Rick Mercer on the Disgraceful Failure of the MSM
I've wrote quite a few posts about the shameless role most of the MSM and their porky bosses played in the election campaign.How they betrayed Canadians.How they even censored Andrew…
social media
On changing standards
Paul MacLeod reports on the latest candidate to be summarily axed due to an even mildly controversial social media history uncovered by Robert Jago, while Robyn Urback suggests either a…
Are Stephen Harper and His Cons Creeping Out Our Social Media?
Well it's a horrible thought. The kind of thought that could give you nightmares.But Stephen Harper is desperate. He knows the internet is his enemy. The only thing he can't…
Thomas Lukaszuk, once the Gorgeous George of Alberta politics, ponders an unlikely political resurrection
PHOTOS: Thomas Lukaszuk, at what was arguably the summit of his political career, launching his bid in May 2014 to lead the Progressive Conservative Party and become premier of Alberta.…
Will Wildrose Leader Brian Jean repudiate his Calgary-Foothills candidate’s ‘communist’ characterization of the NDP?
PHOTOS: Part of the Wildrose Chinese-language brochure that compared the NDP to communists. Below: Wildrose Calgary-Foothills candidate Prasad Panda, former Tory education minister Thomas Lukaszuk, NDP candidate Bob Hawkesworth, former…
Green Party platform criticized for being “anti-feminist”
The Green Party of Canada’s 2015 federal election platform is being criticized for being inaccurate, hypocritical, “anti-feminist” and harmful to women. The post Green Party platform criticized for being “anti-feminist”…
#HarperBlamesAlbertans: Canadians thrash Harper for dissing Alberta Premier Notley, Albertans
Stephen Harper insulted Albertans for electing Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP, ending 44 straight years of one party Progressive Conservative rule in the oil-rich province. Canadians hit back using…
Twitter Cards now auto-expand on mobile
In January, I mentioned that I added these newfangled things called “Twitter Cards” onto the FCS website (which is shorthand for adding code and testing it on Twitter’s Developers site.…
@wiselaw on "Top 20 Ontario Law Twitter Accounts" Listing
BY GARRY J. WISEThanks to the good folks at Lawsome for including us in their list of Top 20 Ontario Law Twitter Accounts, reproduced below: Law Times: @LawTimes (Ontario legal…
The Day Stephen Harper’s Attack Ads Made Him look Like an Idiot
As I've been telling you for a while, Stephen Harper's PMO is not the mighty Death Machine it once was.These days it's looking desperate and disorganized. Its election campaign is…
Inexperienced? Says who? Complaints about NDP caucus composition only show how weak the right wing is just now
ILLUSTRATIONS: “You voted for whom? Are you mad, man?” … No way to win friends and influence people. (Historic illustration from Punch – no idea what point the artist was…
British Colombia: Illiterate “cutthroat psychopaths” in the Harper PMO
Embarrassing typos as the illiterate “cutthroat psychopaths” in the Stephen Harper PMO change British Columbia to “British Colombia”. The post British Colombia: Illiterate “cutthroat psychopaths” in the Harper PMO appeared…
Vancouver mom’s outrage at airline for interfering with breastfeeding draws huge online support
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger United Airlines PR department must, or at least should be in high gear after this young mother complained in ‘Twitter’ that she was shamed by an…
Thank you, CASE District II!
I’d jut like to write a quick thank you CASE District II for awarding me an Independent School Scholarship to attend their conference last week. I’m including recap of the…
Is Facebook Indirectly Your Employer?
A recent article published by at Huffington Post shone an interesting light on Facebook’s contribution to the Canadian job market. A study prepared by Deliotte of some contention (as it…
Online Freedom of Speech Under Seige In “Democracies” Too
Legal suppression of online freedom of speech increasing in both repressive regimes and western democracies, writes Jillian York of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The post Online Freedom of Speech Under…
Did you hear the one about the health minister’s Twitter followers? Neither did they!
Alberta Health Minister and bowtie enthusiast Stephen Mandel. A lot of his Twitter followers aren’t real people. Below: NDP Leader Rachel Notley. She doesn’t have as many Twitter followers, but…