Ruth Ellen Brosseau and the corporate-media cowards
You remember those nasty, sadistic little pricks who used to burn ants with magnifying glasses? And then in school they used to get their kicks ganging up on younger kids?…
Liberal Party arrogance led to historic defeat…Continued infighting will destroy it
I'm still staring at the CBC's Canada Votes 2011 web page, particularly that beautiful map. It's slowly sinking in how far the Liberal Party has fallen. How it literally is…
Spring Floods
As my Aunt Sandra said on Sunday, "Always newsworthy is when the river gets to be one mile wide. It is now three miles wide."Today it is wider.There is some…
The Right-WIng Media. . . . .
Anyone who doubts the right-wing bias of the media (and is actually intellectually honest) surely must have had a wake-up call when every newspaper in the country but one endorsed…
The Fall of Christy Clark?
B.C. by-election Wednesday to decide if the un-elected Premier of British Columbia gets a seat in legislature One incredibly obvious plant was from a woman named Anna Lilly. I'm rarely…
Climate Change Slams Food Production: Agricultural Investors To Rake It In
Sometimes you've just got to laugh. Tuesday's Globe and Mail led it's investment section with an article titled “Warming Trend May be Boon to Canada.” The piece focused on a…
Vancouver Mayors Go To Bat for Insite
Vancouver mayor, former mayors go to bat for supervised injection site Filed under: Uncategorized
Vancouver Mayors Go To Bat for Insite
Vancouver mayor, former mayors go to bat for supervised injection site
Lisa Blue ‘goddess’ swimsuit makes waves
A swimsuit that features an image of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi has been making waves. The use of Lakshmi's image, emblazoned on the front and back of the cutaway design,…
There Is Only One Proven Extremist Running in Point Grey…
.....And Her Name Is Christy ClarkSo. It would appear that things have tightened a little in the Point Grey by-election. How do we know this?Because Christy Clark, debate no-show kill…
Goodale gets the chop & Senators tossed a crumb
The latest "machination' of the National Board of Directors (the self-appointed Marie Antoinettes of the Liberal Party of Canada) has nixed any hopes Liberal members might have had of Ralph…
Some Timely Thoughts From Hazlitt . . . .
"All things move, not in progress, but in a ceaseless round; our strength lies in our weakness; our virtues are built on our vices; our faculties are as limited as…
Politics of Polarization Not Suitable for Greens
“Partisanship is what’s strangling democracy.” – Elizabeth May, Vancouver Sun, Friday May 6, 2011 (“May is only one voice, but it will be loud”)Unquestionably, with the election of more Conservative…
Will Libyans See Us as Saviours?
Canada is at war again but you would hardly know it from the media. We should pay attention, for our part in the Libyan “mission” is a stunning example of…
Oops, we failed to follow policy…
There’ll be more on this on the E-B’s site in the next few hours, once I figure out how to write this up. However, I can say this, based on…
UPDATE The Case of the Lazy Journos
The CBC reported today that the NDP has officially apologized for “embellishing” Ruth Ellen Brosseau’s resume. Apparently the NDP had posted that Ms. Brosseau had a diploma in advertising when,…
UPDATE The Case of the Lazy Journos
The CBC reported today that the NDP has officially apologized for "embellishing" Ruth Ellen Brosseau's resume. Apparently the NDP had posted that Ms. Brosseau had a diploma in advertising when,…
Making Religion Green: Quebec Catholic Churches to Use Local Wine for Mass
Don't know whether it's due to climate change or to astute winegrape growing, but vinyards in Quebec have begun producing some not-too-terrible wines. The latest recognition of this comes from…
Imaginary landscape in Adobe Eazel
Needs brushes: Flats,Fans… probably will be an in App purchase. Filed under: art, comment, digital, drawing Tagged: iPad, water