It was without a doubt the best Question Period I have ever watched.The day Stephen Harper was finally forced to answer questions about the Senate scandal. And was roasted like a chicken, or grilled like a criminal.Read more »
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: But Can It Be Mixed With Kool-Aid?
Is it possible that at the start of their political careers, Stephen Harper and Rob Ford consulted with Cornelius Grouppe for campaign advice and recruitment methodology? Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6065…Sex In The Library
13 per cent of the Harvard class of 2013 claim to have had sex in the library at the uni that, among other things, graduated our Governor General, David/Donald Johnson/Johnston. That was what the Harvard Crimson reported and The Atlantic re reported it. It comes from a survey of the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6066…Take That Obama: Rob Ford In Da House
Google the name President Barack Obama and then Google Mayor Rob Ford’s and see what you get. What you will get is the chart below that I cribbed off The Huffington Post. I don’t really understand it either but that is primarily coz I spent science, economics and math class
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Hudak Conservatives fined $85,000 for "rule breaking robocalls"
I hear he knows a guy who knows a guy though
Continue readingLife...A Small Spark Between Two Eternities: Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2013-05-28 22:24:00
1 The first of many !
Continue readingLife...A Small Spark Between Two Eternities: $90,000 bill
1 The first of many !
Continue readingLife...A Small Spark Between Two Eternities: $90,000 bill
1The first of many !
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Gravity’s Rainbow Illustrated
A screaming comes across the sky…Above him lift girders…the carriage, which is built on several levels…drunks, old veterans…hustlers…derelicts, exhausted women with more children… On a Giant’s Shoulders: Zak Smith Illustrates Gravity’s Rainbow By Creon Upton April, 2005 Illustrating Gravity’s Rainbow is like putting Ezra Pound’s Cantos to music, or writing
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Companion cats.
Continue readingCanadian Trends: 2013: Mid-year review
Well, it’s almost June. I figured we’d review the 2013 trends and see how we’re doing. The biggest result of “going off the cliff” as it were is going to be a complete destruction in confidence. Uncertainty is certain to take hold once the eurphoria of the “fiscal cliff deal”
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: These photos are just begging to have captions or speech bubbles…
These photos are just begging to have captions or speech bubbles added. What a bunch of crooks and parasites these Conservatives are — all brought to power by cheating, lying and taking advantage of an antiquated, semi-democratic, rigged system. We warned you, but millions didn’t listen. Many still remain oblivious.
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Jon Latvis…. You Aren’t Helping
Suffice it to say, Rob Ford has not had a pleasant week. Two weeks almost. In fact we dare say that the past two weeks has fucking sucked. And things really don’t really look to be improving any time soon. But on this, Rob Ford’s birthday, at least one person
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Prime Minister Harper was roasted like a rotisserie chicken
PM Stephen Harper Today’s question period in the House of Commons finally showed onlookers what real question periods are for. The prime minister was appearing for the first time since the Senator Duffy loan was made by his chief of staff. And the opposition leaders asked pointed, clear questions. Mulcair
Continue readingwmtc: walmart workers are on strike! sign their petition to show your support.
I’m back! And Walmart workers are on strike! Workers in Miami, Massachusetts and the Bay Area in California are on strike. Please sign their petition supporting their right to speak out for better conditions in the workplace. Workers who have spoken out have seen their hours reduced, their shifts changed
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Hudak Caught: PCPO Made Ilegal Robocalls
OTTAWA – The CRTC will soon announce it is fining both Alberta’s Wildrose Party and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives for automated polling calls that failed to identify the pollster. The hapless PCPO leader has some explaining to do—$85,000s worth. And, perhaps not surprisingly, RackNine is involved again. They are these
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Humpty Dumpty Has Been Upstaged
Stephen Harper turns aside demands for public hearings on Duffy affair Prime Minister Stephen Harper turned aside a demand by the opposition to have everyone involved in the uproar over Sen. Mike Duffy’s expense claims testify in public about the secret $90,172 payment to the senator.
Continue readingeaves.ca: Some Nice Journalistic Data Visualization – Global’s Crude Awakening
Over at Global, David Skok and his team have created a very nice visualization of the over 28,666 crude oil spills that have happened on Alberta pipelines over the last 37 years (that’s about two a day). Indeed, for good measure they’ve also visualized the additional 31,453 spills of “other” substance
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Conservative Coverup #RoboCon #cdnpoli
Mayrand has come out to say finally that the Conservatives are not cooperating with the investigation into the robocall election fraud of 2011. I do not find this surprising, and if you’ve been reading my blog the past year, you’d know that’s because the evidence points to the Conservative Party
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