The Art Of Misdirection
Some, I guess, are better at it than others. Recommend this Post
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Who Can I Trust?
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am an enthusiastic supporter of The Toronto Star. The paper’s investigative reports, like no others, have had real impact, influencing decisions…
An Update To Yesterday’s Post
I don’t have a new post today, as I just changed ISPs and am preoccupied trying to solve a problem in configuring my wife’s computer for the encrypted router I…
Another Fox Guarding The Hen House
It is hardly news to suggest that the National Energy Board (NEB) is rife with bias favouring the energy sector. Half of its members are professionals from the gas and…
Sid Ryan Has A Plan
Given the odious, intrusive and likely unconstitutional nature of Bill C-377, the ‘private member’s’ bill covered with the indelible palm prints of Stephen Harper that forces labour unions to publicly…
The Earth’s Future Is Our Future
While I have deeply-held spiritual beliefs, I do not for a moment think that transcendent agency was involved in humanity’s appearance on the earth. In my view, we just happened…
A Barbaric Practice
I have written before on the ugly and wholly indefensible slaughter of sharks so that their fins can be enjoyed as a delicacy, but now seems a good time to…
Shaming Those Who Deserve It – The Case Of Kim McArthur
Every picture of that I have seen of her shows Kim McArthur sporting the same smile as above, conveying the image of someone without a care in the world, a…
Shaming Those Who Deserve It
Many of them probably sleep quite well at night in the belief that their unethical, criminal behaviour is likely never to see the light of day, and even if it…
….. Canada Day
I wish that I could have inserted ‘Happy’ in front of today’s title, but for reasons too obvious to discuss, I can’t. However I will say this: may next year…
As Canada Day Approaches
A little something to think about: Recommend this Post
Robert Reich’s Warning About the Trans Pacific Partnership
Although directed to an American audience, these warnings are equally applicable to Canada: The Trans Pacific Partnership is a zombie that refuses to die no matter how many stakes are…
Reprobate Redux
For your Monday discernment, I offer this volley of wise observations about that unrepentant felon, Dean Del Mastro, from the usual suspects – Toronto Star readers: Re: Ex-Tory MP Del…
Like A Festering Pustule That Refuses To Heal
Perennial posterior pain K(T)ory Teneycke just won’t go away. Currently a Conservative Party campaign spokesman, he once again appears to be out of his depth. In the following video, which…
A Site Young Voters Should Visit
I have written several past posts on the fact that for the most part, youth do not vote, largely because they see nothing on offer from any of the major…
Speaking Of Conservative Crime
It seems that our Prime Minister may have violated his own anti-terror law against terrorist imagery and propaganda. As reported by CTV, A new Conservative attack ad takes aim at…
What Constitutes Reasonable Return?
Orphan diseases are perhaps the most cruel of illnesses. Frequently life threatening, they afflict only a very small percentage of the world’s populations, thereby discouraging research and making any drugs…
God, I Love The Perp Walk
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Burn, Baby, Burn
Click hear to learn about pastor Rick Scarborough’s plan to defend ‘traditional marriage.’ Would it be wrong of me to offer this ‘man of God’ some waterproof matches? Recommend this…
Breaking With Tradition
… there were no reports of Dean Del Mastro breaking down in tears, a first for the former star of the Harper regime. Perhaps knowing that he will only serve…