I hate to say I told you so but….
... I told you so. It looks like the Harper Tories are going to bury their heads in the sand like they were going to do during the first dip…
Career Services Events at Mount Allison University
Hi everyone, I'd like to share a little information about upcoming events related to career services and internship opportunities at Mount Allison via Student Life and the Ron Joyce Centre…
This Week in Alberta – Premier Mar?
We're under a month away from the first round of voting in the PC leadership race, and it's still difficult to get a handle on the contest. I'd assumed it…
Belabouring the obvious
Speaking of this fall's Saskatchewan election, let's note a remarkable feat of punditry by Murray Mandryk in his latest paean to the Sask Party. Of course it's always the goal…
ken kowalski will run in his tenth election as mla. love him or hate him, he’s got staying power.
Many Albertans now know Ken Kowalski from his higher duty as the long-sitting Speaker of Alberta’s Legislative Assembly, a position he has held since 1997. The MLA for Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock announced…
On Balancing the Budget
Andrew Watt has written an especially cogent piece on why the balanced budget rule proposed for the Euro area by Merkel and Sarkozy is a very, very bad idea. It…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - The NDP follows up on the Tony Clement G8 scandal by pointing out the connection between his pork-barrelling and the 2008 federal election…
The Basement Is Clean! Or How to Have 35 Years of Construction Scraps Recycled.
Of course, one of the things about moving back into a "restored" house is the sharp contrast what was left over makes with the clean walls etc. Lee now has…
How To Have Fun With Fake Virus Phone Scammers
Don't watch, just listen.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztOArBQHwFU&feature=youtube_gdata_playerIn order for this YouTube video to work properly, you will need toprovide me with your credit card number number and expiration date,please do so in the…
Iceland Turns to the People for Constitutional Reform
Iceland is a fantastic place that the rest of the world can learn from. They get 99% of their energy from geothermal power and have perhaps the most open government…
Doctor or Politician?
Dr. Kellie Leitch is not the first doctor to dabble in politics. The recently retired Keith Martin tried to blend the two professions. But the Harper government's refusal to acknowledge…
Economics for Dummies: Another horrible trapped-miner story
Yes, this is satire. But it has a very large, uncracked grain of truth in it. Can you spot it?
"Karl Marx, it seems, was partly right…"
Well, there's something you only ever hear from economists when they're pooping their pants because the system is going in to meltdown. We heard it in the early 1990s and…
Governor Rick Perry can get the nomination and win the Presidential election
If he gives his speeches as in the video below: Since he puts his both feet in his mouth when he speaks it is better for him that he just…
Another blow for Sun News Network. Loses preferred access to more than three million Canadian TV screens.
While QMI outlets like to brag about how Fox News North (AKA Sun News Network) is ‘smoking‘ its news rivals, things aren’t looking so rosy for the right wing propaganda…
Plumbing, the pussycat, and Pinterest
My new fridge came on Wednesday. I love that new fridge smell. Even though it looks kind of naked and pristine, I feel like waiting a bit before I stick…
E-nnui
Toto the Bio-Sphere Demolition-Bot wondered what it was all about. Did life really mean anything? There had to be more to existence then the senseless destruction of countless inhabited worlds…
Not Without Risk
The proposed new Parliament seat allocation issue is a microcosm of the potential problems the NDP face. Today's article in The Toronto Star highlights the NDP high wire act, which…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for August 19, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Judge rules Windsor strip searches unconstitutional - Vancouver Sun - http://t.co/ENJDSlFLaw Commission of Ontario Releases Draft Framework for the Law…