NY Times Pay-Wall Workaround
Introduction The NY Times paywall has been quite lucrative... for me. Traffic to my advertising supported blog tripled after posting instructions to my little paywall hack. I posted a couple…
Brooke Jeffrey, <i>Divided Loyalties: The Liberal Party of Canada, 1984-2008</I>
As I write this review, Canada appears to be on the eve of an election call. It thus seems fitting to reflect on elections and campaigns past. For the past…
For Partisan Political Gain, Conservatives Continue to Create False Choices Between the Economy and the Environment
I composed the following as an online response to an article published in yesterday’s Sudbury Star by Sudbury Conservative Party of Canada Electoral District Association Director, Mark Mancini. The article,…
Is Alberta Ready to Change its Political Culture?
We are into a very fecund time politically in Alberta. We have just finished province wide municipal elections. The results were surprising to many. The most dramatic change was the…
Duffy’s X-Ray vision penetrates NDP caucus
Mike Duffy was on CFRA yesterday afternoon explaining why we were going into an election. Here’s his take on it. The buzz here is that Layton was going to let…
Bertrand Serlet (father of Mac OS X) leaves Apple
In one of those curious twists of fate, when Apple fired Steven Jobs in 1985, it couldn't have know that this would lead to the salvation of the company. Jobs…
Democracy Election
While thousands worldwide sacrifice their lives for the right to free elections Canadians complain about having one.That is not to say there are no reasons for some Canadians not to…
Individual MP’s can make a Difference – Lynn McDonald
So you think individual MP's can't make a difference? Lynn McDonald would tell you otherwise. McDonald was the MP in the federal riding that comprised part of what is now…
Final Countdown … [video]
As we approach the Final Countdown to what is almost certainly going to be a no-confidence vote based on contempt of Parliament tomorrow -- a first anywhere in the Commonwealth…
Truth Be Told Coalition Governments Have Become the Norm in Westminster Parliaments
The red door and the blue door. Forming a coalition with the socialists and the separatists. Give me a frickin break.Here we are about to embark on our fourth general…
The "Other Saskatchewan" – CCPA
Reproduced below is a 2011 Saskatchewan Budget Response by Dr. Simon Enoch, CCPA Saskatchewan: The “Other Saskatchewan” A Budget Response by CCPA Saskatchewan by Simon Enoch March 24, 2011 If…
Ahh Spring….
The city has a general email account that people use from time to time to send notes myself or council. As we get in to spring I expect this won't…
Ahh Spring….
The city has a general email account that people use from time to time to send notes myself or council. As we get in to spring I expect this won’t…
Ahh Spring….
The city has a general email account that people use from time to time to send notes myself or council. As we get in to spring I expect this won't…
Ahh Spring….
The city has a general email account that people use from time to time to send notes myself or council. As we get in to spring I expect this won’t…
Lawrence O’Donnell on Catholics pro-gay views
Lawrence O'Donnell of msnbc rails against political pundits who hold up the so-called "Catholic vote" to make points about gay rights, using a new study which shows that American Catholics…
EnoughHarper – What Else is He Hiding?
What else is the Government of Canada The Harper GovernmentTM and its scandal-a-day operations hiding?{Video by EnoughHarper}Please send LVD your political and news videos and clips.
EnoughHarper – What Else is He Hiding?
What else is the Government of Canada The Harper GovernmentTM and its scandal–a–day operations hiding? {Video by EnoughHarper} Please send LVD your political and news videos and clips.