Thanks for the Support and please read my new Blog. . .
I would like to thank everyone for the remarkable and surprising support. It is heartening. Rather ironic to stop posting on the very week in which occurs what is arguably…
Future Planning When Capacity is An Issue: A New Deal
In my last blog post, I wrote about the messy business of overriding bad decisions that vulnerable loved ones sometimes make. The potential for anything from hurt feelings to fisticuffs…
granada
The previous night, when we finally found the hotel, I asked about tickets to the Alhambra. We had read in the guidebook that only a certain number of tickets are…
Harper stokes resentments in discreet class war
The willingness of much of the Canadian media to go along with the Conservative narrative about Stephen Harper’s “moderation” has allowed the prime minister to wage a discreet class war…
Taylor Wilson: My radical plan for small nuclear fission reactors
Taylor Wilson, is known as the boy who played with fusion, because at the age of 14 became the 32nd individual on the planet to achieve a nuclear-fusion reaction.
Mike Duffy is full of it.
…but he is losing some gas now and stinking up the Senate.
Opposition Growing to HIke in Jardin botanique Admissioin Fess
As of 2:18 p.m., 2,957 people had signed the petition protesting the hikes in entrance fees to Montreal’s botanical garden. Here’s the link: now sign!!!
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…
6010…If Bacon Smelt Like Roses
There would be one more restaurant in the world. The San Francisco Examiner reports that restaurant Bacon, Bacon “… will close its doors at the end of service Friday after…
Rafe: Clark Will Break Up BC Hydro
Within the next four years, BC Hydro, once as good a power utility as there was in the world, will be broken up. It is, you see, presently bankrupt by…
May 17: editorial and op ed pages are for OPINION – dammit
On the op ed page of today’s Times and Transcript, there is a note from the President of Crandall University, apologizing (sort of) for having offended lesbians, gays, bisexuals and…
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…
Things learned from the British Columbia provincial election
Christy Clark is cute, elegant and surrounds herself with rabid federal Conservatives. Negative ads work (if done properly). Adrian Dix is not a speaker. The NDP does not understand the…
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…
If we can’t pin the tail to the donkey, then we are the donkey.
We could get Nigel Wright’s resignation, but so what? His polling numbers don’t matter. If he trends on Twitter during his scandal, who cares? Nobody is going to vote for…
Mike Duffy Tried To Influence CRTC Decision on Sun Media
There just seems to be no bottom to this cesspool. Now the Puffster is said to have tried to subvert the CRTC hearing so that the money-losing Sun News gets…
Cocaine Cowboy Conservative Boss Hoss Rob Ford
Rumours have been swirling for awhile about the Harper Conservataives. Cocaine, I could almost understand. But crack? Rob Ford, instant heart attack. Sheeit. So, what’s Mike Duffy’s excuse for his…
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…