Meanwhile, elsewhere…
June was a bleak month on the world democracy stage. Saudi Arabia cracked down on women protesting for the right to drive, while relatively more progressive* Libya showered its female…
Incentives in Prosecuting Dictators
The International Criminal Court has recently sought the arrest of Qaddafi, and others in the Libyan regime, for crimes against humanity. Justified, surely, but is this move wise? To answer…
My Mid-Year Predictions for the End of the Year
Based so far on the polling done, the mood of the nation so far, and the general trend we're seeing, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict…
Pro-Palestine Dykes March At Pride!
...and there's councillor George Mammaliti who, as promised, has come to photograph the dykes in their anti-Israel perfidy. Don't think his services are needed, with City TV around, but an…
Saturday News Smash-Up
Sorry about my absence for the last five days, but I've been going to "school" and attempting to learn basic Spanish. Suffice to say, yo no hablo espanol, pero poco…
Fraser Institute on Poor People’s Health Insurance: “Let Them Eat Cake!”
Yesterday I reported on a new Fraser Institute study by Brett Skinner and Mark Rovere, noting that the existing government drug system does not serve poor people well and claiming…
Anti-Choice Picketers Arrested in Vancouver
What a surprise. In Canada, if you break the law, you will be charged, and if you found guilty of violating it, you will be faced with consequences, even if…
Hey, Dean Palmer….He Is Not Voldemort.
AllTheDeputiesThatFitHarmonizeThisVilleSo, The Dean has weighed in on the BC Supreme court's ruling to hand over a bunch of documents to Auditor General John Doyle about the $6 million dollar deal…
On second thought, Rob, stay at the cottage | #PrideTO
The whole idea of Mammoliti at the Dyke March just seems ... wrong.
a first ballot victory for gary mar?
First ballot voting for Alberta’s Progressive Conservative leadership does not take place until September 17, but a show of force has led some politicos to begin speculating that former…
Stephen Harper’s Fantasy
Steve has been lonley since his ‘top’, George W. Bush, has been out of power. Oh sure, sure, there’s the occasional liason at the ranch, but it’s not enough.…
Cut Defense!!!!!!!!!
The Defense budget in the U.S is 20% of the U.S budget. That is of course double than what it was in 2001. If the U.S wants to get back…
Parliament In Review: June 16, 2011
While June 16 was a shortened day due to the NDP's weekend convention, it wasn't lacking for a few notes of interest.Issue of the DayWhile the Cons took the opportunity…
Trade talks with Europeans = “doing a back-room deal with a group of serial rapists”
What your humble e-scribbler said: this guy could be an accident waiting to happen. Wait no longer. After musing about breaking his major campaign promise to the people of his…
Our Foreign Affairs Minister Doesn’t Keep Up With World Events
Recently, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said: "Canada is emerging as a destination of choice for Chinese investment and Chinese investors and we welcome that". He didn't go into specifics…
As useless as it is, the monarchy is still better than Stephen Harper
Just ask Stephanie and Kimberly Tepper. They have been forced to write the Queen to take action to help free their father Henk Tepper, the New Brunswick farmer stuck in…
library books on U.S. side, checked out Canadian
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House on the Canada-U.S. Border http://ow.ly/5vrsV Filed under: Miscellany
The Dawgly Carte Opera Company
Things have been awfully serious in here the last few days. So it’s time to stoop once again to outright theft from the late W.S. Gilbert. One half of one…
Rationalizing Corporate Canada’s Cash Stash
Statistics Canada figures indicate that private non-financial corporations held $471 billion of cash in the first quarter of 2011 ($322 billion of Canadian currency plus $149 billion worth of foreign…