After weeks of unprecedented protests another repressive dictator has been overthrown in the Middle East. King Babar (pictured above fleeing the country in a hot-air balloon with his cousin/wife) was…
Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP) held in Vancouver its fiftieth national congress since its foundation. It is presently Canada’s official opposition in the House of Commons, and arguably one of…
The fam and I were going to head off to Britannia Beach the other day for some water-based recreation-type stuff. But, upon checking the City rwebsite, we discovered that the…
To you, it’s just a fight. To me, it’s the ER social worker looking for a teddybear to console a 4 year old girl because she just witnessed her dad…
Paul-Ryan-airquotes.jpg Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) has been all over the place when it comes to ending the multi-billion dollar subsidies that the oil industry receives every year. While he...
A number of times this year I’ve gone looking for the federal NDP constitution on-line, with no success. During or before the last federal election the party pulled the constitution…
First the U.S will spend 3.8 Trillion this year. Let’s say Pawlenty's plan would only cost 380 billion then you add that with 1.6 trillion you have a approximate 2.0…
Republicans talk about how the government is broke and we can't afford to continue to spend the way are spending. In the video Pawlenty sent to declare his candidacy he…
If you haven’t already heard, Ed Broadbent has stated he’ll be starting a think tank (named after himself, even) in the fall. It’s a smart move–a move that the conservatives…
…to my 7 year old Princess singing to Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”…. while listening to it on Randy Bachman’s “Vinyl Taps”…. Love being a Dad… Nothing better, man… And…
Given the hoops that Public Servants are forced to jump through to be able to have coffee available at a meeting, this type of stuff REALLY pisses me off! Prime…
Today Liberals decide to not postpone the leadership election for 2013. The Leadership convention will be held in Fall. I think a convention in Fall with no money on hand…
Tim Harper, a Toronto Star columnist, has a good item this evening about the meaning of the Harper government's moves to end two nation-wide strikes for no reason that would…
Vancouver Police have crowd-sourced the identification of suspects. Check out: http://www.identifyrioters.com/ Must-read coverage from an individual: In the belly of Vancouver’s hockey riot Posted by Emily Elias on Thursday, June…
I was saddened and disappointed to watch Vancouver burn last night. Disappointed because the Canucks played so poorly and lost a game that they didn’t deserve to win, saddened to…
Good afternoon Vancouver, how’s your head? The hand-wringing and spinning has commenced in full force now in the wake of the riot which gripped the downtown core after the Canucks…
- Your lawn can’t legally look like this? People are understandably mystified by some of the things I do, they have different outlooks on life. When they see a TV…
Yesterday I predicted that the tory government would not introduce legislation to end the contract dispute between Canada Post and CUPW. Today, it seems Labour Minister Lisa Raitt formally announced…
