A Splash of Colour for Every Neighbourhood
In my neighbourhood the Park Board used to cut the verge along the railroad tracks 4-5 times a year. This has been reduced over the past few years to the…
It’s the "White House," dude
Fox News wallows in unabashed racism yet again. Business news host Eric Bolling gratuitously appropriated African American rapper slang to describe Barack Obama’s present abode and the people he meets…
When Steve Says You’re Fine, Call An Ambulance
The Greeks should have seen it coming when, just a couple of weeks ago, Stephen Harper pronounced himself confidant that Greece was on the road to a full economic recovery.…
Collective Bargaining Has No Place in Harperland
Our Furious Leader has served notice that strikes will not be permitted in his country, Harperland. Finance minister and dutiful leprechaun Flaherty has announced his master's government is preparing legislation…
Juxtaposition
Lorne Gunter desperately tries to pretend that nothing has changed in the NDP's reach outside of Quebec:Outside Quebec the party is relevant in 60 or 70 ridings, with most of…
Solidarity with CUPW…a solidarity leaflet from the SPO
The link below is to a solidarity leaflet to distribute/post in your community, workplace, school etc. Done in B&W to save on cost, feel free to download and use at…
"40 Second Boyd" or F-35 – More Bureaucracy Than Technology
The late Colonel John "40 Second" Boyd would have a thing or three hundred to say about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and not one of them good. Boyd was…
A History Lesson For Chantal Hebert
There are certain members of the Quebec nationalist punditocracy that will never let facts get in the way of their opinions. Case in point, Chantal Hebert's column in today's Toronto…
CANARIE chirps about their funding
A follow-up to yesterday's post, "Setting a high tech government funded asset adrift," where the sunsetting of funding for CANARIE, Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network, was raised. I did…
In some States in the US…
…carrying guns is permitted. Even in the open. In a holster or shoved down your crotch. Your choice. Amazing, eh? And even I, Trashy, the despiser of all things Harper-ish,…
Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution: More Voices
How coincidental that the current number of the Canadian Investment Review arrived in my in-box today, just hours after CAW members at Air Canada hit the bricks to reject the…
Conservative war on the Conservative media
I had to read this little bit of paranoia on the media from Alykhan Velshi twice. It's simply unbelievable (emphasis mine) but says everything about the intentions and mindset of…
A Quick Note On Megatrials And Bill C-2
I see that Vijay Sappani is getting upset with Lizzy May For demanding hearings into Bill C-2. He seems to think that all "due diligence" has already been completed by…
And As Parliament Debates The Use Of CDN Ground Troops In Libya, The MSM Reports On Layton’s Travel Plans !??
Tbe MSM has an anti-New Democratic bias ... and it's showing. On a day when Canada's House of Commons is debating our ongoing military commitment in Libya ... especially the…
Newt Gingrich: Muslims are like Nazis and Communists
Gingrich made this comparison during the GOP debate on June 13th in New Hampshire. Muslim leaders are outraged. His campaign staff has already resigned. Where is this guy headed? He…
Internet Upgrade: Access to the Internet has been declared a fundamental human right
On June 7, 2011, the United Nations released a groundbreaking and exemplary report, which deems the Internet a universal human right. The Internet, the UN argues, has now become an…
Warrantless online surveillance will put too much power, at too high a cost, into the hands of Big Telecom
Written for The Globe And Mail Should telecom network companies and Internet service providers function as arms of law enforcement and national security? Yes, according to the Investigative Powers for…
NDP wakes up to hypocrisy of asbestos mining and export from Quebec
CBC is reporting through the Access to Information Act, that the Harper government rejected a 2006 recommendation from Health Canada to support a global ban on asbestos. Health Canada suggested…