somethings with decent but not great income, who’ve…
CREA projects average house prices to dip
The Canadian Real Estate Association is predicting that the national average for house prices will drop in 2012, but not by much. I wouldn’t put too much stock in such…
Robocall scam provided employment…in Canada!!!
Canadians upset over the RoboCall scandal need to look at this another way. With our sputtering economy and record high levels of debt, a strategy like this provides jobs. Sure,…
Canadians don’t care about the ‘Robocall’ scam….
When is a scandal not a scandal? When nobody gives a rip. Sorry for the trailer park answer to that question, but I’m thinking some conservatives might read this…and well,…
Is the U.S. conservative movement on drugs?
I realize very well that the conservative movement in the U.S. has gone and basically co-opted the fundamentalist, born again, bible thumping, man walked with dinosaurs Christian crowd. Fair enough,…