Tories lead Ont. Libs by just 3.5% – Nanos
Though they're both down from their last poll thanks to an NDP jump (or, possibly just a resettling, given that Nanos had them lower than other pollsters before) Nanos has…
Alexandra Morton reports an "Unwanted Trespass"
There seems to be no end to small details that paint a very disturbing picture in the coastal salmon farming industry. Why do we have to rely on private citizens…
Should Trade Unions get 25% of the votes for the new NDP leader? A solution
This issue is boiling up right now, and on Friday the party brass will decide whether to continue the favoured position of trade unions by reserving one quarter of the…
Homesick
Or something. I'm not sure what, but since I dropped my sister and her son off at the airport this morning just before seven I've been feeling tremendously sad and…
Editors of Sun Media Would Like To Rename Labour Day–After a Union Buster–Quelle Surprise!
Well, Boys ‘n’ girls, you had to know that was coming. The editors don’t like unions or the working class for that matter. In fact, they sooo despise them, that…
The Words We Use For People Who Do Not Believe In God(s)
Agnostic, Athiest, (strong and weak), secularist, naturalist, humanist, non-believer, pantheist, positivist; the list of terms used to describe people who do not believe in the existence of a deity is…
Damn Right Its Close
Steve V will have the deets...eventually. But the takeaway is: Within the margin o' error! BOOHYAH!!!source
Freddie Mercury would be 65….
Can you imagine? Too bad that we do not know what he would be doing now. To Freddie. And one of the best live performances ever. If you have not…
A sad, embarrassing moment that cheapens an honour
Kudos to the Times Colonist editorialists for an honest examination of the Ordure of British Columbia fiasco: "...Campbell’s honour is premature for another reason — quite simply, it breaks the…
Between Rhetoric & Reality
In a preview of the jobs speech he will deliver on Thursday to Congress, President Obama told a Labour Day rally in Detroit that there are numerous roads and bridges…
A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, along the briny beach
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot-- And whether pigs have…
Round Table Discussion on Labour Rights and Privatization Issues in Canada
Hoping to see many of you at the non-partisan Round table discussion taking place on Sept. 20th starting at 7 pm at the Riverbend Public Library in Edmonton. Representatives of…
Sooner or later the left must unite
That the Liberals and NDP will eventually unite is a foregone conclusion in my opinion, the only question is one of timing. Will it be sooner or later? The old…
John Stossel Tells EPA To Pack Up Shop
john stossel.jpg Fox News host John Stossel says that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has passed its prime, and is no longer useful. After the Obama Administration last week overruled…
Kicking Addictions: Commentary on What It Takes and What Helps
Work on getting past addictions by setting effective, personally-valued goals, exercising discipline but tolerating lapses, accessing support, finding substitutions, distractions and adaptive strategies, and cultivating mindfulness and insight into emotions…
All Gone To Rosie’s America
TheBestThingMyFatherEverTaughtMeJury-RigEverythingVilleWhen my brothers and I were kids my Dad, who worked on long-haul tugboats, was gone a lot.But, because his life revolved around cycles of three weeks on and three…
An ebbing tide may beach many yachts
In the preceding article, I quote Robert Reich from the New York Times. The words are worth repeating for emphasis because Reich's points are so little understood but so important…
McGuinty promises 30 per cent tuition cut, as Liberal platform unveiled
www.ontarioliberal.ca Dalton McGuinty unveiled his long-awaited platform for the Oct. 6 election with a massive new pledge worth up to $1,600 a year for full-time university students. "We're taking…
Jay Leno Interviews Dick Cheney
This interview brings out the real Cheney than any other interview Cheney has given to media. :)