Margaret Wente Has An Eye For Good Prose
When she sees some, she takes it.
Crude price forecasts don’t support Dunderdale’s empire of debt #nlpoli
Crude oil prices are the pedestal on which Kathy Dunderdale’s empire of debt called Muskrat Falls is built. The provincial Conservative’s plan to burden the people of Newfoundland and Labrador…
Just one day away
We’re just one day away from the House coming back for a short, budget-focused sitting. This is just as well as it will give MPs the summer to get accustomed…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for June 1, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for the first day of June!:Making yes mean no - National Post - http://goo.gl/TqdYGGoogle's Schmidt says he didn't react…
Election by Numbers
I've updated my election spreadsheet, and will be posting some riding-by-riding analysis over the next while. For now, a list of somewhat interesting numbers from the last campaign:1: Ridings the…
as parliament returns, let cats be cats and mice be mice
A new Parliament opens tomorrow, and with it, we step into a great unknown. Will Stephen Harper's Conservative majority plunge us into chaos? Will the government impose a neoliberal austerity…
The Silver Lining to the Clouds of Disaster: Rebuilding is Like Stimulus Money
The New York Times reports on this probably up side of recent tornados and other disaster in the US this morning, "Reconstruciton Lifts Economy after Diaster." The story says: "There…
Harper Marginalizes Canada
Two separate articles in recent days that confirm Harper's failure on the Israel/Palestine question. What we have witnessed may win certain domestic friends, but the lack of sophistication, the tin…
Nepal census records third gender
In what is being hailed as a world first, the Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal has given official recognition to its third gender or Meti citizens. This means that…
Devastated town bans emergency shelters…
I don’t really like the looks of mobile homes either, but banning their use as an emergency shelter after the tornado disaster? That’s just ridiculous. Scores of homes, businesses and…
Just Abolish The Senate Already
Premier of Ontario said to just abolish the senate all together. There is really no use of the senate. We have a house that is actually elected and only need…
Killing the Senate requires the Constitution to be opened as well
My Premier, Dalton Mcguinty, has been long on the record that he is for killing the Senate, rather then reforming it, and he reinforced that with another statement to that…
Worst ever carbon emissions in 2010
Reported on Sunday in the Guardian: Greenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, putting hopes of holding global warming to…
Comings and Goings: Doubling Down and Burnt Butter
Well, it's finally come to pass. KFC has closed its doors. Would-be customers today found locked doors and a sign referring them to the nearest franchise. Rumour was the site…
3818…Oil Guys Please Explain This
Regular gas in Gatineau, thenorthern suburbs of Ottawa, 121. Same gas downtown 134.In yer southern 'burbs, 127.Please, explain.WFDS
Stelmach blames teachers for layoffs.
Lame duck Alberta premier Ed Stelmach, showing the typical Tory ability to lie their face off, decided yesterday to blame Alberta's teachers for their own impending layoffs. Stating that the…
Surviving in the Progressive Blogosphere
Oh no. I'm afraid my campaign to bring a non-partisan point of view to the progressive blogosphere has met with a bruising setback. A sucker punch from Sister Sage. Last,…
Car is sold
Our buyer came by today and picked up his new (to him) car. Congratulations to Irene on handling all the frigging work around selling it. And Mallory is pleased that…
Governor General must act decisively to protect the cherished Order of Canada
Conrad Black, back in the day, lectures a Calgary Herald employee for having the temerity to engage in a legal strike. Mr. Black’s effort to have his subsequent U.S. criminal…