Response from Via Rail on #viafail
I’d be happier about this if Via Rail didn’t call their passengers liars in the news stories about the Smiths Falls incident. I’m quite happy to swear an affidavit that…
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Unspinning The Same-Sex Marriage Fiasco
On Thursday, an article in the Globe and Mail declared that Stephen Harper’s Conservatives had annulled over five thousand Canadian same-sex marriages issued to non-residents since 2005. Worldwide panic and…
A funny thing happened on the way to #LPC12
I decided to head to Ottawa for the last day of the LPC policy convention (I have no love of policy but my partner was there and I’d get to…
The skinny on the modeling world
I found this column online yesterday, which intrigued me. Back in the day – and I mean back, way back – more than two decades ago, I spent some time…
Huffington Post’s Kathryn Marshall has meltdown on Power & Politics. Goes viral. UPDATED
When I looked yesterday afternoon at the now famous Kathryn Marshall Ethical Oil freakout on youtube, the hits were just 6,000. It’s now well over 26,000 and quickly rising. Word…
Stop Caring Already!
The problem with Canada is that too many people care. If all of the losers just stopped trying to win elections, we’d save so much money every four years. There’s…
Jan 13 Excited Delirium Updates
The ‘shady science’ of ‘excited delirium’ continues around the world. Here are just a few updates: Editorial: Delirious Fatality report Calgary Herald Provincial Court Judge Heather Lamoureux’s recommendations are curious,…
Christy, what are you thinking? BC Liberals hire Harper aide and Enbridge lobbyist Ken Boessenkool as chief of staff.
If you ever wanted to know which side of the political spectrum the BC ‘Liberals’ fall, it’s pretty obvious by now it’s neither centre nor left. When a supposed centre-left…
Good To See
There are some very interesting links to explore today. I hope you made some time available to browse. The UK is also experiencing strange weather, and there are photos and…
Pink Herrings: Ethical (Sp)Oil and Pride (in Pipelines)
“Make a hard Right-turn at the Town of Wedgepolitics and keep going Straight until you’ve reached the City of Bigotry and Political Strategy.” Directions for Harper’s recent wedge-issue of choice,…
Why is Ethical Oil too terrified to confirm if it is funded by Enbridge or not? UPDATED with video.
"Don't ask me hard questions. I'm a student!" Wow. Just wow. Yesterday, I watched Power & Politics with Huffington Post’s Kathryn Marshall debating the Northern Gateway hearings with a representative…
No Legal Requirement to Cut Lab Services
Residents around Thessalon and on St. Joseph Island, both east of Sault St. Marie in northern Ontario, have been recently told that their community hospitals will no longer be taking…
Smoking Pot Not As Damaging to Lungs as Cigarettes
Many people come to my blog to read about things neither of us wish were happening, but they want my opinion about it along with some facts I’ve found. Here’s…
Radical Good Sense
The “Fight for Canada”, did not happen in 1812, since Canada did not exist as a nation for decades later in 1867. The Department of “Canadian Heritage” ought to be…
Kids better off being raised by lesbians?
Take that all you ignorant, anti-gay, social conservative jerks.
2012 Definition of ‘Terrorist’
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Next time some ‘Ethical Oil’ salesperson gives you the ‘foreign influence’ bunk on the pipeline hearings, mention Alison’s post on the subject at Creekside
I watched in mild horror ’Question Period’ yesterday. Horror, not because CTV is too cheap to broadcast the show in HD, but because of the nonsense delivered on behalf of…
Spin Doctors – Green Party priorities for 2012
Happy Monday! After a holiday hiatus, the Hill Times is back this week, and so is Spin Doctors. Our question today is the following: “What will be your leader’s top…
Washington May Be Next State To Get Equal Marriage Rights
Chris Gregoire, the governor of Washington, has announced her full support of full, equal marriage rights in the state. Already opponents are mobilizing to prevent the equal recognition of same-sex…
Music Is The Best Medicine
It’s often said that Laughter is the best medicine, but maybe music isn’t far behind? Music can help people walk and talk again after injury and illnesses of the brain.…