Do as I say, not as I did
So says former Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff.
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Recognizing Errol Black (Obituary by Jim Silver)
Errol Black was a wonderful progressive economist and activist in Manitoba who contributed enormously over the years to our collective knowledge on labour economics, economic development, unions, and more, and…
Top 10 reasons why Obama should (and will!) be re-elected
In no particular order: He ended “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policies in America’s military. Advanced women’s rights in the workplace. Expanded access to healthcare. He appointed two pro-choice women to…
ConCalls: Review is New Again #RoboCon
A RoboCon blog entry I made on Aug 9, 2012 has been brought up as news again by CBC, confirming my analysis from months ago. What I think is most…
Predictions and Credibility
I find the current political air in Canada to be insufferably stupid. Despite there being excellent, professional journalists everywhere, there are many more time/space fillers who skew the public’s perception…
Toronto needs a mayor
Everyone’s throwing each other under the bus (so to speak) as to why two TTC buses stranded passengers so they could go and fetch Rob Ford’s football team last week.…
Why I AM Freaking Out at the Possibility of Romney…
Why I’m not freaking out about the idea of a Mitt Romney presidency I’m not complacent: bad things would happen. But I also have faith that, despite partisan politics, America…
CBS warns of coming job losses in national meeting with labour
Canadian Blood Services says the organization of the future is going to require fewer people. Caught in a funding squeeze by their provincial funders, CBS says they have to compete…
Dean MacDonald on the Gull Island Mess: “He Didn’t Even Read the Deal!”
Since Joey Smallwood’s infamous giveaway of the Upper Churchill to Hydro Quebec, there has been a romanticism around Newfoundland and Labrador’s eventual development of the Lower Churchill. It’s been the…
Family Coalition Party Focuses On Bathrooms
Let’s do some quick word association. When I say “gender identity,” say the first thing tha—OMG TOILETS!!!! I’m not exactly sure where Ontario’s fringe Family Coalition Party gets its funding,…
Meanwhile, In France…
If you speak French, you’re in for a real treat from this group of protestors in France. And if you don’t, I think you’ll find that the clip transcends language…
A week after Sandy
It’s been a week since Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast. Some friends in NY are still without power, some still flooded, last I heard. This has been one of…
Mrs. Klein
One of the oddest things about death is that there’s no way to reach that person by their usual phone number. We can call people in Antarctica, in space, in…
Water Management and Adverse Effects: Nalcor’s Bennett Addresses JM’s Comments
Yesterday’s blog responded to Geoff Meeker’s most recent posting, where he criticized the Newfoundland and Labrador media while misunderstanding the water management issue.. Today’s blog addresses some of the great…
Meeker on Media and Churchill River Water Management
So I just read another piece from Geoff Meeker who, once again, decided to defecate on the reporting by the Newfoundland and Labrador media on Muskrat Falls. Specifically, he seems…
Wake the F*ck Up (NSFW)
You know that children’s book, Go the F*ck to Sleep? This is a take off on that, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. It’s laugh-out-loud funny and it’s funded by the…
Passion
Why is there such passionate debate over climate change? It’s not like many global problems tend to inflame heated debate all too often at a local level, but climate change…
Mens sana in corpore sano: a sound mind in a healthy body
Mens sana in corpore sano: a sound mind in a healthy body – a very good motto that is. The saying comes from the Roman Juvenal, and it applies as…
That “rape thing”
Another Republican – male, natch – talks about being against abortion and, you know, that “rape thing.” Here.