The Mulcair Solution: Fence-Sitting as Political Suicide….
Quebec NDP MP Sana Hassainia defects over Mideast position By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Aug 20, 2014 1:48 PM ET Last Updated: Aug 20, 2014 7:16 PM ET Sad…
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No Surrender
Anyone who plays chess, as I like to pretend I do, knows there comes a time when surrender is the only strategy left to you. Having matched wits with your…
No, this is not the Fringe Festival! Premier’s line on airplanes and Sky Palace descends into the theatre of the absurd
A not-so-grim Finance Minister Doug Horner (he’s not quitting!) and an unhappy Premier Dave Hancock, right, put the best face on their new rules for use of government aircraft at…
David Suzuki: Leaders must put people before politics
G7 leaders meet in The Hague in 2014 When we elect people to office, we give them power to make and enact decisions on our behalf. They should have a…
The Fringe: Edmonton’s holiest sacred cow.
Every city has its sacred cows, institutions that are so established and so revered, that they are beyond genuine criticism. Edmonton has more than its share. The folk fest is…
Police Violence Rages in Ferguson, MO
The out-of-control police response to protests against the killing of Michael Brown in a St. Louis, MO suburb, continues. Our reporter @rdevro was shot with rubber bullets/beanbags by police last…
The Babel-on-the-Bay complaint desk is open.
Boy, you just try to be fair and you hear about it. Babel-on-the-Bay’s complaint desk was overworked the other day after commenting on the Guelph Robocall verdict. You try to…
The Con Approach to Cutting Taxes
The Cons promise lower taxes. When they’re in power, they deliver: lower taxes result from part-time and low-waged jobs we all accept out of desperation when the good jobs are…
Canada’s Watergate?
Who’s behind the recent act of political terrorism against Justin Trudeau?
This Just In: World At War
I think people are reluctant to admit that we’re in the middle of World War Three, but the sooner we admit it, the sooner we can try to end it.
The Ballad of #MikeBrown
a young Dylan would've written a song: THE BALLAD OF MICHAEL BROWN. #Ferguson— Raffi Cavoukian (@Raffi_RC) August 15, 2014 If you go to Quik Trip You’d better take your gun,…
Epic Fourth
Watched “Epic” about little tree people. “Born on the Fourth of July” a 1989 Tom Cruise movie about a Vietnam vet who protests the war. A Marvel Avengers cartoon movie…
It’s So Hot Out That…
It's so hot out you can't even hear the #climatechange Deniers making jokes about "Where's Global Warming?"…— Saskboy K. (@saskboy) August 14, 2014 Yes, it’s so hot out you can’t…
Warrior Cops In Action: Radley Balko With Your #Ferguson Homework
Radley Balko is to #Ferguson as Nate Silver was to 2012: In depth: Filed under: Uncategorized
ConCalls: Michael Sona Found Guilty of Being Pierre Poutine in #RoboCon
While Sona’s been found guilty of one charge, questions remain about how he would have managed to have log files removed from CPC Headquarter’s computer database known as CIMS. "There…
Hacktivists Out Alleged Michael Brown Shooter — Only It’s The Wrong Guy
Not at all helpful (quite the opposite, actually): On Thursday, a name released by the hacking collective Anonymous began circulating, but St. Louis County Police said that the name was…
Re-reading Heraclitus
I started to re-read Haxton’s 2001 translation of Heraclitus last night. I came across references to him when reading introductory material on Montaigne recently and I wanted to flesh out…
“You got me so that my nerves are breaking”
Late night Hump Day rawk out continues unabated: (h/t) Filed under: music, Uncategorized Tagged: music, Nervebreakers, power pop, punk, rock, Texas, The Troggs, video
Beware: 1-2-3 Attack of the Cons
Leaders tend to think in threes. The Finance Minister / Fraser Institute / Media frenzy is no different and is designed to overwhelm Canadians and push them to think we’re…