ThisIsNotAFeistSong GordonCampbell'sTrueLegacyVille At least a couple of more folks in the Lotuslandian Bloggodome today began to wonder if, perhaps, the HST referendum vote breakdown was all about class. **** First…
I had fully intended on writing something about the whole MERGER-MANIA that is currently sweeping the #cdnpoli Twitter stream. Much wringing of hands! Woot! You betcha! Didja realise that merger…
I'm at a bit of a transition point, and a fairly significant one. Earlier this week, I sent off two book manuscripts to the publisher with whom I signed a…
Generally reviled former Vice-President Dick Cheney hit the “curvy couch” of Fox’s most unctuous right-wing sycophants this morning to promote his new book, In My Imagination… Unsurprisingly, Cheney believes it…
What would be a good name for this picture? “The Un-Hidden Agenda”? (I don’t know what sick, twisted fucker is responsible for the actual painting or if he’s currently residing…
There's a lot of talk today about the eventual by election for Jack Layton's Toronto-Danforth seat. Many Liberals are salivating at the prospect of a victory there which would pull…
troll.png I know that many regular DeSmog readers are frustrated with the comment forum, which has been increasingly polluted by anti-science trolls and clever spammers. Today we are implem...
In politics today, trolls live in the sewers of think-tanks, communications firms, corporate media, old-line political parties and government ministry offices. They provide material to fill the airwaves and pages…
I’ve always respected Susan Delacourt. But tonight she tweeted something I found offensive. Not just to me but to all of us who read paid journalists. She promoted a circling…
“With respect, of all the hurdles we have to clear to form the next government of Canada, the Liberals in Toronto-Danforth is not one of them.” - NDP spokesperson Brad…
Jon Stewart, most trusted newsman in America, if you are under 40, laughs at the hypocrisy of Faux News bubblehead Megyn Kelly. Recently returned following birth of a baby, Kelly…
The answer is Yes if pollster Allan Gregg'sspeculations are right. The NDP has 33% - tied with the Tories:Jack Layton's untimely death has triggered another orange wave across the country,…
At 33% each the Cons and Dips are tied, which makes it a misleading headline about how there is another "Orange Wave," considering that it's only a two-point bump (not…
Reviewing this item in the Globe, Taber's piece, "Liberals hope to paint Layton’s Toronto riding red again," it's not clear how much of the hype there on Liberals possibly taking…
Yesterday, I started writing a blog about all of the interesting things which political commentators have had to write about this past summer. I also began looking at why a…
My last post talked about how judges work with each other’s decisions. Today, I’d like to take a bird’s eye look at the relationship between the judiciary and Parliament. Unelected…
one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected--those, precisely, who need the law's protection most!--and…
Do you like Doug Ford's preliminary plans for Toronto's waterfront? - Your CommunityThey have to keep piling it up. One lie after another. The next one has to top the…
..is that Angelo Perchelli, formerly of the Toronto Star, is now going to be the new Director of Communications for the PMO. He’s perfectly suited to it, as he has…
Produced by the Canadian Media Guild, an OpenMedia.ca Network Member TORONTO. Stuck covering the deadline for the transition to digital TV and not sure where to start? Here are the…
