LOL! Loved the remark on tonight’s news that Sun News TV generated more letters of complaint to CRTC than it had actual viewers.— Michelle Simson (@MichelleSimson) August 8, 2013 In spite of claims about how the CRTC’s decision on SUN news isn’t that bad, really and how SUN news actually
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Sanctimonious, who me?
RossK at The Gazetteer notes one particular whine of one practitioner in the corporate media, Sanctimonious was an interesting choice of word by this guy but it better fits a message he sent to me last month. (The definition relates to hypocritical righteousness.) My response is pictured below. The second part quoted
Continue readingSudbury Steve May: Is the Green Party Still Relevant? Part 2: The Inside Baseball of Green Electoral Co-Operation
Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party stands astride Canada’s political reality like an unmovable colossus. Scandals and legal suits are not changing public opinion, and the Conservative Party remains poised to achieve another significant electoral victory in 2015. The Conservative war machine continues to pump out disinformation and vitriol aimed at the
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: New Leadership Team Proposed for Unifor
The CAW and CEP have created a team of union leaders proposed to lead Unifor, Canada’s new super union, after its founding convention on September 1. The post New Leadership Team Proposed for Unifor appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Do you consider folks of a different political ideology your ‘enemy’?
I ask that because apparently John Baird, Canada’s Foreign Minister, does. Mr Baird has been rightly praised for condemning Russia’s anti-gay laws and for taking on the social conservative REAL Women group for their condemnation of him doing so. His one day of praise, at least with me, is over
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: More shots fired in Ontario PC civil war as Education Critic Lisa MacLeod savages Transportation Critic Frank Klees on Twitter
As the Ontario PC civil war over Tim Hudak’s continued leadership rages on, here is what PC Education Critic (and many say potential future leadership candidate Lisa MacLeod) had to say to her fellow PC frontbencher and Transportation Critic Frank Klees. Next time the Hudak PC’s ask to be taken seriously
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: Hooray! Sun News Network (SNN), aka Scum “News" lost…
Hooray! Sun News Network (SNN), aka Scum “News” lost their hypocritical bid to force all Canadian cable TV viewers to pay for their shitty channel regardless of whether we want to watch it. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) correctly declined to award special treatment to the undeserving TV
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Internet Insider from OpenMedia.ca | Online Privacy is an International Issue
Hello! Here is Arielle with your Internet Insider on online privacy as an increasingly international issue. We have recently joined a global coalition of over 100 organizations led by the EFF to stand against unchecked surveillance. Our pro-internet community is acting overseas and within our own borders on the issue
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: MobileSyrup.com: WIND Mobile’s new “24 Month Pay Off Promise” goes live today
Hey Big Telecom, what was that again about *needing* to raise cell phone plan prices under the new CRTC rules? Article by Ian Hardy for MobileSyrup.com: As part of the CRTC’s new ‘wireless code’ the carriers are mandated to adopt a 2-year wireless contract option. So far we’ve seen Bell,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: And Speaking Of The Police
“Whenever allegations such as these are brought to our attention by way of a complaint, an internal investigation is launched. Community trust is important to us and we will continue to work towards maintaining the trust that the community has in Peel Regional Police. – Staff Sergeant Dan Richardson, Peel
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC News: New report recommends Northern subsidies for Internet, phone bills
A new report surveying the cost of a residential phone line, cell phone service, and high-speed Internet in Northern Canada was released last week. Its findings come as no surprise to Canadians living in the North. From CBC News: A new report by the Conference Board of Canada’s Centre for
Continue readingNorthern Insight: A challenge to Wally Oppal and friends
In 2009, Delta South voters decided that one term MLA Wally Oppal was not the person they wanted to represent them in the Legislature. That decision made him eligible for a severance payment from taxpayers worth $127,000. This eligibility was not affected by the almost $200,000 a year pension he
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Could the F-35 Be the Biggest Blunder in Canadian Military History?
A timely warning about “locking in” to novel technologies such as the over budget, overdue and under-performing F-35 from Brookings Institution senior fellow Peter Singer. His advice – learn from the mistakes of the past, just don’t repeat them. In 1934, the British Air Ministry poured money into a new
Continue readingREAL Women’s real bigotry
John Baird – doing the right thing Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has done a commendable job of defending gay rights everywhere from Uganda to Russia. Not everyone agrees, however, with his initiatives. REAL Women of Canada, a group that describes itself as a “pro-family conservative women’s movement,” has roundly
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: BP Attacks Oil Spill Victims, Tries To Hide Criminal Past
In recent corporate public relations attempts, BP has tried to shift the public’s focus from its corporate wrongdoing and outright criminal behavior to criticizing BP’s victims and their legal representatives. According to a privileged, plaintiff’s attorney work document, BP has dumped over $500 million into PR, attacking “judges, special masters,
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Flash from LFR past: Sun News Network and the emasculation of the North American right-wing male.
NOTE: This was one of the most popular posts at the old LFR. A lot has changed after September 2011 when it was written but unfortunately to much idiocy has stayed the same. Hand dancer Krista’s gone to jolly ole. And now that mandatory carriage has been denied, will the
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: REAL Women of Canada Support Russian and Ugandan Anti-Homosexual Laws
Imagine if you will ladies and gentlemen a country where a law was recently passed making it illegal for Christians to proselytize. More than that, the law made it illegal for Christians to speak favourably about their views. Any outward expression of their religious views, such as wearing a crucifix,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Police Are Such Sensitive Souls
Andre Marin, Ontario’s Ombudsman, found this out after announcing he was planning to investigate the province’s direction to police on de-escalating conflict situations in light of the police killing of Sammy Yatim. According to a report in The National Post, a Durham police detective, Dennis Scott, opened a Twitter account
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Saskatchewan Budget Saved by Falling Loonie
Following last week’s troubling news about potash, the Saskatchewan government released its first-quarter financial report today. The headline seems to be “Oil Keeps Budget in Black”, with a forecast increase in oil revenue more than offsetting a forecast decline in potash and other revenues. But the forecast West Texas Intermediate
Continue readingLeDaro: Human Brain and its capabilities
“We know that the human brain is a powerful organ, but many of us aren’t aware of how much the mind is truly capable of — and much more powerful it can become through deliberate training. By exercising the brain (yes, you can use repetition and habit as you do
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