Montreal Simon: The Con Regime and the Maple Leaf Forever Tree
I'm sure it was just a coincidence eh? Just another leafy victim of this massive thunderstorm that smashed into Toronto yesterday. But how ironic that just days after the Con regime announced it's taking the maple leaf insignia off the shoulders of our soldiers, the Maple Leaf Forever tree should come crashing to
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue
So I decided earlier this week to add Salon.com to the new links on my blogroll.Then they publish this ridiculous piece of Drudge-report link-bait, apparently because they thought they should be contrarian about Obama’s fine Trayvon Martin speech.Then they published this ridiculous piece of tripe about how Ted Cruz could
Continue readingBuckdog: Bell of Batoche Returns To Batoche, Saskatchewan 128 Years After It Was Looted As War Booty
(Church at Batoche where Battle was fought ..) 128 years ago, the bell that rang in the Roman Catholic Church in Batoche, North West Territories (Saskatchewan) was stolen as a trophy of war by Canadian troops from Ontario. Today, the Bell was returned to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince
Continue readingAlberta Diary: The optics of politics in Alberta, or how to stay focused and in the picture…
Your blogger with the premier of Alberta. Somewhere below: Your blogger with a person who very well could be the next premier of Alberta. Or not. ST. ALBERT There’s something to be said for getting along with people even if you don’t agree with them. Seriously, you can get stuff
Continue readingcentre of the universe: R-E-S-P-O-N….wait, that’s not how it goes…
I have spent too much time gazing inward. Trying to rebuild the wall around my heart. I should have learned that the wall does nothing but crumble into itself and cause more pain. It’s a normal defence mechanism, I suppose. I recognise that the paulo pecatta were never intentional. That’s
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6261…And You Thought Rob Ford Was Bad
Hey ain’t got nothin’ on the current mayor of San Diego, Bob Filner. This guy is such a dog that dogs are upset with him. NPR and KPBS tell all that hizzoner is a sexual predator. “At a press conference on Monday, attorneys Marco Gonzalez, Cory Briggs and former council
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Sebastian Ronin: NOT A White Nationalist!!!
If there's one thing we've come to expect from Paulie it's his pimping of the venerable Red Ensign and his efforts to turn it into a White Nationalist banner: Hmmm, wonder who likes the Goudreau's reference to the SS and the fevered rantings of a violent racist? Well, one person
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Government Suspends Whistleblower For Revealing E.I. Wichhunt
Ordinary Canadians are assumed to be criminals while the Harper government turns a blind eye to Senate corruption. Sylvie Therrien, a federal fraud investigator, has been suspended without pay after she leaked documents showing that investigators had to cut people off their employment insurance benefits in order to meet quotas.
Continue readingB.C. Policy Perspectives: Lac Megantic was a Disaster Waiting To Happen
About 8 years ago I was between teaching contracts, so I decided to work for a few months as a labourer on a railway track maintenance and repair crew in the Williams Lake and 100 Mile House area. I learned how heavy a railway tie is, and how heavy the
Continue readingMind of Dan: Are YOU on Stephen Harper’s #EnemyList?
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has given his new ministers an “enemy” list to ensure they don’t fall prey to anyone who might disagree with the government’s policies. People like artist Franke James are on it. In fact the government has amassed over 2,100 Access-to-Information documents from 4 different federal
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Sunday’s Sun: it’s a lot of fun until someone breaks a law
The revelation that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has maintained an enemies list isn’t much of a revelation, is it? I mean, if there has ever been a Canadian administration that is positively Nixonian in its style and approach, it is Stephen Harper’s. Now, that’s not to suggest the PMO
Continue readingLA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Analysis And Comment: Climate Change and Super Bugs
It appears that climate change/global warming is causing an outbreak of opportunistic infectious diseases from microbes, bacteria and fungi. Traveling with the dust clouds raised by desertification and air pollution, they rain down on us and begin to take up residence in our built environment.. The dangers of these infectious
Continue readingwmtc: helen thomas, 1920-2013
A journalist, a pioneer, a feminist. An asker of questions. New York Times obituary here.
Continue readingMind of Dan: DC Court affirms Michael Mann’s right to proceed in defamation lawsuit against National Review and CEI
From Climate Science Watch: Two decisions handed down July 19 in DC Superior Court affirmed climate scientist Michael Mann’s right to proceed in his defamation lawsuit against the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the National Review Online for their statements accusing him of data manipulation and fraud. The Court is not
Continue readingLA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Analysis And Comment: My Return To Blogging
I have updated the look of the blog thanks to the new template designs that are now available, one of the reasons I have not been updating my blog, was the clumsy design I made years ago and had to live with. So now that I am home with tales
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On double standards
Simon Enoch, Paul Dechene and Stephen Whitworth have already weighed in on the City of Regina’s choice to blow its nose on a petition that reflects citizen engagement in action. But I’m surprised nobody’s yet pointed out the vastly different treatment between two different aspects of the petition. As Dechene
Continue readingwmtc: brandon toy: i have come to believe that the true insanity is doing nothing
Brandon Toy, writing in Common Dreams. I hereby resign in protest effective immediately. I have served the post-911 Military Industrial complex for 10 years, first as a soldier in Baghdad, and now as a defense contractor. At the time of my enlistment, I believed in the cause. I was ignorant,
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: Gardening Where You Might Not Expect It
I’ve been delighted to follow the increasing number of people who seem to be finding corners of the city to garden in. These two photos were taken in les Champs de possible, a formerly abandoned maintenance yard owned by the city of Montreal. The word “formerly” is used advisedly because
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