Because, you know what, do you know what? The Terrace Daily News featured this video with a display on their front page. It is edgy, well, the repeated screechy ‘Liar-Liar-Liar-Liar-Liar’ is edgy but then, because you know what, you know what? It is true! The marijuana question was interesting. Christy dodged
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5975…Mike Duffy Hand In Till V.2
The loyal Conservative fart catcher and Senator from Kanata Mike Duffy [PEI] got caught with his hand in the till yet again.Of course the esteemed Senator “Duffy, who has already committed to pay back $90,000 in expenses, could not be reached for comment Thursday morning.” This info is taken from
Continue readingBuckdog: The Death Of Alvin Cote: Saskatoon Police Mourn Homeless Street Alcoholic They Arrested Over 1,000 Times
City Police in Saskatoon Saskatchewan have received a lot of bad press over the years. These articles will show that these hardworking officers and staff could not just ignore a long suffering homeless man with addiction to alcohol …. SASKATOON – He was one of the most recognizable residents in
Continue readingROAR!: PEI’s anti-choice Liberals – Abortion in PEI
An editorial I wrote today in response to this article that ran in The Guardian today: ‘[Anti-choice] movement supporters restate their opposition to abortion’. Submitted it to the paper, maybe it will run on Monday, fingers crossed. ______________________________________________________________ PEI’s anti-choice Liberals In The Guardian on the 10th, was coverage describing the
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: BC Liberals Close the Gap, but Is It Enough?
There have been three polls released in BC recently, which unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to cover (I’ve been busy with other things, ranging from Twitter suspending my account for an unknown reason to finishing up my special project you’ll all know about this weekend), one from Ipsos Reid,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: It’s Dead Motorcyclist Season Again
Late spring to early summer marks Dead Motorcyclist season. It’s the time of year when fatal encounters between motorcyclists and motorists are particularly apt to happen. Many bikers are seasonal riders. They put their machines away in the fall and over the winter and only get back on the road
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians paying 13% more for cell phone service than last year – time to Demand Choice!
Canadians are paying 13% more for cell phone service than they did last year – this while Canada’s overall inflation rate holds steady at 1%. That’s according to a study released by J.D. Power & Associates. At the start of 2013, the average monthly cell phone bill in Canada topped
Continue readingLeDaro: Planet Earth: Time lapse photos over 29 years recorded by various satellites
These time-lapse photos – taken over 29 years – are very telling, about what we humans are doing to this Earth. Urban sprawl in Las Vegas, forests and delicate ecosystems being destroyed in the Amazon, melting ice-caps, pollution, and more. How far will this go? When will the needed action
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: J.D. Power study shows cell phone rates are rising sharply; OpenMedia.ca available for comment
DC-Fees_200x200_130423.png Cell phone prices rising 13% more quickly than inflation WHO: Steve Anderson, Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca Lindsey Pinto, Communications Manager, OpenMedia.ca WHAT: J.D Power & Associates released a study that shows Canadians are paying 13% more for cell phone service than they did last year – this while Canada’s overall
Continue readingCalgary Grit: There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand
Stephen Harper has made a huge mistake. I’m not sure if Tom Mulcair has what it takes to be PM, but he’d make a fine Mr. Manager: NDP leader Tom Mulcair was wondering where $3.1 billion in unaccounted anti-terrorism spending went when he uttered this gem: “So the question is,
Continue readingArt Threat: Swaping songs for socks: has Indiegogo become colonized by capital?
Remember when crowdfunding was a baby? It was an innocent but fierce little phenomenon that you would feed, along with a whole community, and lo and behold, a project would be raised, big and strong ready to tackle the world. Amazing things like literacy projects, art therapy, and independent documentaries
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Volkswagen’s Too Cool Autostadt
If you live in certain parts of Europe, you can get a Volkswagen directly from the factory. Your car is built to order and then stored in one of these 60 metre/200 feet silos where it awaits your arrival to take delivery. Among other things you get your car with
Continue readingTaylorOwen.com: Twitter as public space, and related problems
Last weekend, the Globe and Mail published two articles on Twitter, both of which were dismissive of the platform and were written by authors who do not actively use it. In short, “What Twitter is, and isn’t,” and “Will Twitter Change Politics?” by Konrad Yakabuski and Tom Flanagan respectively, informed us that Twitter
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: High prices & lack of competition mean Canada is the only developed country with under 100% cell phone penetration
Thanks to factors like better prices and competition, we see places where individuals can, and often do, own more than one phone. Many people like to have more than one phone on their account – especially parents who want to enable their children to have cell phone access. This has
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Coming Soon to Canada, "Fortress B.C."
The CBC’s Stephen Smart sees rough waters and rocky shoals ahead for Ottawa-B.C. relations after Tuesday’s provincial elections. Perhaps for the first time in his reign our eastern ruler may be confronted by a province spoiling for a fight. Most of the past dozen or so years can be seen
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Will Future Generations Call Obama The ‘Environmental President’ Or An Abject Failure?
This is a guest post by Joe Romm, cross-posted from ClimateProgress with permission. It’s tempting to grade the President on a curve, but future generations won’t — if we destroy the livable climate they’ll need to feed 9 billion people. “History does not forgive us our national mistakes because they
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: And Speaking Of The Tarsands ….
This is brilliant. Thanks to Anon, who, in his comment on my previous post, directed me to this video: Let’s try to spread this as widely as possible. Mockery and satire often seem to be the best way to respond to the nonsense and lies the government proclaims in our
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: FREE CBC from Harper Conservatives political interference
By: Friends of Canadian Broadcasting | Press Release: OTTAWA, May 8, 2013 – No public broadcaster in any free and democratic country anywhere in the world faces political interference with its editorial independence as proposed for the CBC in Bill C-60. A down payment of more than 120,000 signatures on petitions
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Too Stupid for Satire?
Is political satire too risky for American consumption? Luke O’Neil argues in The New Republic that fake news has to go. Did you hear the one about the racist NRA president? You probably did if you’ve been on Facebook or Twitter in the last forty-eight hours. A widely shared article from the
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: NDP demands action on missing $3.1 billion in anti-terrorism funding
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Last week, the Auditor General reported that the Harper Conservatives can’t account for $3.1 billion of the $12.9 billion allocated to the Public Security and Anti-Terrorism Initiative [PSAT] for the period 2001 to 2010. The New Democrats are demanding action and accountability. Via a motion that was scheduled for
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