Rogers: An old song for a tired audience.
Hold tight Canada. You are about to be dazzled by the same people who have abused you before. You never learn do you? There is always another generation without the…
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Wrong Side Of History
I found it ironic today that there are people viewing staying out of Iraq as being on the “wrong side of history”. I couldn’t think of a more perfect example…
BC’s Future Goes Back to the Past…
Temporary foreign workers needed for B.C.’s future, says premier Christy Clark: ‘There’s going to be a spurt in the number of workers that are required.’ By Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian…
The Wolf Is Real
“The Wolf of Wall Street” is a gross movie about the excess of American greed. It’s not excessively gory, it instead depicts non-violent financial crimes, and drug abuse. == The…
Global Regina Bullied by Racists Into Censorship
Racists who were criticizing the launch of a new mosque in Regina, forced the TV station to remove the news story from their Facebook page, rather than report and delete…
A Thank-You To the RPS and EMS
Originally posted on John Klein – Regina: A few of you may have caught me on the news today. The Regina Police Service had a meeting and my thank-you letter…
Stephen Harper’s War For Oil
NEW IMPROVED TERROR (ISIS) is just what Stephen Harper needs to get a vein for his junk from Alberta. Oil pipelines for all!
Your Call Is, Truly, Unimportant to Us, Stay on the Line..or Hang Up, we Don’t Care…
Customer service is becoming more Kafkaesque by the day Companies like to deflect problems with call-centre bureaucracy then use social media to show they’re just like us. They’re not Oscar…
SaskPower Carbon Capture and Storage Goes Online Late, Over Budget
I must print a “correction” to my piece in April when I reported that the SaskPower CCS plant was on time and online. The plant went online late last month,…
Pro-rating funding for PSW wages creates unintended consequences
In 2010 a provincial coalition of experts was assembled to look an integrated hospice palliative care system in Ontario. Hospices are a specialized residential facility for palliative care patients. As…
Take the Keys and Lock ‘Em Up…..
Lock up chronic runaways to keep them safe: Winnipeg police officer The longer they are on the street, the worse it becomes for them, says Supt. Danny Smyth CBC News…
Moby Dick, The Manufactured Man, and the Fate of Humankind
“The permanent constitutional condition of the manufactured man … is sordidness.” So says Captain Ahab of Moby Dick. And Melville was right. This is what we are fighting. We are…
#VIFF2014 Everything Will Be Interview with Director Julia Kwan & TICKET GIVEAWAY
Vancouver’s Chinatown at a crossroads: A conversation with filmmaker Julia Kwan I had the opportunity to sit down with Julia Kwan, the Director and writer for Everything Will Be, which…
How partisan conservative media maintain their audiences
Given the diverse sources of news now available in the U.S., partisans can easily choose news sources that align with their political attitudes. Does the rise of partisan news—on cable,…
Fed Auditor Fired for Outing Goldman Sachs for Conflicts
how are whistle blowers ever going to help shed light on corporate corruption when we don’t protect them?
Sigh … Who are the Extremists?
Sigh … another international political leader has painted my belief structure in a very broad brush, explicitly saying that I now longer have a right to question those in charge.…
Judging a (Municipal Candidate’s) Book by Their (Technological) Cover?
You’re a candidate in the upcoming municipal election in Ontario. Do you have an appropriate email address? A web site? A social media presence? No? Don’t expect my vote.
World War III Started By Lies
Why is Stevie and his crew lying to Canadians about their participation in the pile on against the mythical beast called ISIS?
Will health care derail the 2017 target for balancing the books? Not likely.
The Conference Board of Canada likes to tell the world that it is independent and unbiased, but a quick look at its board of directors will reveal that it is…