What’s That Between Steve’s Shoulder Blades? Oh, That’s a Knife.
The Tories have a rich history of backstabbing. Dalton Camp did in John Diefenbaker and was never forgiven. Brian Mulroney shoved Joe Clark out of the way and into a…
The Mound of Sound
The Rats in Uncle Steve’s Pantry
Stephen Harper knows he’s got rats in the Conservative pantry and it must be giving him fits trying to figure out just who they are. Somebody is leaking a steady…
The Perfidious Peter Kent
This is too important to miss. Read Miranda Holmes revealing look at Harper EnviroShill Peter Kent and his close personal ties to Canada’s fossil fuelers. This is eerily like the…
Harper’s Dilemma – Rash and Hazardous Speculation
It has always been my suspicion that Stephen Harper wanted to govern at least until he pushed through the Northern Gateway to get Athabasca bitumen flowing to Asia. With no…
Nigel Wright Falls on His Sword
Stephen Harper must feel isolated. He’s shed senators like a mangy dog loses fur. And now his chief of staff, Nigel Wright, has packed it in, leaving the PMO under…
O.A.S. Drug Review a "Game Changer"
The Organization of American States has issued a report on global drugs policy that, some believe, could lead to the end of blanket prohibition. Publication of the Organisation of American…
Athabasca Bitumen and the Koch Bros’ Gift to Windsor, Ontario
This might be why Alberta isn’t too crazy about refining Athabasca bitumen on site and why British Columbia should reject the proposal to refine it in Kitimat. “This” is a…
Is the Senate Independent Auditor Independent?
The giant accounting firm, Deloitte, was retained to conduct a forensic audit of the expenses claimed by specific senators. In three cases there were questions of whether the individuals were…
Wallin Walks Cap’n Harper’s Plank
Earlier today, Harper-appointed senator Pam Wallin purported to “recuse” herself from the Conservative caucus pending the outcome of a forensic audit into her expenses. Nice try, Pam. According to CTV,…
Grizzly Versus Go-Pro
If you’ve spent any time in grizzly territory, chances are you have wondered at some point what it might be like if you found yourself face to face with the…
The Permanent Warfare State Comes Clean, Are You Listening?
It’s official. The United States of America is a permanent warfare state. Perhaps now the country should adopt the flag Mark Twain designed for this very occasion. At a Senate…
Another Harper Black Eye for Canada
In today’s Guardian, another look at the lengths the Harper regime goes to crush dissent, especially informed dissent, in Canada. Another shameful black mark on Canada’s international reputation, courtesy of…
When You Suck at Opposition, You Betray the Public
It’s not just the government that owes a duty to the public, the opposition also owes a solemn duty to the public. That’s the lesson that’s inescapable for the past…
Do You Trust the RCMP to Investigate the Duffy Scandal?
So we’re going to let the RCMP get to the bottom of this senate expense scandal that now extends straight to the top of the Prime Minister’s Office. I wish…
Duffy Out of Conservative Caucus. He Wants to Do the Right Thing.
Mike Duffy has departed the Conservative caucus. “…the Prime Minister’s Office appears to have been blindsided by Duffy’s claims that he had arranged his own loan with Royal Bank of…
49:1 Is Not 50:50
Forty-Nine to One is not Fifty-Fifty. Climate change denialists like to spread it on thick and claim there’s some fierce debate over the reality of anthropogenic global warming and there…
Anybody Heard of the ‘Government Telecommunications and Informatics Service?’
My Duffy post earlier today seems to have drawn the attention of some Ottawa outfit called the Government Telecommunications and Informatics Service. Anyone know anything about them?
If We’re Going To Do This With Drones, Why Does Anyone Need the F-35?
With the launch yesterday of the X-47B from the deck of the USS George HW Bush, the case for the F-35 just got a lot weaker. The X-47B is a…
The Price of War
The folks at UpWorthy have published a photo-perspective showing the faces of soldiers taken before, during and after war. Here’s one example. Follow the link above to see the rest.
Twitter Outs the Haters
Check this out. It’s a twitter-based map of racism in the United States. A team of geographers from Humboldt State University has developed a map of the United States which…