Everyone, meet Bocanut – Updated
You may be familiar with him already. Check here, here and here. For many months now, Bocanut has been obsessively commenting on my website, media websites and other bloggers’ websites…
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David Plouffe is a political rock star
I don’t know what he plans to do now after leaving Obama’s White House last week but I can’t wait to find out. This made my day:
Harper’s “appalled”? Harper should’ve known better
Harper says today that he’s “appalled” by the Brazeau situation, but Harper knew this about him when he appointed “The Brazman” in 2008. He did it anyway.
Premier Dix?
I’m a westerner, having grown up in Vancouver and spending many years in the Okanagan before landing in Ontario. Way back, I was a post secondary education activist, fighting to…
This is not a great start to a reputation building campaign
Not sure how this story got “front page ink” on the Globe given everything else going on in the world today (but I think I know). Also, not sure why…
Hudak mental health white paper ignores existing national and provincial strategies
Earlier this week we were told that the Hudak PC’s were going to release a White Paper on Mental Health this Thursday. While the paper is still not up on…
ConCalls: Investigate the Investigation? #RoboCon
If you need your blood pressure raised, Daniel Dickin has just the treatment for you. The persistent hack, perpetual election fraud defender, suggests that because there are no resulting charges…
NL MHA Report Card
With the Muskrat Falls debate dying a slow but certain death and law school turning out to be a bit labor intensive, I have been slacking on the blog lately…
Words that make me crazy
Or, otherwise known as: For the love of God, irregardless isn’t a word! I spend a lot of my time writing, reading and editing. Many non-words are in common use…
Tomorrow on Earthgauge: Climate Change 101, Shell oil rig disaster, Liveable Ottawa
This week on EG Radio, we have another packed show! Want to learn the fundamentals of climate science so you can easily refute that climate change denying buddy? Well, we…
ConCalls: #RoboCon RoboBus Meets #Jennimandering
One of Regina’s 3 finest Conservative MPs has fingered Jenni Byrne as ultimately responsible for the misleading push-poll by “Chase Research” which has apparent ties to RackNine in Alberta. Lukiwski…
ConCalls: RoboCall Boundary Edition #RoboCon 650 days and counting
Last week I got a robocall from “Chase Research” and listened to it all, taking notes when I realized it was a Conservative push-poll and would cause a scandal. I…
Don’t Care About Penny Salami Slicing
There’s a bit of hand wringing going on around Facebook amongst typically the anti-Harper crowd. Normally I’d join in, because it’s worth wringing hands over practically everything our Prime Minister…
And we wonder why people are cynical about politics
This, this and this. Oh, and this, this and this, too. All of these stories could be found on NationalNewsWatch.com at 6:28 pm. And what do they all have in…
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I fucking love this.
Regina Transit Petition
Regina Transit is planning to rearrange existing service to provide a few efficiencies. I see that more investment is needed to make significant improvements that transit riders have been requesting…
Khan, Cusanelli canned: Alberta premier sacks two rookie ministers in wake of poll
Steve Khan, eyed suspiciously by a fox. Below: Richard Starke, Christine Cusanelli, Richard III and Thomas Lukaszuk. Right on the heels of a new poll suggesting a decline in support…
Concert of the Day: Straight Outta CBGB’s
Bad Brains live at CBGB 1982: Filed under: music, Uncategorized, video Tagged: Bad Brains, CBGB, CBGB’s, D.C. hardcore, hardcore punk, music, New York, NYC, video