Why drug store owners – and some politicians – will lose
Shills might like you to believe that their party is on the side of the angels by backing some drug store owners in the province, but all they are doing…
"Kenney amateurism"
So editorializes Embassy Magazine: Five down, 25 to go. But five what?The Conservative government, lead by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, would have every Canadian believe that the 30 men whose…
An "interim" sovereigntist as well
Oh, NDP. It seems your interim leader, Nycole Turmel, held a Bloc Quebecois membership while she was also a member of the Federal NDP. And she’s a current member of…
DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder: 3 Domains Become 2 and Exclude Intellectually Disabled
In the DSM-5 the new Autism Spectrum Disorder will, for the most part focus on those with Aspergers' and high functioing autism. The vast majority of those with Autistic Disorder…
Shooting themselves in the foot?
Steve is right that the Nycole Turmel story speaks to the emerging media narrative that the NDP are cynically trying to be popular in Quebec by pandering to separatists.By letting…
Market Craps on Debt Ceiling Deal
Funny that shortly after the U.S. Congress passed the largest – and arguably most catastrophically stupid – deficit reduction package in history, the market promptly reacted by taking a nosedive.…
Someone Should Do a Shakedown On That Poll
In a somehow unsurprising result, an online poll of the greatest Canadian political book in the last 25 years ended up giving Ezra Levant's "Shakedown" the top spot.Take a moment…
From Separatist to Socialist: Nycole Turmel & Quebec
Those who criticize Nycole Turmel for leaving the Bloc Quebecois for the NDP only publicize how well she represents a people who did the exact same thing.It was recently revealed…
If Stephen Duckett wasn’t fired, why was he paid out in full?
Well, it wasn’t like he didn’t offer to share! Maybe that’s why Stephen Duckett wasn’t fired for the Notorious Cookie Incident ™? Below: Dr. Duckett, AHS Chair Ken Hughes.How do…
McKee and Co. At it Again
McKee is good at two things. He's good at starting new racist groups in Calgary and, in spite of the small number of members, getting publicity for their actions. He's…
The Strange Trial of Nycole Turmel
Golly. Who knew you could combine the McCarthy hearings with Alice in Wonderland and make a non-story sound so alarming?“We all support our friends — that doesn’t mean we buy…
As far as @pogge411 is concerned, caribou are more important than people
Typical bleeding-heart tree-hugger, getting all squishy about caribou and weeping into his tofu. Never mind the jobs involved in forestry and the Ethical OilTM Sands. And where's he getting his…
Québec Solidaire
I've been doing some reading about the Provincial Party the interim NDP Leader remains a member of. They are separatists but gosh, just Google them -- radical is an understatement.
Conservatives – Liberals – Greens All REJECT Former Supporters Of The Bloc Quebecois Who Wish To Re-Engage With Canada
The New Democratic Party of Canada has achieved what the Liberals and Conservatives never could. They have nearly relegated the Bloc Quebecois to the dustbin of Canadian history.The results of…
What’s wrong with “crisis pregnancy” centres?
Well, for starters, there is NO SUCH THING as a “crisis” pregnancy. That word is utterly meaningless. And then there’s the fact that all this weasel-verbiage exists for a reason:…
Raccoon Nation
Toronto has the largest urban concentration of raccoons in the world -- about 100,000.
The ‘debt crisis’ and the undermining of democracy in Europe
While CK’s on the road, she’s invited me to blog and cross-post here. So I’m recycling this tasty little item, which I found via @NaomiAKlein. (They say she’s polarizing ……
You stay classy, Pat!
Watching one of his brain-damaged, spittle-flecked rants, I’ve sometimes wondered what a regressive, racist old paleocon whackadoo like Pat Buchanan (or if you like, Pat BucKKKanan) is doing as a…
Jack Layton’s choice
Did Jack Layton make a mistake recommending the appointment of Nycole Turmel as interim leader? Her status as a former Bloc Quebecois party member may not cause concern within Quebec.…
Open Source Data Journalism – Happening now at Buzz Data
(there is a section on this topic focused on governments below) A hint of how social data could change journalism Anyone who’s heard me speak in the last 6 months…