Lockheed’s Lame Ducks
Lockheed Martin represents the bleeding edge of American military airpower. Lockheed produced the F-22 Raptor stealth super fighter and is struggling to churn out the F-35 Lightning II stealth bomb…
Battle of lightweights: Bush vs. Perry
Well, not Bush personally. He's too busy sitting back in his La-Z-boy or clearing brush from his porch. But Karl Rove, Bruce Bartlett et al. are waging a battle royale…
The Muskrat Falls Loan Guarantee Memorandum of Agreement
From the NRCAN website: In its June 3, 2011 Speech from the Throne the federal Government expressed its commitment to support the lower Churchill River hydroelectricity projects, as an important…
Traffic offences matter – they are relevant in sentencing on criminal matters
R. v. Regier, 2011 ONCA 557 deals with a case of a sentence of six years' imprisonment on two counts of dangerous driving causing death and one count of dangerous driving causing bodily…
Did I mention I’m running for School Board?
If you’re not following me on Facebook or my personal blog, you may have missed my initial announcement that I’m running for one of the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE)…
PostMedia admits failure of privatization
Granted, this is from the editorial board of the Nanaimo Daily News, and not the Calgary Herald (or even the Vancouver Sun), but still, someone get the devil some ice…
The Canadian Manifesto: 1. The Centre of the Universe
In 1933, a small group of religious leaders got together, via the post office, to establish a Humanist doctrine. According to Time Magazine (May 15, 1933):Humanism used to be a…
Inside the wire
You may recall that last fall when the Conservative government, with the help of what was then the official opposition, reversed course and agreed to continue the involvement of Canadian…
Edmonton Heads for the Cloud
I'm confident that somewhere in Canada, some resource strapped innovative small town has abandoned desktop software and uses a cloud based service but so far no city of any real…
Site C: Poster Project for British Columbia’s ‘Command Economy’
Editor's Note: Despite the criticism of BC Hydro's big-dollar infrastructure plans by the BC Liberal Government following its handpicked panel review of the utility's proposed rate hikes, Energy Minister Rich…
Ado in Saskatoon
Some Senators at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon want the Chair of the Board of Governors to resign. She serves on the Board of the nuclear giant, Cameco. The…
Asbestos and Politics – The Plight Of Dr. Kellie Leitch
The other day I posted my response to my M.P. on the Canadian export of asbestos, questioning how a man such as he, committed to Christian principles, can really consider…
Maybe I’m Not Reading The Right Stuff…
... But, is anyone making the argument that it's a terrible idea to fire a bunch of public servants right now because those public servants will be out of a…
Giggle News
Nearly all news on CNN should be laughed at. Cooper is getting it right, and I love the puns.
Pop quiz
Yes, the Cons' spinners are doing their damndest to try to save Tony Clement's political hide. But since they don't seem to have noticed that their explanation raises more questions…
But I Thought The CBC Had a Two Year Cooling Off Period With Ex-Politicians-Juxtapose!
I know I’m going to need to be heavily sedated after writing the first sentence, but I find myself in agreement with the Blogging SupposiTory resident McCarthyist, BC Blue today.…
Augusto Pinochet: a bigger bastard than originally thought
I know…how is this even possible? (Well, I have an idea, but we’ll get to that in a moment.) While we’re on the subject of all things Chile and Chile-related…
Harper planning to steal thunder from Winnipeg Jets home opener
There's much to celebrate in Winnipeg and in Canada with the rebirth of the Jets NHL franchise, beginning with the opening home game October 9. It will be a big…