Original Song #32: Papa Got Hisself a Job
Papa Got Hisself a Job Come around kids, listen up good(Papa’s got hisself a job)I’ll take you to the movies, Christ we’ll go to the moon(Papa’s got hisself a job)So…
Alberta Tory popularity sure to dip when a leader is chosen; dispatches from the leadership front lines
Million-dollar Morty with Dime-less Dave: What trouble awaits the Conservative frontrunner on the morrow? You’ll have to tune in to the CBC to find out. Below: Reporter Charles Rusnell, Raj…
Hudak Totally Recovers From His "Foreign Workers" Gaffe
I couldn't not blog this: Question: Why do you keep calling immigrants foreign workers?Answer: Oh, I’m not. Dalton McGuinty’s plan, and Greg Sorbrara was on the radio about it yesterday,…
The British monarch distraction, and the very real American capitalistic cuddling.
The Federal Conservatives have been pushing out some superficial moves to bring Canada back to it’s traditional roots. Renaming the military was one of those moves. Putting the “Royal” back…
Quiet the mind
I was back at yoga lesson this evening after summer-long hiatus. As my most excellent instructor says, "Yoga works the body to quiet the mind, because the mind is the…
Harper Sounds Islamophobic Dog Whistle, Again, Just In Time to Commemorate 9/11
In another move back in time, Stevie Spiteful plans to reintroduce two anti-terror clauses that were originally introduced in 2001, but expired in 2007. Here they are! One allowed police…
The Most Annoying Thing About Cycling in Ottawa
We all agree that Ottawa is a great place for cycling, but it is not perfect. Apart from the fact that the City of Ottawa and NCC have to do…
Promises and the Liberal Long Game: Tuition in Ontario
Guest post by Eric Newstadt There has been a lot of interest in the Liberal plan to offer full-time students an up-front grant so as to reduce their tuition-fees, not…
Who is responsible for First Nations problems?
The bad state of First Nations reserves has been in the news recently. I’ve never been very clear on the responsibilities of the Canadian government to support people on reserves,…
System Change: Naomi Klein from Council of Canadians
Nothing Exposes the Failures of Our Economic System More than Climate Change, which is not merely an isolated, separate environmental issue, for the effects of climate change are in fact…
Naughty, naughty, Dimitri Soudas. A directive to use term ‘Harper Government’ did go out to civil servants.
But that's not the real story, although original denials were definitely 'further from the truth'. I'd like to read about how the same directive went out 'unofficially' to Canada's media…
Most Terrible Tory Turmoil! Disgruntled Tory Throws In Towel!
OTTAWA — A local Conservative is endorsing the Liberal candidate for the provincial election in Carleton-Mississippi Mills, calling the “narrow-minded” politics of Progressive Conservative candidate Jack MacLaren “the wrong choice…
Harper Issues Edict: Hang Pic of Queen By the End of the Week…And Photo in Need of Caption
Well, the regressive hits just keep on coming from Stevie Harper, don’t they? What is foremost on Stevie’s mind today is something earth shattering in his world–every Canadian Foreign mission…
my shortlist for the Order of BC Award
Here’s some folks just off the top of my head who merit the Order of BC Award. Ironically, the award was invented on Bill VanderZalm’s watch, given that Gordon Campbell…
Canadians less tolerant after 9/11: Poll
No, Canadians are less tolerant under Stephen Harper. Of course this Vancouver Sun article's headline doesn't tell the whole story. The piece concentrates solely on prejudice against Muslims. It doesn't…
One Or Two People
May wonder why I haven't been posting lately. Read this and you will get a clue. Our politics have become completely retarded. It makes no difference whether it's federal or…
Breaking ‘News’
There is a story posted on the Globe website entitled, E-mails cite ‘directive’ to re-brand government in Harper’s name which reveals that Dimitri Soudas lied when he denied a story…
What Does Calgary’s Blood & Honour Hate Group Have in Common With MPP Randy Hillier and Ontario P.C. Leader Tim Hudak?
The answer? Jeff Goodall. Now, to clarify. We don't think that either Hillier or Hudak would support the values of Kyle McKee's Blood & Honour gang. Well, at least overtly.…
Schools help fund Encana’s foreign investments
News Item, May 2011 VANCOUVER - Encana and the British Columbia government’s Pacific Carbon Trust have a new deal by which the Trust is purchasing 84,000 tonnes of carbon offsets…
cat head
Yet another art making app. This one is called Ukiyoe, simulating Japanese Ukiyo-E woodcuts. Filed under: comment