If CClark ‘Braced’ For HST Defeat…..
....Does this mean that they already have a 'Big Shiny' planned for Friday at, say, 1pm. Wonder what it could be? Hmmmmm.... Maybe Whole Wheat Hostess Twinkies and Wonderbread for…
Media Links: All-encompassing surveillance or 21st-century citizenship?
Photo from Quevaal on Wikipedia It's time to re-imagine the role of both citizens and government. We need a future where governments are more permeable and where citizens are better…
Animals and birds can be smarter than humans
The recent earthquake with epicentre in Virginia was felt all the way in Fredericton,NB; animals and birds in a zoo in US sensed it ahead of any humans and all…
Survey indicates vast majority of Canadians oppose warrantless online spying
Today the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada published the results of a survey, in which 82% of respondents opposed "giving police and intelligence agencies the power to access…
Survey indicates vast majority of Canadians oppose warrantless online spying
Today the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada published the results of a survey, in which 82% of respondents opposed "giving police and intelligence agencies the power to access…
Greatly Exaggerated Rumours, Jack Layton Edition
by matttbastard Michael Valpy addresses the current conventional wisdom that without Jack Layton, the NDP — and Canada’s left — is now doomed, doomed, DOOMED! Ahem. Sorry ’bout that. Now,…
Hudak’s municipal downloading scheme would stick Ontario families with a $500 million bill
The OYL had a very successful "Remember the 90's" campaign launch party last night, and Tim Hudak at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario meeting this week showed that he…
Rick Perry: The Ruthless Man
He approved the execution of a man who may have been innocent. Rick Perry had some information which pointed to the innocence of the man but he ignored that information.…
FOX News Admits Global Warming Science is Legit
This FOX News panel has stumbled upon a breathtaking discovery - apparently this anthropogenic global warming theory is true. Yep, the facts do seem to back it up. Why they've…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Heather Mallick highlights the dangers of the permanent unemployment which regressive politicians around the globe are so vociferously demanding in the guise…
Hurricane Irene, Climate Change, and the Need to Consider Worst Case Scenarios
Irene Track Aug 25.gif In May of 2005, a few months before Hurricane Katrina, I wrote an article that nobody noticed. It was entitled “Thinking Big About Hurricanes: It’s Time…
New column day
Here, on Jack Layton's political legacy of choosing principle over political expediency.
Education Makes White People Dumb
You will eat, bye and bye,In that glorious land above the sky;Work and pray, live on hay,You'll get pie in the sky when you die- Joe Hill song This interesting…
Doer Shills for Tarsands and Sells out Environment
"Gary Doer sells oil sands from coast to U.S. coast" Yeah, and in the process is selling out the environment and, eventually, the planet. How sad to see Gary Doer…
Happiest Commuters Walk or Cycle to Work
Many cyclists can go on for hours about how great riding a bicycle everyday is (I know I can), and it has been proven that walking can make you happier…
Compounding the abuse #nlpoli
It wasn’t bad enough that the province’s special ballot laws make a mockery of democracy. For the 2011 general election, the province’s elections office is opening 12 special offices across…
The Canadian Manifesto: 3. Religion Goes Corporate
Rick Warren is considered to be one of the most important Evangelical leaders in the United States. He turned the small Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, with a congregation…
Media Links: All-encompassing surveillance or 21st-century citizenship?
Photo from Quevaal on Wikipedia It's time to re-imagine the role of both citizens and government. We need a future where governments are more permeable and where citizens are better…
Tantrum on the air
We live in a crazy world and it is becoming crazier as time goes on. Read more here.
A Post-Jack NDP: If the NDP were a stock I’d be shorting them
Jack Layton, long time NDP leader, died on August 22nd. He brought the NDP from 13 seats and 8.9% of the vote under Alexa McDonough to his stupendous 2011 results…