For Karen….I Want To Thank You For Something.
It’sNotAllInMyHead MrTweedyVille Have I told you what I really like most about blogging? And it is the thing that hooked me before I even started this little F-troop list affair…
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Late Night With Norm
PerceptivityIs HisStockAndTradeVille Mr. Norman Farrell gets right to heart of the matter about what the Oreo Party* is up to regarding the so-called extinguishing of the HST. In the end…
The Boessenkool Effect
AllTheHarpiesThatFit Ms.ChristyMakesGoodCookiesVille The GStraight’s Stephen Hui has the story. Here is his lede: It appears that Christy Clark is bent on importing Stephen Harper‘s former minions, as the resurgent B.C.…
Charlie Smith Ask A Question….Mr. Christie Answers.
ThinkingHardIsJustSoDarnedHard Ms.ChristyVille Charlie Smith, in the GStraight, asks if Christy Clark lacks the ‘Gravitas’ to rule effectively: …After winning the B.C. Liberal leadership a year ago, Clark had an opportunity…
C. Olsen’s Replacement….Wags’ Tongues Are A Wigglin’
. And if they are right, I reckon it really is, as I suggested tongue-in-cheek last night…. The Boessenkool Effect. To wit: BillTieleman@BillTieleman Following Could Sara MacIntyre – ex-Stephen Harper…
Did Ron Obvious Just Get One Right?
. Not bloody likely. But I do have to admit….. For once Gary Mason actually made me laugh out loud.* Gary Mason @garymasonglobe Close I’m hearing that in a bid…
Did The Wife Of The ‘Not Conflicted’ CBC Ledge Guy Just Get A Promotion?
AllTheRestructuringThatFits (not)PremierVille As Laila notes, Christy Clark’s Press Secretary, Mr. Chris Olsen, has been fired. Errrrr…… Restructured. So. Does this mean that the current Deputy Press Secretary, Ms. Rebecca Scott,…
T. Jefferson and Me.
BuryingOne’sHeadInSiliconValleySandDoesNotCount OstrichVille I have been using Apple products since before that (allegedly Anti-Orwellian Superbowl commerical from 1984…. In fact, the first machine I used seriously was an Apple IIe. And…
The Best Piece You Will Read In The Globe This Week…
. …Starts like this: “The police scanner squawked with bursts of excited voices. Shots fired. Man down. Bruce Smillie looked out on a deserted newsroom. The reportorial staff had vanished.…
The Dean Of What, Exactly?
WritingALot WhileSayingVeryLittleVille In his report on the first day of the new legislative session, the V Sun’s Vaughn Palmer went through a litany of apparent ‘he said/she said’ arguments raised…
Ms. Clark and Mr. Campbell Are Forever Joined At The Hip…
….By The Knotty Gordian. “He was sunk in despair. He was desperate… he called his equally depressed campaign manager and instructed him to…..accuse his high-riding opponent (the pig farmer) of…
Bigger E. Soars From Nest
AllTheProudnessThatFits DadVille So. I got an Email this morning. In response to one I had sent last night just before bed. To my oldest kid who is 3,000 miles away.…
The Most Cynical Of The (not)Premier’s Cynical Moves So Far
LetThemEatPretendCake BCVoterVille And no, I’m not talking about last night’s deflector spin climb-down from the stunt that was Riot Court TeeVee now that its prop-wash lost its lustre. Instead, I’m…
The Big Muddy Is….
….Gone! As in the big muddy sound that is. And it’s all thanks to reader Don F. who convinced me to get the gadget pictured above. As a result, I…
Maybe B.C.’s Pensioners On A Fixed Income Should…
…Just Move To Cuba “In Cuba, they don’t have any income inequality because they are all poor. We want to have an economy that is giving the people the opportunity…
The Faux Throne Speech…Will She Go ‘Round In Circles?
WhoNeedsBlazingSaddlesWhenYou’veGot TheProducersVille Will she? Go ’round in circles, I mean. Of course she will. But that’s not the point. Because, unlike Billy Preston under the ‘Fro, once you remove the…
Talking (Show) Points Premier….The Table Read
OurProvinceIsNotAMelBrooksComedy RunByTheProducersVille Rumour has it that the script-reading earlier today, in advance of tomorrow’s really big show, was an intense affair. Two of the juiciest bits of gossip that have…
Podcast Of The Week…Harry Shearer With Financial Blogger Yves Smith
AllTheFreeDownloadsThatFit InfosplosionVille Harry Shearer, the bass player guy from Spinal Tap, and the million-voice man on The Simpsons, who has also been an ardent defender of New Orleans, composes the…
Saturday Night’s Alright For…
WeOnlyPlayLizzy OnceInAWhileVille ….Uke (Cover) Fighting! First up, the Original, from Thin Lizzy…. Next, the Uke Cover by the most amazing Heavy Boxes… _____ Sub-header is from 7th best scene overall,…
BC Ferries Air
AllTheUnscheduledMaintenanceThatFits Where’sDaveyVille Remember that old slogan from BC Ferries that went something like this: “Follow The Birds To Vancouver Island.” Well, now you can fly with them. Literally. The birds,…