Category: Politics

Going To The Candidate's Debate (Weyburn-Big Muddy Version)

There's a provincial election coming up in Saskatchewan in about ten days (November 7) so Shea and I took the opportunity to go to the candidate's debate at

Frank Stronach Changes His Tune on Unions

Whether you believe unions still have a role to play in society or not, this is pretty surprising.  Frank Stronach, the owner of the multi-billion dollar auto parts

Some Thoughts on the Four Day Work Week

A few recent conversations and readings have swirled together to make me want to write about the four day work week.  I should mention off the bat that

Friday Fun Link – Seven Most Scandalous Wikipedia Edits (Sept 21, 2007)

I did an earlier post about the guy who designed a program to link IP addresses to Wikipedia edits. This has led to all kinds of discoveries of

This Blog Is Now Officially Worth The Same In USD as CND Dollars

The Canadian dollar hit parity with the US dollar for the first time in thirty-odd years today due to a combination of a booming natural resources sector in

Universal Health Care 2.0

I had an appointment with a specialist last week and during the course of it, he asked me about a procedure I'd had over ten years ago.  Being

Canadian Nurses Can See "SiCKO" for free this week

MICHAEL MOORE OFFERS TO REIMBURSE THE UNITED NURSES OF ALBERTA FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF HIS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED FILM SiCKO CANADIAN DISTRIBUTOR APPLAUDS MICHAEL MOORE'S ACTION AND OFFERS FREE

Shock of the Day – Madonna Is A Hypocrite

When I posted that jokey one-liner yesterday about the ridiculousness of Madonna lecturing me about saving the environment, I knew her blather was typical celebrity hypocrisy.  I didn't

Friday Fun Link – Earth Portal (July 6, 2007)

The worldwide series of concerts known as Live Earth have started today in Australia and Japan and will be moving around the world for the next 24 hours.

Friday Fun Link – Does Internet Filtering Work? (June 22, 2007)

In keeping with the topic of the day over at my other most favourite site on the Internet, LibrarianActivist, here’s a report on internet filtering from the National

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