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Vancouver City Manager Judy Rogers dumped. Rogers was an emotional enabler to former mayor Sam...

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:16:06 -0800

Vancouver City Manager Judy Rogers dumped. Rogers was an emotional enabler to former mayor Sam Sullivan’s worst instincts, most notably during the Civic Strike of 2007. Funnily enough, Sullivan upped her salary to $292k - a 62% raise.

Stephen Harper may not be done yet, but you can hear the knives sharpening.

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:27:33 -0800

Stephen Harper may not be done yet, but you can hear the knives sharpening.

Anatomy of a meltdown: Ben Bernanke was slow on the uptake on this, the biggest economic crisis in...

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:41:19 -0800

Anatomy of a meltdown: Ben Bernanke was slow on the uptake on this, the biggest economic crisis in modern history.

From the Dept. of Rash Promises….

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:11:27 -0800

From the Dept. of Rash Promises….

Item #2564 entered as evidence to explain why the conservative movement in the United States, and...

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:49:37 -0800

Item #2564 entered as evidence to explain why the conservative movement in the United States, and elsewhere, in collapsing: The root of the global economic crisis is the War on Christmas.

The caches that included Iranian weapons thus represented just 2 percent of all caches found. That...

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:44:40 -0800

The caches that included Iranian weapons thus represented just 2 percent of all caches found. That means Iranian-made weapons were a fraction of one percent of the total weapons found in Shi’a militia caches during that period.

And another Iraq bugaboo - that Iran was flooding the country with “advanced weaponry” - is laid to rest.

A commenter on this Tyee piece, who I believe is in the know, further undermines BC Lee’s...

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:16:11 -0800

A commenter on this Tyee piece, who I believe is in the know, further undermines BC Lee’s story.

Oh my. This could land Councillor Lee in a lot of hot water, quite possibly legal. Update: And...

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:16:00 -0800

Oh my. This could land Councillor Lee in a lot of hot water, quite possibly legal.

Update: And Global TV doesn’t look particularly good either.

The most important element in the hubbub around the City of Vancouver’s decision to...

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:03:00 -0800

The most important element in the hubbub around the City of Vancouver’s decision to “loan” private developer Millenium Developments $100 million is how we got into this position in the first place. There is a long line of decision-making that favours high-reward but high-risk ventures - starting with tapping Millenium for the project in the first place - and subsequently failing to disclose those risks to Council - by the city’s staff (either of their own volition or at the direction of “someone”). This is certainly the case when details of rival bids were not disclosed, and with the Estelle Lo’s concerns not being passed on. Information suppression is a pattern and it’s no way to run anything, let alone a city.

Oh goodie, we’ve enter the farce stage of scandal. Particularly hilarious because there...

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:01:00 -0800

Oh goodie, we’ve enter the farce stage of scandal. Particularly hilarious because there remains nothing beyond circumstantial evidence that this “leak” was the source used in Gary Mason’s original article. That it wasn’t is something which he says in not so many words.

Wikipedia’s list of the top British Columbian scandals. Surely “Memo-Gate” will...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:24:33 -0800

Wikipedia’s list of the top British Columbian scandals. Surely “Memo-Gate” will soon make the list?

“Any money that may have been loaned is fully secured by the real estate and by other assets as...

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:21:39 -0800

“Any money that may have been loaned is fully secured by the real estate and by other assets as well,” Malek told The Tyee. “There is absolutely no exposure for the taxpayer. None.”

I see. So…if your project is so secure, why couldn’t you borrow the money from a bank?

“The City of Vancouver has agreed to lend up to $100 million to bail out the financially...

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:10:02 -0800

“The City of Vancouver has agreed to lend up to $100 million to bail out the financially troubled company building the athletes village for the 2010 Olympic Winter Game…[a]t a mayoralty debate earlier Thursday morning, Coun. Peter Ladner, who is the chair of the city’s finance committee, refused to answer reporters’ questions about the loan”

Nice. And approved in-camera. All hail the NPA’s commitment to free market principles.

Let the brown-nosing begin.

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:51:44 -0800

Let the brown-nosing begin.

The next President of the United States

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:50:58 -0800

The next President of the United States

The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The...

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:51:24 -0800

The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time….

This may be the most bizarre op-ed I have ever read.

First, race is the single most important and consequential issue in all of American history. That...

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:35:13 -0800

First, race is the single most important and consequential issue in all of American history.

That is the central idea, which I endorse, of an excellent post by Obsidian Wings contributor publius. Well worth reading.

The Onion predicts “Joe the Plumber” in 1993.

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:25:45 -0700

The Onion predicts “Joe the Plumber” in 1993.

Meet Allan West, formerly Lt. Col. Allen West, GOP candidate for Congress.

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:24:04 -0700

Meet Allan West, formerly Lt. Col. Allen West, GOP candidate for Congress.

The problem isn’t lack of education—it’s that of a self-isolating political subculture gone...

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:33:32 -0700

The problem isn’t lack of education—it’s that of a self-isolating political subculture gone rancid.

Author George Packer, after reading Jon Swift’s “year in review”, posits the similarities between the right-wing blogosphere and the conspiracy-theory prone coffee shop culture in Baghdad.