In the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, as the world collectively tried to parse the abhorrent barbarism and purposelessness that had occurred, a new foreign policy doctrine was proposed: liberal interventionism. It was a policy that advocated for military intervention by the powerful west in situations where the humanitarian crisis was
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: This guy was as big as my hand, just about
Landed on a dock chair as Son Two and Son Three and me were trying to figure out how to get cool (there ain’t no AC at the cabin). Amazing, eh? What a beauty. Unless he’s eating you, that is, in which case he’s a mean looking bastard.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: MLA Bill Routley Questions Forest Minister About River And Watershed Issues
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger During these ‘Dog Days of Summer’ political life at the BC Legislature continues. Below find a series of questions from Hansard where Cowichan MLA Bill Routley raises a number of issues of concern to Cowichan residents. DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (HANSARD) ________________________________ HOUSE BLUES
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Zimmerman travesty and the profiling of black youth in America
The acquittal of George Zimmerman on charges of murdering Trayvon Martin may have met the requirements of law in the eyes of some Americans, but was nonetheless a travesty of justice. The not-guilty verdict saw the self-appointed watchman-on-a-mission walk away a free man – his hands forever stained with
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The PMO enemies list
If I’m not on it, I’ll be fucking pissed off. Who’s with me?
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Confirmed: Canadians pay some of the highest prices for some of the worst telecom service in the industrialized world
The OECD have just released their 2013 Communications Outlook – a heavyweight independent report that offers a detailed examination of the state of telecommunications across the world’s leading 34 industrialized countries. The report confirms what pretty much everyone already knew – that Canadians do indeed pay some of the highest
Continue readingSudbury Steve May: NDP’s Anti-Democratic Practices – Not Corrupton – Probably to Blame for Giambrone Nomination
There’s been a bit of an interesting development in the provincial by-election taking place in Scarborough-Guildwood. It has nothing to do with the on-going subways vs. LRT debate, and everything to do with how former Toronto City Councillor Adam Giambrone, was able to claim the Ontario NDP’s nomination in the
Continue readingA Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Keeping Us From Knowing How Stuff Works
The idea that we are miseducated by the mainstream media, both its “news” and its “entertainment” divisions, is a pretty common one. There are lots of different ways of filling in that idea’s substance, each with a range of strengths and weaknesses, and I don’t intend to go through it
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: PC MLA Caught in Prostitution Sting Operation
Resigning from the Conservative caucus today Ft. McMurray MLA Mike Allen now sits as a independent in the legislature after being arrested in Minnesota due to being caught in a prostitution sting. According to the Edmonton Journal he approached two undercover police officers and agreed to exchange money for sexual
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6248…The Golden Age Of TV Continues
Season debut of Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo tommorrow on TLC. Quality TV on your flat screen, smart phone or lap top. Tomorrow turned out to be as promised. Wunnerful. WFDS
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Hanging Out and Having a Laugh
Out in the Hood Photograph by David Alan Harvey The sidewalk outside a liquor store doubles as a front porch for two Harlemites. Rather than sit in stifling apartments, many residents hang out on the street, where they can catch up with friends or just take in the scene.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver Changes Colours-Green Mixed with Red Makes Brown
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Andrew Weaver is not wasting much time putting his oar in the water. As the only and BC’s first Green MLA he is under a lot of pressure. I wish him every success pushing both the Liberals and the NDP into greener pastures. Some of
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Fort McMurray MLA Mike Allen arrested in U.S. prostitution sting
TweetMike Allen is the second MLA to resign from the Progressive Conservative caucus since last year’s election. The Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA resigned today from the Tory caucus after he was arrested in a prostitution sting in St. Paul, Minnesota. The first-term MLA and former Wood Buffalo municipal councillor was in St.
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: A group effort
A year ago last March, I took Vic Toews to task for granting CSIS the authority to trade in information derived from torture. In that post, I described a scenario in which the torture of one, possibily innocent, person of interest could easily lead to the torture of additional, possibly
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Memo to a career backbencher
Memo To: Conservative Party backbench MPs From: Someone from a media shop wearing short pants Subject: Cabinet Shuffle Q&As _____________________________________________________ Many of your constituents will be contacting your office to discuss Prime Minister Harper’s New Faces and Experienced Hands cabinet shuffle. Use these approved talking points to respond to all
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Memo to a career backbencher
Memo
To: Conservative Party backbench MPs
From: Someone from a media shop wearing short pants
Subject: Cabinet Shuffle Q&As
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Many of your constituents will be contacting your office to discuss Prime Minister Harper’s New Faces and Experienced Hands cabinet shuffle. Use these approved talking points to respond to all questions.
Q1) Why
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Memo to a career backbencher
Memo To: Conservative Party backbench MPs From: Someone from a media shop wearing short pants Subject: Cabinet Shuffle Q&As _____________________________________________________ Many of your constituents will be contacting your office to discuss Prime Minister Harper’s New Faces and Experienced Hands cabinet shuffle. Use these approved talking points to respond to all
Continue readingTrashy's World: Citizen article on OCDSB playstructures
Great piece on the state of playstructures in Ottawa Carleton District School Board schools. I’m hoping the Board steps up in the fall and ups its funding commitment to playstructure renewal projects. I, as a parent and member of school council, would like our school’s volunteer efforts to focus on
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