Ranked Ballot Initiative in Toronto survives committee – on to full vote in June.
Its been awhile since I’ve posted, so I figured why not 2 on the same day (plus it gives me something else to do besides continue lamenting last night’s tragic…
Worst. Logo. Ever.
Oh my Lord, this is awful. The old Ontario Liberal logo was amazing – creative, eye-catching and full of meaning. It was also the product of a lot of consultation…
For what it’s worth
I’m heading off to vote. Before that, I’m joining my blogging colleagues and providing a seat count prediction: BC NDP – 58 BC Liberal – 23 BC Green – 1…
Spoof: Hadfield comes home to $1.37 million Rogers phone bill
He may be home, Canada’s favourite astronaut is not free and clear. Chris Hadfield’s 5 month phone bill is a whopping $1.37 million! Better pay better attention to your contract,…
Pathetic nonsense
The Harper Cons are trying to spin their loss in Labrador as negative for Trudeau. How pathetic is that?Mia Rabson writes: The Conservatives who are trying to spin that this…
5992…Bet He Is Smarter Than Rob Ford
Or Kwame Kirkpatrick. He is the new mayor of Dorset, Minnesota and he is four.The mayor’s name is “…Robert Tufts, though known as Bobbie, was selected as Dorset’s mayor by…
Pegasus Pipeline Spill: Mayflower Residents Find Conflicting Advice from Arkansas Agencies
It’s been over five weeks since ExxonMobil’s Pegasus pipeline burst beneath a Mayflower, Arkansas subdivision, spilling diluted bitumen born of tar sands throughout the neighborhood. Five weeks later, and still…
Connections between wealth and power flourish in secret
An article I published almost three years ago is timely on this election day. Voters have an opportunity to change direction. If we do not, the plundering of British Columbia…
Without core values, fake and phony
H/T RossK, The Gazetteer
Harper Government: $3.1 billion missing – auditor general’s spring report
It is a small change for Harper. But how is taxpayers’ money being spent? Maybe Harper built another fake-lake. This time for himself.
Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You – "Rumsfeld’s Rules"
He’s back. Donald Rumsfeld has written a leadership guide entitled Rumsfeld’s Rules that is being released today. Wired has a review. Who better to impart life lessons than the only…
Leave to appeal from summary conviction appeal to Court of Appeal
R. v. Bresnark, 2013 ONCA 320: Leave to appeal to this court from a summary conviction appeal pursuant to s. 839 is granted sparingly, and only when some exceptional circumstance…
It’s No Wonder the Beijing Politburo and our Harper Parliament are Best Friends Forever
It turns out that the Chinese Communist leadership and the Canadian Conservative leadership believe in a lot of the same stuff. They both want economic liberalism but political conformity and…
What to watch for in the BC Election.
Teddy here. Please note this post will be edited/updated apx every hour until the polls close, so, keep coming back for more! The 2pm (eastern) entry is as follows: What…
Today’s Global Outrages
There doesn’t seem to be a day that passes anymore that doesn’t bring some but today we have two outrages to pass along courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. First…
When your spin is on crack
When I first saw this last night – in the midst of the Leafs’ loss, the re-entry of Chris Hadfield and other stuff – I thought it was a social…
Andrew Breitbart meets St. Peter. It does not go well.
When right-wing provocateur Andrew Breitbart passed on, a good source at heaven’s gate tells me his meeting with gatekeeper St. Peter was not what Andrew expected. First of all, and…
An Old Brit War Vet Laments the Death of the Democracy He Fought to Preserve
Harry Leslie Smith says he’s too old to fight those who today would wreck the civilization he and so many others fought and in too many cases died to protect.…
In over his head
A contrite Justin Trudeau was barely able to look straight into the camera as he took to the podium after the results of the Labrador election were announced on Monday…