The Premier of Ontario sent me this note and asked me to share it with you. When I ran for the leadership of this party, some people asked if Ontario was ready for an openly gay Premier. I said that the people of Ontario judge each other on their merits and
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Rising of a "Supermoon"
Reblogged from The Amazing Sky: Here is the much hyped Supermoon of 2013 rising into a twilight sky on the wet Alberta prairies. A clear night for a change, with no storms about. Though one rolled through earlier today. We don’t need any more rain! Thankfully I am high and dry
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Spending a Billion #cdnpoli
Many homes and lives were recently destroyed in Alberta last week. Warnings about where, and how to build homes were not heeded. A former Alberta MLA who headed up a flood mitigation task force after the 2005 floods says new development should not have been allowed to spring up in
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Towards a new health accord: Make a video, share your Medicare story
The Council of Canadians is asking you to share your experiences with the Medicare system by making a video and uploading it to their YouTube channel. It doesn’t have to be polished – just sincere. The Council is not just … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6182…Bacon Dipped Bullets
Exclusively from South Fork Industries of Dalton Gardens, Idaho comes the pork dipped bullet. Iffen I could make sh*t like this up I would be a millionaire. But I can’t so I gotta go with the facts.The Daily Mail reports that the facts are that “They took traditional ammo and coated
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, warns against governments taking control of the Internet
The inventor of the World Wide Web warns that companies and governments are trying to take control of the Internet, undermining the founding principles of the web. He is calling on all web users to demand better legal protection and due process safeguards for the privacy of their online communications,
Continue readingDISSTEMPER: Trafficking on The Hill
As President of the Parliament Hill Driving School, I am pleased to announce that our company is now offering two new courses to our growing customer base in the House of Commons. Our exciting new courses are as follows: The Mulcair Momentum Course Taught in an unapologetically aggressive style,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadians refuse permission to be filmed for anti-immigrant reality TV show “Border Security”
By: BC Civil Liberties Association | Press Release: BCCLA delivers over 1400 forms filled out by individuals refusing permission to be filmed to CBSA, Shaw TV and show producers BCCLA Staff, Josh Paterson and Stefanie Ratjen, delivering the forms to the Canadian Border Services Agency (Photo: BCCLA) VANCOUVER, June 24, 2013
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Mandela’s Family Praying For a "Smooth Transition"
Nelson Mandela is near death. The great man’s daughter, Makaziwie, says he is at peace and the family are spending “quality and sacred moments” at his bed side. “All I pray for as a daughter is that the transition is smooth. He is at peace with himself. He has given
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Flood Aid and the Self-Serving Hypocrisy of the Free Market Right
I knew it was coming. I knew it was coming, as sure as you know that when a big disaster happens in our neighbour to the south, sooner or later some yappy preacher is going to announce that God sent the rains to punish gay people (or feminists, or illegal
Continue readingDISSTEMPER: Trafficking on The Hill
As President of the Parliament Hill Driving School, I am pleased to announce that our company is now offering two new courses to our growing customer base in the House of Commons. Our exciting new courses are as follows: The Mulcair Momentum Course Taught in an unapologetically aggressive style, The
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Happy Fête nationale from Someone Who Chose Quebec
Today is Quebec’s big holiday. Formerly named after French Canada’s patron saint St. Jean, Jean the Baptist, it now is more inclusive. Everyone is supposed to be welcome, although some Anglophones and others shy away from too much celebration, fearing its nationalist connotation. Some time ago, however, I decided that
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Everybody get down, make love
I am about a week late for this, I guess, but I’m not one to jump on bandwagons and talk about things because it’s the official week of talking about things, so…there you are. And really, it’s always a good time to talk about love. And it’s almost always a
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge wins 2013 National Community Radio award!
Earthgauge Radio is currently on a summer break but I am thrilled to report that we were recently awarded a 2013 National Community Radio Association (NCRA) award as the best Current Affairs / Magazine show for our coverage of the Forward on Climate rally in Washington D.C. in February of this year.
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Campaign Diary Vol. 1: The actual dark secret of democratic politics
The front page of Saturday’s St. Albert Gazette. A good first week of campaigning. ST. ALBERT, Alberta Well, I reckon the first week of my campaign for city council here in St. Albert has to be judged a success – at least by the measure of the excellent coverage I
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Clean Tech Trade Wars: US, European Union vs. China and how FIPPA Hamstrings Canada
Canada is shooting itself in the foot with the China-Canada trade agreement – the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPPA). Specifically, a little known stipulation in the China-Canada trade agreement risks torpedoing the development of Canadian clean energy technology sectors. This stipulation calls for no commercial barriers on environmental
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6181…Silvio Berlusconi Gets 7 Years
They don’t play in Italy; former Prime Minister or not if you get convicted you are going down. Hard. Reuters breaks the news that “A Milan court sentenced Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday to seven years in prison after convicting him of paying for sex with a
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Berlusconi Now Officially a Sex Offender
Sylvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to 7-years in prison for paying for sex with an underage prostitute. He’s also banned for life from holding public office. Sly, you old dog, sounds like they’ve got you this time. Berlusconi’s lawyer is of course filing an appeal. When your client is 76,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Shouldn’t America Be Bombing Somebody? China? Russia? No, I Suppose Not.
America does not abide insubordination and the defiant often find themselves on the receiving end of U.S. firepower. Washington is practically seething over the ease by which fugitive Edward Snowden keeps eluding America’s grasp. First he made it to Hong Kong. When American authorities tried to move on Snowden there,
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Dear Tim Hortons,
You don’t know how to make iced coffee. You say you do. It’s on your menu. But you don’t. Because it isn’t iced coffee that comes out of your taps. Rather, it is room temperature coffee–probably stuff you forgot to dump down the sink–into which you plop a glob of
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