I went to the Vancouver Art Gallery, listened to some speechmaking, saw a number of people I hadn’t seen in over a year, and walked up Hornby Street and down Howe Street twice. There were about 5,000 people there. As I headed for the Skytrain to go hom…
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Bob Broughton's Blog: Occupy Vancouver, Oct. 15 (includes podcast)
I went to the Vancouver Art Gallery, listened to some speechmaking, saw a number of people I hadn’t seen in over a year, and walked up Hornby Street and down Howe Street twice. There were about 5,000 people there. As I headed for the Skytrain to go home, I saw
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: Podcast: Vancouver’s "Occupy Wall Street" starts October 15
Errol Povah, President of Airspace Action on Smoking and Health, explains why we should be at least as outraged by the tobacco industry as by Bank of America, Bear Stearns, and the Koch brothers.
Get MP3 (4.0 MB | 4:20 min)
Occupy Vancouver start…
Bob Broughton's Blog: Podcast: Vancouver’s "Occupy Wall Street" starts October 15
Errol Povah, President of Airspace Action on Smoking and Health, explains why we should be at least as outraged by the tobacco industry as by Bank of America, Bear Stearns, and the Koch brothers. Get MP3 (4.0 MB | 4:20 min) Occupy Vancouver starts at the Vancouver Art Gallery on
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: Vote by mail, not by internet
An article in the August 30 Vancouver Sun, Cities push province for electronic voting, says that three BC municipalities are trying to get the influential Union of BC Municipalities to endorse the idea of internet voting.
The UBCM should say “no” to t…
Bob Broughton's Blog: Vote by mail, not by internet
An article in the August 30 Vancouver Sun, Cities push province for electronic voting, says that three BC municipalities are trying to get the influential Union of BC Municipalities to endorse the idea of internet voting.
The UBCM should say “no” to t…
Bob Broughton's Blog: What Obama can do about the debt ceiling
The big news item in the US, other than the Casey Anthony trial, has been the need for Congress to raise the national debt ceiling, in order to avoid defaulting on bonds sold by the government, and wrecking the U.S. government’s credit rating.
The Rep…
Bob Broughton's Blog: What Obama can do about the debt ceiling
The big news item in the US, other than the Casey Anthony trial, has been the need for Congress to raise the national debt ceiling, in order to avoid defaulting on bonds sold by the government, and wrecking the U.S. government’s credit rating.
The Rep…
Bob Broughton's Blog: "Where the Action Is" and the British Invasion
When former half-term Alaska governor Grifty McQuitter visited Massachusetts last month, riding a bus with a fancy paint job, more than a few people were scratching their heads at McQuitter’s re-interpretation of Paul Revere’s ride; that Revere warned …
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: "Where the Action Is" and the British Invasion
When former half-term Alaska governor Grifty McQuitter visited Massachusetts last month, riding a bus with a fancy paint job, more than a few people were scratching their heads at McQuitter’s re-interpretation of Paul Revere’s ride; that Revere warned …
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: Another insult from the Conservative Party of Canada
I’ve pointed out before on this blog that the Conservative Party of Canada has a history of running campaign advertising that insults the intelligence of Canadians: see The Conservative “Tax Trick”, published in July, 2008.
I heard another one of thes…
Bob Broughton's Blog: Another insult from the Conservative Party of Canada
I’ve pointed out before on this blog that the Conservative Party of Canada has a history of running campaign advertising that insults the intelligence of Canadians: see The Conservative “Tax Trick”, published in July, 2008.
I heard another one of thes…
Bob Broughton's Blog: Tobacco and the 2011 Federal Election
There are a lot of things going on in this country that should be issues in this election: Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s support for fish farms, the tar sands, and pipelines, to name three. With an annual death toll of 45,000 Canadians, tobacco should …
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: Tobacco and the 2011 Federal Election
There are a lot of things going on in this country that should be issues in this election: Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s support for fish farms, the tar sands, and pipelines, to name three. With an annual death toll of 45,000 Canadians, tobacco should …
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: The Virginia Tech massacre was four years ago
It has now been four years since 32 students and faculty members
were killed on the Virginia Tech campus.
I earned a B.A. Degree from Virginia Tech in 1972. I have lived
2,500 miles from Blacksburg for the past 30 years. This doesn’t
matter. I atte…
Bob Broughton's Blog: The Virginia Tech massacre was four years ago
It has now been four years since 32 students and faculty members
were killed on the Virginia Tech campus.
I earned a B.A. Degree from Virginia Tech in 1972. I have lived
2,500 miles from Blacksburg for the past 30 years. This doesn’t
matter. I atte…
Bob Broughton's Blog: Reframing this election
There’s a Federal election going on, and so far, I haven’t heard much about nuclear power or uranium mining, and not much about salmon farms, pipelines, or oil tanker traffic off the British Columbia coast.
I have heard that the Conservatives want to …
Bob Broughton's Blog: Reframing this election
There’s a Federal election going on, and so far, I haven’t heard much about nuclear power or uranium mining, and not much about salmon farms, pipelines, or oil tanker traffic off the British Columbia coast.
I have heard that the Conservatives want to …
Bob Broughton's Blog: Jose Figueroa: Another Canadian "Public Safety" embarassment
This is a story that has appeared here before, with different names and places. Jose Figueroa has lived in Canada (currently Langley, BC) since 1996. He isn’t a drug kingpin, or have some other sort on involvement in organized crime. He, his wife, and …
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: The loss of US sovereignty
I lived in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC in 1979, and
during this period, I looked up several old friends of mine who had
jobs as Congressional aides on Capitol Hill. Some of these people
worked for Republican Congressmen, and some of them …