Polls aplenty in Ontario
To recap in the last day, Ekos, Nanos and Ipsos all indicate the Liberals are close to or will get a majority (Ipsos even went so far as to say…
MTHIRTY Pulls Down Another Fake Enviro-Blog
MTHIRTY is the marketing firm behind the PWU's (Power Workers Union) social media campaign against the McGuinty Green Energy Act. Part of this campaign involved creating a number of fake…
The Keeping Canada’s Accountants & Tax Advisors Busy Act
They sure know how to name a statute, these Conservatives: "Minister of Finance introduces the Keeping Canada's Economy & Jobs Growing Act." Think the above suggested title fits the bill…
Marc Emery petition reaches Obama
Watching the PBS three-part series Prohibition, I'm reminded of the fate of the Prince of Pot, Marc Emery. You know Emery's story. He was convicted in the States of selling…
Harper Thanks!
I definitely am no Conservatives, but I give credit where credit is due. Stephen Harper and the Conservative party is definitely not the best for the country, but thanks to…
The odds against the Canucks making it to the Stanley Cup finals
First of all, there are the facts:Of the 10 teams that played for a Stanley Cup from 2006 through 2010, only two had a better regular season the following year…
JDL-Canada Members Questioned In Alleged Bomb Plot
...against Palestine House. Meir Weinstein says the JDL is innocent; that its a setup. There. Now you don't have to watch the youtube clip of his interview with Coren.
National Post Apologises for Publishing McVety Ad
The National Post, Canada’s largest right-leaning national newspaper, has apologised for publishing a transphobic advertisement from the Institute for Canadian Values, headed by anti-gay lobbyist Charles McVety. The ad—which pretends…
What if they gave an election and nobody came? #nlvotes #nlpoli
Next Tuesday, the face of the province’s House of Assembly likely won’t change very much at all. The new premier will take office following an election with what is on…
Symbolic Victories
Peggy Nash is hailing the “symbolic victory” of the unanimous vote on her opposition day motion. Err, except, if the government agrees with you, you’re doing it wrong. Remember, you’re…
Holy ozone, Batman!
So the ozone layer over the Arctic wasn’t really, uh, “there” earlier this year. And that’s a bad thing, boys and girls, because this very thin layer of our atmosphere…
Occupy Wall St. – Letters to friends and family, and an overview of what is unfolding now
What is happening is momentus. It could go wrong, it could fizzle out, or it could be co-opted, but at present, by all I can see, it is hopeful: here…
SFL Labour Issues Campaign
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The Science of Community Management: DjangoCon Keynote
At OSCON this year, Jono Bacon, argued that we are entering a era of renaissance in open source community management - that increasingly we don't just have to share stories…
Dogs know best what to do with (anonymous) polls
Stephen Smart's report from Victoria caught my attention during Tuesday's CBC News Vancouver. The Legislative reporter has apparently written off the NDP opposition; his focus was on the party that…
Interview with Margaret Laurence, Part I
In a sense writing a novel is a sort of discovery . You know more or less where you’re headed but everything could change in the doing of it. And,…
cabinet building and the game of politics in alberta.
“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.” Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones With the coming of a new Premier, the…
The Redford Files: ‘Cabinet speculation continues’ – well, duh!
Your blogger, figuring out who will be named to Alison Redford’s cabinet next week. Alberta bloggers may not be exactly as illustrated, and their self-referential jokes may not be all…
Web hosting: I miss the bad old days
At least when it comes to website serving. There was a time when I had my production web server in my basement and I bought bandwidth from upstream to allow…