Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger This latest development is the result of some very skillful, strategists, schemers and spinners from Christy Clark’s stable. Others may see it as bumbling incompetency.…
Odds – Make You Mad
From today’s Gazette. Police and probation authorities will be able to compel hair, urine, blood, saliva and breath samples to ensure compliance with court orders prohibiting the consumption of drugs…
Picture yourself at a party standing next to a man like Henry Morgentaler, chatting away about various topics and divulging in the cocktail party lingo that one might often run…
It’s Friday. Have some tunes. This is Jim Byrnes, with Steve Dawson on guitar, performing a Hank Williams song called Honky Tonk Blues. This is billed as Kenny Neal and…
On Monday, Kathy Dunderdale said it was wrong for the federal government to try and jam her up by connecting the federal loan guarantee on Muskrat Falls to free trade…
We just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our special ad campaign! We are publishing our ad in a key Washington paper in order to urge…
“If I have ten tax dollars to spend on health care .. I want to spend that ten dollars providing ‘health care’ to citizens … not $9 for services and…
There are some sick bastards out there. I’m going to go buy some Cheerios.
From the Moment of Diagnosis A Book Review of “Designated Caregiver: Resource Manual forthe Caregiver On Call 24/7” by Cecelia Salamone Every caregiver or special needs parent can recall in…
I wanted to respond to the posts Sixth Estate has written over the last week or two about Canadians’ apathy and despair. Sixth Estate has kindly given me the opportunity…
It’s always good to hear Elizabeth May speak in the House. Today was no disappointment, as she took the Prime Minster’s Office to task for being a totally unaccountable creation…
A pocketful of votes Dion gave an interesting talk at Joyce Murray’s meeting in Vancouver this morning, dealing with the different kinds of electoral reform that we could adopt. One…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Well it appears that Christy Clark may have pulled off a magnificent move leaving the BC NDP, PM Harper and Alberta Premier Alison Redford in the dust…
Recent documents shed some light on why some RCMP members in Manitoba have been reprimanded for abusing their time on duty and the resources available to them in order to…
Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair by Paul Cowan, National Film Board of Canada This week’s Friday Film Pick is the NFB doc about Dr. Norman Morgentaler, the Canadian physician…
Today is my birthday, and my birthday wish—aside from health and happiness for my friends and especially my family—is for widespread and even sustained! support for alternative and independent media,…
John Gormley attempts to sing a lullaby; Mixes up the words. eave us alone to reconnect with life and keep the warmth coming. And get back to us when you’ve…
Abortion-rights activist and pioneer Dr. Henry Morgentaler died Wednesday of a heart attack. Appropriately, our Friday Film Pick is Democracy on Trial, a 1984 NFB documentary by Paul Cowen in…
Multi-Racial Cheerios Commercial Provokes Barrage of Racist Comments
This multi-racial Cheerios commercial has provoked a barrage of racist comments on YouTube, Reddit, Facebook and other social media. Some of the bigots said the commercial was so “disgusting” it…