Friday night
Our theme for this evening is people going places. Welcome to another Friday night. Since the camera spends so much time on Doc Watson's hands, I have to wonder if…
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Our moral imperative
Seumas Milne in the Guardian: Amnesty International has now produced compendious evidence of mass abduction and detention, beating and routine torture, killings and atrocities by the rebel militias Britain, France…
"an arab running around"
The fact that Abdullah Almalki was "an arab running around" in Canada was enough to eventually get him detained and tortured in Syria. That and a little guilt by association.…
Can we at least admit that we’re cowards?
An unsigned editorial in yesterday's Toronto Star argues that it's not Canada's place or Canada's problem to take someone like George W. Bush into custody and put him on trial…
Friday night
We have a bit of an automotive theme going this evening. And we're starting with a bang. This is Karen Lawrence and Blue By Nature with Cadillac Blues. Welcome to…
Today in WTF? moments
With Libyan liberation, a political victory for Harper Stephen Harper's first war victory was clinched in a few sudden hours when Moammar Gadhafi was captured and killed and his last…
Warning shots
In case you haven't heard yet Libya's former dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, was killed earlier today. It turns out that he had been hiding in his home town of Sirte. With…
Conduct Unbecoming
Yesterday was the first full day of hearings at the federal Justice Committee on Bill C-10, the Conservative government's omnibus crime bill. This Globe and Mail report describes the tone…
What if voting isn’t enough?
If Chantal Hebert was arguing that activists in the Occupy movement should be taking better advantage of their opportunities to exercise their franchise in addition to their activism, I would…
Rigging the game
Mike Moffatt doesn't come right out and call the Occupy Canada protesters hypocritical but that's certainly the conclusion he's nudging us towards in this Montreal Gazette op-ed. He begins by…
Mostly competent government
Since the end of the federal government's fiscal year 2010-11 was in March, you would think that a government run by the party touted for its competence in managing our…
Friday night
I'm been hanging around the Music Fog people again. Welcome to another Friday night. In the course of introducing this song Ray Wylie Hubbard gives voice to a sentiment that…
Today in WTF? moments
The Ottawa Citizen's Dan Gardner, who has had a lot to say in the past about the insanity of the war on drugs, is reviewing the government's omnibus crime bill.…
Oops, they did it again
It's been a pattern with the Harper Government™ — when a decision is made to cut or eliminate funding to a long time partner, the department involved seems to go…
In which Tom Mulcair makes it official
Mulcair launches NDP leadership bid with call to 'do things differently' Thomas Mulcair is entering the NDP leadership race with strong support from rookie MPs, calling on New Democrats to…
Just wondering
Glen McGregor at the Ottawa Citizen put an article up yesterday to report on spending by unions on federal election advertising. Using "newly-released financial reports" which are filed with Elections…
Friday night: RIP Bert Jansch
Scottish guitarist Bert Jansch passed away on Wednesday at the age of 67. Jansch was an influential acoustic guitarist who came to prominence in the sixties playing sophisticated arrangements of…
Mostly competent government
Internal audit reveals serious problems at CanNor An internal audit has found the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, or CanNor, violated almost every financial management rule since its creation in…
Canadians need to be aware
Barbara Yaffe, in a column in the Vancouver Sun, wants us to pay attention. Cash flowing from U.S. to 'green' initiatives not what it seems Canadians need to be aware…
Mostly competent government
Watchdog slams Canada for poor accountability on climate spending Canada's environment watchdog slammed the federal government Tuesday for poor accountability and management of more than $9 billion set aside for…