Jan.27: The Ideologue
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is an ideologue. That means he believes that there is just one way to organize a nation’s political and economic life. There is only one way.…
Graeme Decarie
Jan.26: Lord, what a dried out, diseased bowl of porridge
the Moncton Times and Transcript is.. Page B 1. Finance Minister Higgs will hold a public consultation with the citizens of Moncton. It will concern the budget. That’s in keeping…
Jan. 25: How to lie without actuaally lying ….
…not actually lying… Read the joyous, bubbly, teeny-bopper, wowowow headline at the top of A 1.“Community health centres draw rave reviews”. Gee. That’s pretty impressive, considering that no such centre…
The training of Health MInister Fleming…
…. I had a dog like that once – jumped up on people, barked at terrirfied children, stuck his nose iin people’s plates at dinner, left little piles all over…
Jan.23: Big headline, front page….
….so we know it can’t possibly be any big deal…. The provincial government paid over a million dollars for four houses. Well, the reasoning sounds sensible. Water control plans carried…
Jan. 22: well….well….welll….
….well….we…It’s kind of hard to write about a Moncton Times and Transcript which has a big story on the front page that it’s cold out. And that’s pretty much it…
Jan. 21: The TandT did not appear……
…some sort of trouble with the presses. Alas! It is available on the net. Big story on C1 about the French invasion of Mali to intervene in a rebellion against…
Jan. 20: Watching you….
Who are the dangerous people that our intelligence agencies like CSIS, the RCMP, the department of defence and others are watching? Why, they’re watching you. You are actually paying taxes…
Jan.19: The business of reporting….
This is not (read NOT) a criticism of reporters. It is a criticism of editors and the whole news business. Back when we were both starting out in the world…
Jan.18: Wow! Read all about it!
NOTE.For some reason, my column suddenly narrowed, and some of the print turned red. I have no idea why, and the computer refused to discuss it with me. I shall…
Jan.17: What the hell is in Bill C-45?
Today, has a front page story about an Idle-No-More protest by New Brunswick native peoples in Miramichi. – and it still doesn’t tell us what it’s about. There’s nothing about…
News as propaganda….
… and the op ed page as ignorance. The headline on p.1 of NewsToday reads, “Democracy urged in Mali.” Now there’s a headline that tells us close to nothing –…
Jan. 15: Do you know…….
….the top baby names for Nova Scotia in 2012? Hah! And you call yourself well informed. Well catch up. You can get the whole story on p. A 8 of…
Jan. 14: mea culpa…..
Yesterday I referred to a blog site with excellent blogs by Karl Nerenberg as being “rabble-rouser.ca” It’s not. It’s just “rabble.ca”. (Later, I’ll think of a self-pitying excuse for my…
January 13: invisible racism….
It’s Saturday night, and I was just reading the Sunday edition of The South China Morning Post; (they’re half a day ahead of us.) The Morning Post is not a…
Jan. 12:public sector, private sector and other myths
Interesting story on p. A14. Mr. Ashfield, the minister responsible for cuts to employment insurance says all the complaining about the cuts is due to misinformation. Quite possibly so, with…
Jan. 11:All the news you don’t need…..
Harper is (reluctantly) meeting with the Assembly of Chiefs. The chiefs, who did precious little to support Chief Theresa Spence, are now, seemingly, on her side. I doubt it. Look…
Jan. 10: Hey – what is in Bill C-45?
The Moncton Times and Transcript had a picture of yesterday’s Idle No More demonstration. But it has still given no clear idea of what it is all about. The reporter…
Jan. 9: This blog will be late….
Hey – I have a son I had to take to DocBraces. I have to leave again quite soon to attend the Idle No More Demonstration, (a demonstration which is…
Jan 8: el stupido…..
Yesterday, my mind a turmoil of flu and banana-strawberry juice with veggies, I forgot the date for the Idle No More protest in Moncton. At last, a friend told me…