Cat hears a can-opener
What was the cat thinking? That was hard. That casually drawn, too large left ear needed an ‘explanation’. And thanks to Delft for pointing the missing essentials! Whew. Filed under:…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ed Broadbent takes a look at how our tax system can combat inequality in more ways than one: The Broadbent Institute is…
In Alberta, the billionaire walks and the working man gets the shaft.
TweetThe billionaire walks… There was little surprise among the cynical pundit class yesterday as Elections Alberta announced that it had found billionaire Daryl Katz and his Katz Group broke no…
New column day
Here, on how increasing inequality at the top of the income spectrum is creating a real disparity in opportunity affecting both middle-class and lower-income children. For further reading, see Sean…
Carville gets the Shawinigan handshake
Forgot to post this one, from the dinner Monday night in Ottawa. Wanna know how to do deal with your political opponents? No “conversations” or “process”: let Chretien show the…
Props thundering away
Off from the airstrip in Repulse Bay and on to Coral Harbour:
Props thundering away
Off from the airstrip in Repulse Bay and on to Coral Harbour:
Jon Ivison fear mongers: ‘Grim report warns Canada vulnerable to an aboriginal insurrection’
If you want to know the current state of the National Post, it is one of pure hate. Ultra-Conservative, the Post features racist rants from the likes of the Kay…
Abacus Federal BC Poll
You may remember that a couple of days ago Abacus Data released their first poll for British Columbia’s provincial politics, showing what everyone else has been showing. It appears that…
Ask General Kang: How much time should I be spending on Social Media every day?
None. Next question. No, seriously, what is the right amount? It depends. Do you have other things to do? Like, I don’t know, a job? Let’s assume yes, and let’s…
Scientists In Chains
Melissa Mancini, over at the Huffington Post, has documented Stephen Harper’s war on science. Consider the record: Environment Canada put out 71 news releases in 2012, compared with 110 in…
Depraved Indifference – UPDATED
The term ‘cultural divide’ does not begin to explain this. Depraved indifference, on the part of both the company and the parents, perhaps does. UPDATE: This piece on Slate, which…
Keystone Kops: TransCanada Spent $280,000 Lobbying For Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline In First Quarter
TransCanada, the multinational corporation hoping to build the controversial northern half of the Keystone XL pipeline, spent over $280,000 on lobbying the U.S. government in the first quarter (Q1) of…
The reason(s) behind individual Conservative MP’s rejecting Anti-Trudeau 10%’ers
I find the revelations that several Conservative MP’s are uneasy and not willing to participate in the “10 percent’er” mass mail attack ad campaign that the Conservative Party plan against…
How optics and soundbites are changing the race in BC
Christy Clark is cute as a button. She speaks with confidence. No stammering, no stuttering. Like Stephen Harper, Clark is knows how to sway the media and BC’s citizenry with…
Am Not Dead
Am just working off-site way across town. Things should return to normal tomorrow. Try and get by without me.
Stephen Harper and the Fatal Boondoggle
Oh. My. Gotterdammerung. Not even Sybil the Soothsayer could have predicted it would end like this eh?Who could have known that Stephen Harper's rotting Con regime would collapse this way?…
All lawbreakers will be punished … unless they happen to be Alberta Conservatives
“’Ave you got a leesence for your minkey?” An investigator for Elections Alberta pauses momentarily in his probe of political donations made to the Progressive Conservative Party by seeing-eye monkeys.…
Eric Sheridan: ARC Sometimes Grants Requests
Meet Eric Sheridan. He and his Mini Me are members of Max Hynes' Southern Ontario Skinheads, a group Max has claimed isn't violent. Wait. No, this isn't a really good…