The Duration of Life
Life is an endless struggle full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like. ~Author Unknown By the Brother's Grimm When God created the world…
Musical interlude
Sixma & Klauss Goulart Feat. Outono Em Marte - Want To Fly (M6 Remix)
Come Fly With Me…
Source: CBC News: Challenger Jets' True Cost RevealedSource: CBC News: MacKay took Military jet to Lobster FestSource: CBC News: Challenger Logs Show Low-Security Officials Taking FlightsSo, about a week ago…
Could’ve Told You Before I Met You – John Martyn
Forgive this bit of indulgence but I just had to share this song. John Martyn has been one of my constant companions for more than 35 years. His music has…
Parliament In Review: September 22, 2011
Thursday was another fairly short day of debate in the House of Commons due to the visit by UK Prime Minister David Cameron. But that doesn't mean there was any…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: The hikers are home…
…and who do you suppose brokered their release from Iran? Yup, that evil villainous democratically-elected “strongman”, “dictator”, and whatever other stupid epithet you care to fling at his chemo-bald head.…
Friday night
Buy the sky and sell the sky and tell the sky and tell the sky...what is it up in the air for...it's over, it's over...Yep, still on R.E.M. nostalgia kick…
Six degrees of separation, telephone hacking and Murdoch’s News of the World
Deep Throat says it's unreal what is starting to happen right now in this ongoing saga of the missteps taken by the people at the News of the World!Check this…
My deflating optimism about the NDP leadership race
For a while, I was feeling very energized about the NDP leadership race. We on the left were going to get six months or so to have a real and…
6 million dollar class action launched against Redeemer University College
This seems to have been a week where posts have focused on Christian education. Tyndale University, College and Seminary being the first focus, I’ll end this BDBO impromptu education week…
How long before Quebeckers start feeling unloved by the NDP?
We seem to be witnessing the parade of the emperor without any clothes, as the leadership campaign to replace Jack Layton gets underway. If you are inside the NDP, it…
Canadian health care system up close and personal
A few nights of agony during an otherwise pleasing trip to Montreal with a close friend convinced me to avail myself of Ottawa medicare last night. My lower back would…
Liberal smear on Full Day Kindergarten – They made it up
The McGuinty Liberals have been running a large smear campaign, attacking the Ontario NDP record and misinforming voters. Here is a classic example of that effort. The Liberals have set…
The fight for Ontario in Parkdale-High Park
Parkdale-High Park Liberals have come out with a reality check this evening on some of the many claims made by sitting NDP MPP Cheri di Novo during the debates of…
Liberal incumbent for Kitchener-center, John Milloy, shines in local all candidates debate
The Waterloo Record, our local newspaper, hosted an all candidates debate for the Kitchener, Waterloo, Conestoga and Cambridge voting districts this past week. Yesterday, it was the candidates from Kitchener-Center…
For GOP’s sake, Chris Christie must run
Last night's GOP debate was probably the worst political debate I've ever witnessed. I'm not alone. Most of the reaction from the right has been brutal. They hated it. They've…
By way of comparison
Tim Naumetz points out what strikes me as a surprising trend of potential NDP leadership candidates expressing concern about the cost of participating in the race:“Money is a big deal,”…
New blog affiliates
We haven’t done announcements of new blog affiliates since we started at the new site in June, and it’s about time we did. The honours for the restarting of this…
Friday night
Say hello to Ray Wylie Hubbard. He's originally from Oklahoma but thirty seconds into this song and you probably won't be surprised to find he's now based in Texas. I'm…