Favourite Poems XXXIX
The story of how Coleridge came to write this famous poem is probably too well known to bear repeating (but nonetheless is found here, for example.) I have sometimes wondered…
NDP can see the road ahead and it leads to the Government benches
I wish I were in Vancouver for the NDP's convention. Too bad I have too work at a regular job! The next best thing to being in Vancouver is the…
Obama is a centrist president.
The left has given up him, calling him far too empathetic to the right. Meanwhile, the right continues to paint Obama as a Marxist Socialist Muslim with the most savage…
Still Progressive and family friendly: evaluating Québec’s income tax policy
University of Sherbrooke economist and fiscal specialist Luc Godbout with Suzie St-Cerny and Michaël Robert-Angers has just published a timely research paper evaluating the net fiscal impact on households of…
Orwell as Nostradamus
George Orwell, 1984: “She had without exception the most stupid, vulgar, empty mind that he had ever encountered. She had not a thought in her head that was not a…
Media Misses New Report from Information Commissioner: Nearly Half of Information Requests Processed Illegally
Appallingly, all but CTV appears to have missed this week’s tabling of the annual report of the Information Commissioner, which makes for disturbing if characteristically dry reading. I’ll admit, I…
Rustling the branches of my old family tree
You’ve probably seen the advertisements for Ancestry.ca (or dot-com elsewhere). A few weeks ago I decided to give it a test-drive and I must say I’m hooked! The program isn’t…
Gaddafi — Israeli agent?
It's interesting that the street artists for the rebels in Libya decide to paint pictures of Gaddafi with a Star of David. I suppose it is not seen as anything…
Another Sad Story of Police Misconduct
The headline in yesterday's Globe (on-line edition) really says it all: Peel police officers fabricated evidence in prostitution case: judge The story tells of how the two offending Peel officers…
A humourous vintage photograph
After this photo was taken an alien zygote burst from this child’s chest at a tremendous velocity, blasting through the watermelon slice a moment later, and then running down the…
Do as I say, not as I do…
Given the hoops that Public Servants are forced to jump through to be able to have coffee available at a meeting, this type of stuff REALLY pisses me off! Prime…
The Great Sea Serpent
So I am browsing through the shelves at Argosy Books, which has become my favorite Ottawa Area bookstore, and the owner is showing me some old, hard-bound reports from various…
Some Saturday Fun – Tag, You’re It!
This climate hawk is taking the day off – hope you enjoy this video, too, while you enjoy your Saturday!
Soon is Too Soon, But Later is too Late
Today Liberals decide to not postpone the leadership election for 2013. The Leadership convention will be held in Fall. I think a convention in Fall with no money on hand…
Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner’s wife, brings a surprise gift from her trip
I had decided not to do any more posts about Anthony Weiner now that he has resigned but this one is too funny to pass it by. Jimmy Kimmel has…
If Vic Toews Had Lived Then …
I spent several years researching my family history, not only to create a genealogy, but to find the stories that brought my ancestors to Canada.The first arrived in 1632 as…
The Weekly Traffic Report, June 13 to 17, 2011
Nalcor negotiating Muskrat transmission with Hydro-Quebec Cross Sheila off your list Titanic records available from UK National Archives 24 French Belize wants to buy out Fortis interest in Belize power…
Sedins and Canucks ‘disgusted’ with Vancouver riots
Well Henrik we're pretty disgusted with you, too. You and your turn-the-other-cheek game 6 brother didn't bother to show up in the Finals, leaving us losers once again. I defended…
Video: Site C Would Destroy Prime Farmland, Fuel Fracking & Tar Sands
At a recent event in Vancouver, biologist and Peace Valley Environment Association representative Diane Culling discussed the enormous consequences of the proposed Site C Dam - including the flooding of…