20 Tips for first-year students: #15- Finding coffee in Sackville, NB
In the 15th of 20 in our video tip series, fourth-year psychology student Aleka Maclellan talks about the best places to grab a coffee in Sackville. Drinking coffee is a…
The Republicans on the Environment
I have decided to look at all the people who would like to become the President of the U.S and look at there platform. Issue by issue. Since I already…
The Washington Monument and the Holy Rollers
OMG. Shake me like a rattle. Or call me a prophet eh? Because as soon as I saw this. I knew that the Christianist crazies would soon be howling at…
Breaking: State Department Calls Keystone XL Environmental Impact "Limited," Ignoring Evidence
stop-tar-sands.jpg The State Department just released their Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The 27-page document does not flag any significant en...
It’s officially fall
Dr. Grumpy has posted his annual nightmare at Staples post:When Mrs. Grumpy was wondering when she'd have time to get the school supplies, I volunteered. I figured "How hard can…
Remember where you heard it first! Former St. Albert city councillor James Burrows gets Wildrose nomination
Former St. Albert city councillor James Burrows on municipal election night 2010. The TV monitors in the background did not display particularly good news for Mr. Burrows. Now he has…
The Jack Nation and the Promised Land
I found the sight of Jack Layton leaving the House of Commons for the last time incredibly moving.The cannons blasting, the people clapping, the bells playing "Imagine."And when the funeral…
U.S. Department Of State Official Statement On The Passing Of Canada’s Leader Of the Opposition – Jack Layton
Press StatementWashington, DCAugust 24, 2011We offer our deepest condolences to the people of Canada on the passing of Canada's official Opposition party leader, Jack Layton.Canada has lost a dedicated political…
Blogger or Professional Journalist — freedom of expression should be the same
Quebec proposes to distinguish between professional journalists and amateur writers -- presumably bloggers. How do you say who is professional and who isn't? I have a weekly column in a…
How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stones
Let Freedom Rain: How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stonesA side of the story you won't read in the Canadian media. Heartbreaking account of Israeli 'torture' of…
Hey, Mr. Hahn!…Show Us The Proof That Your Ballooning Deficit Is Due To Tourists
AllTheFact-FreeFalderalAndFiddleDeeDeeThatFitsFerryVille So.... BC Ferries CEO, and Million Dollar Man, Mr. David Hahn says his rising deficit is not being driven by his sky-high ticket and 'reservation' prices that British Columbia…
Thugs break hands of Syria’s top cartoonist for Assad lampoon
It will be a great day when these Middle Eastern tyrants are all overthrown.Syria's most renowned political cartoonist, who recently drew a sketch comparing President Bashar al-Assad to Libya's Muammar…
How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stones
A side of the story you won't read in the Canadian media. Heartbreaking account of Israeli 'torture' of Palestinian kids. Stephen Harper must be so pleased.The boy, small and frail,…
Match Made in ? ? ? ?
Your guess is as good as mine. From today's Toronto Star: TRIPOLI, LIBYA—Libyan rebels who took control of Moammar Gadhafi’s sprawling compound made a surprising discovery in one of the…
Jack Layton. 1950 – 2011
Filed under: Political Humour Tagged: dead, deceased, Jack Layton, n.d.p., passed on, passed over
Why There’s Not Much of a Post Today
Little Jeanne is coming over to play today, the day before her first birthday. Got to wash the kitchen floor because her way of getting around is scooting on her…
The Unsinkable Jean Charest
Seriously, this is just getting ridiculous. Has there ever been a politician who has come back from the brink more often than Jean Charest? A poll released Monday suggests support…
There are some blog posts I’d like to forget – on returning to the NDP
I’ve always tried to make this blog somewhat of a record of my life, however fragmented, warts and all. Here in the archives is my defiant abandonment of the New…
Random Post in Latin: voice of the guns edition
Quo fas et gloria ducunt - srbp -