Something to Watch: Federal Liberals in Calgary
With the new seats coming federally in the House of Commons to the economic seat of Canada–Alberta–the province will finally get a more reasonable level of representation. No longer will…
Con Reasoning: We’re corrupt, so we’ll put the most corrupt in charge of the money
Fraud-charged Senator leads Tory fundraising review Irving Gerstein, Harper-appointed Senator, Conservative Fund Board Chair, who, along with 3 other Conservative officials, was charged in the In and Out affair (election…
New mobile site
This blog now has a mobile form as well -- so when you access it from your smartphone it will look a little different than before. The content remains the…
Male ingenuity [updated]
…when it comes to finding new ways of punishing women who assert their independence, never fails to meet our expectations. This billboard was too much even for the local right-to-life…
Massey Energy Is Not The Only Mountaintop Removal Mining Villain
mountaintop mining.jpg This week, hundreds of protesters are marching to Blair Mountain in West Virginia to call for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. The march commemorates the Battle…
Andrea Mrozek And Her Hens Seem To Have No Problem With Misogynistic Women Batterers And I’m Banned From Commenting Over There?
Before I begin, I tried leaving a comment over at Andrea Mrosek’s latest screed over there just a few minutes ago, and found that I was banned; comment rejected. Oh…
Const. Glenn Weddell–a thug unmasked [updated]
Once again, journalists have moved in where police “watchdogs” fear to tread. The Toronto Star has now established the identity of the sadistic cop who viciously assaulted a member of…
Hug A Climate Scientist Today!
Today is officially “Hug a Climate Scientist Day”, a reminder that climate scientists are our friends! Don’t forget to do so, virtually, or in reality if you happen to have…
Peru chooses social democracy over capitalist "democracy"
Some events of note in South America's last five years: In Bolivia, President Evo Morales presided over the ratification of a new social democratic constitution and was re-elected as president…
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Caption Contest Anyone?
Sad news — Justice Paul Bentley has died
I remember appearing in front of him on many of occasions. He was a model of a judge and will be missed. He was fair, generous and wise.He was interviewed…
Dean Del Mastro’s lie-based campaign techniques
At a punditry panel this morning at the Conservative Convention in Ottawa, Conservative MP and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dean Del Mastro, took to the microphone to share…
3847…Why Don’t We All Take The Summer Off?
Canada Post threatening strikes.Air Canada says it may walk.The NFL.WFDS
Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Would Feature Woefully Inadequate Spill Detection System
keystonexlmap_350.jpg According to the NRDC, the proposed $13 billion Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would not be able to detect “pinhole leaks” in the pipeline that release fewer tha...
Who’s on top?
Macleans updates it's 1997 list ranking Canada's Best PMs, and produces the following top 10:1. Wilf2. Johnny Mac3. The Lyon4. Mikey B5. PET6. JC7. Uncle Louis8. Robbie B9. Lyin' Brian10.…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- When Paul Wells tears into a story, you can be assured of results that are both entertaining and frustrating. This week, he's been hard…
Angela Merkel’s Fossil Fuel Fondness
In the immediate wake of the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel sprung into action, rescinding her decision to extend the operation of her own country's nuclear…
Palin & Co.: Vote with your clicks
As the sometimes tedious nomination process for the 2012 GOP nominee continues along we have been treated to the usual asymmetry in the media's attention to this process towards the…
Procedural fairness – a new Supreme Court decision
Canada (Attorney General) v. Mavi, 2011 SCC 30 released this morning stands for the proposition that procedural fairness always applies to administrative decisions. The content of what fairness requires is…