Huckabee Won’t Run.
One of the most like able and most suggestion as the solution to beat Obama in 2012 was Huckabee, But this Saturday Huckabee said that he wouldn't run. Now the…
The Perils of Postmedia: News staff out, managing editor in, at Edmonton Journal
“The Press” … back in the day when the Edmonton Journal was a great newspaper. Below: soon-to-be Journal managing editor Stephanie Coombs, former Journal publisher Linda Hughes, Colonist founder Amor…
Government probe into gas prices a waste of time….
Oh boy, there's gonna be another government review of the oil and gas industry over sky rocketing prices at the pumps. And all the while Big Oil continues to rake…
After a jump to the left, the Liberal Party needs to take a step to the right.
Though I disagree with the notion that under Stephane Dion & Michael Ignatieff, the Liberal Party has moved ideologically to the left, I do believe that both leaders seemed to…
Electoral Reform: An Unfinished Conversation
The recent federal election has once again reignited debate about the need to reform our voting system and a “National Day of Action for Electoral Reform” has been called for…
Facebook, Supporter of Gov’t Secrecy and Against Individual Privacy, Caught Anonymously Smearing Google
New York Time provided an insight to Facebook’s position on individual’s privacy: For years, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, has extolled the virtue of transparency, and he built…
Paul Fromm and the Fine Art of Turd Polishing
We may have engaged in a little bit of schadenfreude concerning Paulie's most recent electoral emasculation (okay, we were practically giddy). After all was said and done, a man who…
The Positive Women’s Network Enriches Community Fabric
I’m constantly impressed with the caliber of community cooperation in Vancouver. The Positive Women’s Network is holding a film screening fundraiser on May 26th at 7pm at Vancity Theatre. VIFF…
What If Lindsay Weir Had Scuffled Instead Of Soared?
NeverMindTheDeadHearComeTheGratefulLivingVilleMe, I figure Paul Feig and Judd Apatow might just make a movie about it. Lindsay's so-called messed-up life, I mean.Written, of course, by Kristen Wiig.And while I haven't seen…
Wouldn’t it Help You if the Liberal Party Exec told You What Amendments You’re Voting On
Like maybe a solid, deffered Leadership date instead of an open ended, "we'll decide for you" type of thing? And does voting by phone take away the spirit of "Secret…
Our Conservative Supreme Court, courtesy of Michael Ignatieff
If Michael Ignatieff had not allowed himself to be spooked by Harper's fearmongering in early 2008, we would have had a chance to implement the Coalition Agreement between the NDP…
Jabba The Ford – Toronto’s New Election Crime Overlord?
Now it’s just a question, not a statement of fact. Our corpulent Overlard Overlord seems to be running into some trouble with our Provincial Municipal Election Laws in the Toronto…
All Resolutions Proposed to Date
With one week to go until the Founding/Organizing Convention we are reposting all of the resolutions that have been received to date. These resolutions would be in addition to the…
Open It Up
What I find quite refreshing about Rob Silver- apart from his terrific political instincts- the man understands the gravity of the situation and is positioning himself as a leading voice…
Saturday Photo: Last Year’s Lilacs
This morning I'm going to go hack away at the neighbor's lilac bushes. This is what they looked like last year--fragrant and really lovely. But after the fire, the workers…
No Post on Friday: Was Blogger out Bagging Some Rays?
Couldn't post yesterday because gremlins got into Blogger. Things seem to be back to normal now, and it was such a lovely day here, I had the whimsical thought that…
Flooding on purpose
I suppose desperate times call for desperate measures, hence today's forced flood in rural Manitoba to destroy a hundred or so homes in order to save another 1000 or more.…
Ontario’s Slave Labour Market
Back in early march I had a rather disheartening conversation with the 27year old son of a close friend. This young man has never known stable long term employment in…
Success places Harper Conservatives between a rock and a hard place
A young Stephen Harper with the rock in the background. The hard place was yet to come. Below: Pierre Trudeau, Canada’s last truly liberal prime minister.This column appeared in Friday’s…
Coal and Racism as Political Weapons in Dalton McGuinty’s Ontario
Surprised to see coal and racism have anything to do with each other? Welcome to Dalton McGuinty’s Ontario. Disagree with him and you’re a coal loving, puppy kicking, candy stealing…