After thousands of hours studying provincial politics, I almost reached my Howard Beale moment today. Not because of one issue, but the cumulative effect of many. If you forget Howard Beale, watch […]
Dumbocracy
The BC Liberal Party claims almost 50,000 new members since its leadership race began with a total membership now approaching 90,000. Kevin Falcon’s camp accuses Christy Clark’s camp of bypassing membership sign-ups. […]
Promises, promises
This 2001 BC Liberal platform document, A New Era for British Columbia is no longer easily found. BC Liberals prefer it to be forgotten. I found one copy in the legislative library that […]
Drive-by punditry
Succinct comments from a few of BC’s mainstream pundits indicate that Adrian Dix is the NDP leadership candidate who most worries their cohorts, the BC Liberals. In politics, little time is wasted […]
Success not final, failure not fatal: it’s courage to continue that counts
“If no one ever took risks, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.” Playwright Neil Simon’s clever statement seems apt with news the Ida Chong recall fell short of signatures needed to […]
A question that needs an answer
G. West is always good for logical and consistent comments. This one seems to me worth serious thought since it applies broadly. The original statement was at The Tyee as a response […]
When profit ranks before morality
News item: Kevin Falcon, former BC Liberal Minister of deregulation, applauds Prime Minister Harper on plan to reduce business regulations. Falcon says, “. . . regulations are job killers, plain and simple, […]
They don’t need us anymore
Harold Meyerson, an American journalist and opinion columnist, was named one of “the most influential commentators in the nation” by the Atlantic Monthly in 2009. Editor-at-large of The American Prospect, he wrote […]
Is there truly an ocean of apathy?
On an earlier article Ole left a comment that ended: …If only more people would become engaged, but sadly I look around at an ocean of apathy. Blogs like this and online magazines […]
Thieves get rewarded even when thievery goes awry
A charitable group I follow is Coffee Kids, an organization that works in Latin America to improve education, health awareness, microcredit and food security in small coffee-farming communities. An item in the regular […]
A shepherd persuades sheep their interests and his are the same
Ten days ago, I offered Twit, piled higher and deeper in which I took a shot or three at the Global TV news operation. My blog indicated that in the Kash Heed […]
. . . on whether BC Rail was a steal.
North Van’s Grumps is a diamond digger, extracting gems from institutional effluent that others ignore. Don’t miss this one.
Dirty business that blackens Canada’s name
Policy Note, the blog of The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, noted last summer that, with attention focused on HST, few observers noticed the latest Carbon Tax increase and its regressive nature. “When […]
It is one thing to get growth going, another to share that
News item: Egyptian security forces have used rubber bullets, tear gas and water canon in running battles with tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators demanding that Hosni Mubarak, the president, step down. […]
And justice for all
I argued here that BC Liberals provided Basi and Virk with a sweetheart deal in exchange for guilty pleas that allowed their trial to be ended. Here is more evidence – if we […]
Don’t drink the water
This issue is vital to British Columbians. Hydraulic fracturing will play an important role in northeast shale gas fields. Despite known and probable risks, BC Liberals have ceded oversight of the environment […]
What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into
Though the mills of God grind slowly, Yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, With exactness grinds he all. (von Logau / Longfellow) Most devout folk, even dedicated agnostics, […]
Climate Benefits of Natural Gas Overstated
Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated, by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, 2011 The United States is poised to bet its energy future on natural gas as a clean, plentiful fuel that […]
Mythbusting
Small Hydro Power from Tom11 Films on Vimeo.
Circle the wagons, blame the victims
The BC Civil Rights Association has formally complained about public statements of the RCMP following their violent arrest of Buddy Tavares. The Kelowna man was kicked in the face by Cst. Geoff […]
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My sole comment is, it should be in the building code that every new build house/condo, have a government approved…