On decisive choices
Nanos’ latest poll on the parties under consideration by voters has received plenty of attention. But the discussion so far seems to miss the most plausible explanation for the poll…
It’s really strawberries
Hah. I’m told that images with text get greater interaction from viewers. Filed under: art Tagged: blood, Cat, Prrr., strawberries
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Benjamin Radcliff discusses the proven connection between progressive policies and a higher quality of life across all levels of income: Happier people live…
Quite the Week
It has been Quite the Week. There was a more-or-less last-minute switch-about at work, which meant that I got to go to a conference in Montreal about HIV and housing,…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, September 30, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, September 30, 2013: Kingston Penitentiary’s storied history full of notorious inmates, riots, escapes R v Griffith: What…
First you need principles, Ms. Wynne.
If you do not like the mess when racoons get into your garbage, you can tell Premier Kathleen Wynne about it. If you want to kill or at least discourage…
“Communications expert”?
Sorry, I just threw up a little in my mouth.
They Are Appalled
A kind of follow-up to this post. Anti-wind activists out in Adelaide have been asked by the provincial MOE (Ministry of the Environment) to, if they are testifying re the…
Revolution And The Corporate State
Chris Hedges has no illusions about the power of the corporate state: The state, to protect itself, lies. Politicians, corporations, the public relations industry, the entertainment industry and our ridiculous…
A conservatism is spreading that the Tories can’t fathom | John Harris | Comment is free | The Guardian
A conservatism is spreading that the Tories can’t fathom | John Harris | Comment is free | The Guardian. A month or so ago, when the public’s opposition to any…
Values and Ideas #nlpoli
“Don’t question my values,” Cathy Bennett warned one her fellow candidates in the Liberal leadership, “and I won’t question yours.” The other candidate in that part of the debate wasn’t…
Stephen Harper and the Con Klown Pushers
Well I see Stephen Harper has returned from his disastrous attempt to try to force Obama to approve the Keystone pipeline. And that after shooting himself in both legs by…
"Revenue neutral" carbon taxes – hollow claim
In its June budget update, the BC Government said, “When the carbon tax was introduced, one of the key principles was that the tax would be revenue neutral – that…
First Nation upset CNRL is draining lake to contain Alberta bitumen leak
photo: Canadian Natural Resources Limited Read this Sept. 28 story from CBC on the ongoing Alberta bitumen leak crisis near Cold Lake. The Common Sense Canadian has been following the…
BC LNG: Energy expert debunks Minister Coleman’s math
Video by Damien Gillis, analysis by David Hughes On Sept. 18, BC’s Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman gave the above speech to northern mayors and councillors at the…
Mining Magnate calls for end of growth economy
Ross Beaty Read this surprising Sept. 22 Vancouver Sun guest op-ed from one of Canada’s top mining tycoons, Ross Beaty, arguing for the end of growth and a new focus…
More International Elections
Austria held it’s vote today and the results are as follows. 53 – Social Democrats46 – People’s Party (Conservative)99 – Governing Coalition (two parties listed above) 42 – Freedom Party…
Dinner with Justin Trudeau: Gimmick or Doing Politics Differently?
“Have dinner with me, Susan.” What a charming invitation. Too bad it’s part of a fundraising campaign directed at 300,000 supporters of the federal Liberal party. But wait…let’s think about…
BC LNG: The Real Story – exclusive series, presentations all this week
British Columbians have been hearing a lot of glowing rhetoric from their political leaders about the economic promise of building a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. We’ve heard that…