Artist says city erased mural it paid him to paint – thestar.com
Methinks Ford wanted to paint over the art that was commissioned by an old political foe – Adam Giambrone.
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: Oh, suddenly Rob Ford DOES have something to hide.
Ford asks court to halt audit of his campaign finances – thestar.com
Last week Ford told the Toronto Sun “There is nothing to hide so let them audit all they want”.
This week, he asked his lawyer to ask the court to halt the audit of his campaign finan…
Driving The Porcelain Bus: NDP support continues to grow after the election
Lack of buyer’s remorse over Tories and NDP bodes ill for Liberals and Bloc – The Globe and Mail
Results from the latest Harris-Decima poll:
Conservatives: 38% (down 1.6%)
NDP: 33% (up 2.4%)
Liberals: 15% (down 3.9%)
Bloc (In Quebec): 22% (down 1.4%…
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford’s lies and bad math catching up to him
Road toll ‘reality check’ stirs up Toronto council – thestar.com
Rob Ford reduced the city income, cancelled a cross-city fully-funded transit plan and then expected to pay for his subway dream with what? In his campaign promises his math was obvio…
Driving The Porcelain Bus: US Congress to Palestinians – You do not exist
Congress to Palestinians: Drop dead – Opinion – Al Jazeera English
by MJ Rosenberg, Senior Foreign Policy Fellow at Media Matters Action Network.
If anyone had any doubt about whether the Palestinians would declare a state in September, they can’t hav…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario NDP on the rise as an election looms in Ontario
Ontario provincial NDP has momentum – The Globe and MailNanos polling shows that since Feb. 2011, the NDP has risen 6 points from 13% to 19%.During this same time period, the Conservatives have dropped 2 points to 41% and the Liberals have dropped 5 po…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Netanyahu and the one-state solution
Netanyahu and the one-state solution – Opinion – Al Jazeera English
Excerpt:
At this new intersection, there are two signs. The first points towards the west and reads “viable and just two-state solution”, while the second one points eastward and reads…
Driving The Porcelain Bus: When Pro-Life is not Pro Life
The right’s mirror-image view of life – Opinion – Al Jazeera English
This article applies to the Conservatives in Canada too:
Excerpt:
Yesterday, I pulled up to a drive-through ATM, and sitting in front of me in the line was a car with a license plate…
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Why the Canadian Wheat Board should matter to all of us
Prairie strong no longer? Harper’s renewed attack on the Canadian Wheat Board | rabble.ca
Excerpt:
The Canadian Wheat Board represents some 75,000 grain growers, and handles all Western wheat and barley destined for export and human use. The CWB is 100…
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Actually Stephen, the taxpayers dollars go to the parties they support.
Budget will mean curtains for party funds: minister | iPoliticsStephen Harper is lying to the public, again. He is trying to make you think that you are funding parties you don’t support. Well, you don’t.Currently, political parties receive $2 annually…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Lax labour laws in the US turning it into a sweatshop for European manufacturers
Olive: America, the world’s sweatshop – thestar.comAnd similar anti-worker/anti-union movements (promoted by corporations and conservative governments) are happening here too in Canada.Excerpt:Sweden’s Ikea was revealed in April to be operating a m…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Conservatives, I mean "Looters in Suits", continue with their plan – theft on a national scale
Montreal Simon: Tony Clement and the Chainsaw MassacreAnd that’s the Con plan. Right out of the Republican manual. First you waste billions on gazebos, prisons and fancy jet planes. Then you cut the GST and corporate taxes and starve the government of …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: O Canada. Performed by Williams Shatner
William Shatner Sings O Canada by Jacob Medjuck – NFBShatner updates the lyrics a bit.Watch the video.The lyrics as interpreted from his song and suggestions:O CanadaOur home on native landTrue patriot love – of same-sex partnershipIn all our sons comm…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: "This Stinks To High Heaven" – Ford’s disrespect for taxpayers
The Grid TO | Thirteen questions about Rob Ford’s questionable accountingBy Edward Keenan…The problem is that candidates are forbidden from taking loans from anyone except banks and other recognized lending institutions. Even candidates themselves …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Did the Israeli army have the right to shoot?
Did the Israeli army have the right to shoot? – Features – Al Jazeera EnglishOn Sunday, Israel’s disputed northern frontier saw the first deadly clashes between civilians and the Israeli army since 1974. Hundreds of protesters from Syria and Lebanon m…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Coward Thug Harper Appoints More Failures To The Senate
PM rewards three defeated Conservatives with Senate seats – The Globe and MailHow to become a senator under Harper? Show that the people don’t want you to represent them. Another way Harper shows his contempt for the Canadian people.Stephen Harper wast…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ford and fawning lackies vote to push Toronto into more debt
Toronto votes to contract out garbage pickup – thestar.comGloat gloat, oink oink.Studies show that although privatizing garbage pick-up may initially save money, it will cost much more in the long run.Councillors were not shown any solid numbers to con…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: 1,616 Days: Dividing Canadians
1,616 Days: Dividing Canadians « Framed In Canadaby Trish Hennessy(part two of a series)Excerpt:Stephen Harper played the fear card and won, while the NDP made history by becoming the official opposition.Some pundits suggest this means Canada has beco…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto Star attempts a smear-job on Jack and Olivia
MPs lap up free trips courtesy of groups, foreign governments – thestar.comTowards the end of the election campaign, the Toronto Star very grudgingly endorsed the NDP. Before that they usually directly or subtly attacked the NDP. Now, we see they are b…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: The Politics of Fear: An election post-mortem
The politics of fear: An election post-mortem | rabble.caBy Trish HennessyExcerpt:(Part one of a series)This blog post attempts to explain the power behind the dominant frame at play in this election: our economy in peril.The frame was set by Stephen H…
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