Does This Peel Police Action Help You To Sleep Better at Night?
I stand to be corrected, but I was under the impression that in Canada, we are, at least in theory, protected from arbitrary police intrusion and arrest. Apparently the Peel…
The Future Is In The Hands Of The Young
Frank Graves has sifted through the entrails of the last election, trying to figure out why he and all the other pollsters didn't see Stephen Harper's majority coming. His conclusions…
gardenette update
My little garden-ette is going gangbusters. Originally: The rose bush is to Cody's right. Then: Then: Here you can see how pathetic the rose bush had become. And now:
Some Food for Thought
Perhaps it is because I am currently reading The Trouble With Billionaires, by Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks, but I have become especially sensitive to the increasingly shrill anti-union rhetoric…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
There are so many societies in which the elite made decisions that were good for themselves in the short run and ruined themselves and societies in the long run…. Similarly,…
Liberals Delay Leadership until May-June 2013 – Bah!
And anyone reading this blog over the past couple of days, months, and so on, will know that I'm none too happy with that fact.However, because I wasn't a delegate,…
The Globe stops trying
I know, I know, “they were trying?”. But check out the photo accompanying this Curry article on Rait, hero to the working class. Will they name this one “Riot”?
The Globe stops trying
I know, I know, "they were trying?". But check out the photo accompanying this Curry article on Rait, hero to the working class. Will they name this one "Riot"?
The Globe stops trying
I know, I know, “they were trying?”. But check out the photo accompanying this Curry article on Rait, hero to the working class. Will they name this one “Riot”?
From Here to Eternity
Job one for Liberals at the extraordinary convention was to stop the madness of a quick leadership vote. However, it seems we have gone from one extreme to another with…
Some things are best forgotten
Especially the movie version. Alltop is mostly caramel at the middle.
How Rob Ford Can Fix Social Housing
I have an opinion piece in today’s Toronto Star regarding Toronto’s Mayor, Rob Ford, and the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC). Mr. Ford would like to see a considerable number…
canadian boat to gaza send off today; female nobel laureates call on united nations to do the right thing
This morning in both Toronto and Montreal, many of the Canadian delegates of the Canadian ship Tahrir, will meet the media before boarding their flights to Turkey. The Tahrir will…
Harper’s War on Women Was Launched in the USA
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada "The woman who is truly Spirit-filled will want to be totally submissive to her husband . . . This…
The Pawlenty Plan Part 1
Republicans talk about how the government is broke and we can't afford to continue to spend the way are spending. In the video Pawlenty sent to declare his candidacy he…
National Post-Endorsed Journal Recognizes Threat of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
Last week, the National Post said that the journal Climatic Change was an important and valid source for information on the climate change “scare.” They said this because of literally…
Harper Breaks Rules to Live Large on Our Dime
'Harper Breaks Rules' is becoming as common a headline as 'Harper lies', but in another arrogant reminder that he is boss and will do what he wants, Canadian Press has…
Under Stephen Harper, Canada Has Become A More Conservative Country
Even last year (Tory Minority) you would never see Ottawa merchants selling crap like this. Now (Tory Majority) they`re freaking rampant in the streets:And when the lights go out you…
Liberals move on to rebuild
http://bit.ly/jCvDpu Bob Rae made very good sense. The delay to leadership, while perhaps regrettable, was necessary. The January meeting in Ottawa will be a crucial rebuilding step: "In a speech…
Autism’s Compelling Question: What is Causing Spontaneous Mutations Linked to Autism?
"One compelling question is what is causing the mutations ... The obvious conclusion one has to reach is that something environmental may well be the cause of these changes in…