I’m not a fan of engagement for engagement’s sake. It is a vacuous activity with few, if any, results. Every political activity must have a purpose and this draws my angst about Reboot Alberta. It doesn’t have a purpose. If the goal is to grow a progressive presence in the
Continue readingAlberta Diary: And now for something completely different: Why I’m running for city council in St. Albert
The campaign splash page, appearing at DavidClimenhaga.ca very soon. To be followed by more information. Below: Your blogger in full campaign mode, at the library, of course. Yesterday I sent out a news release stating that I plan to run for city council in St. Albert, the community where my
Continue readingcartoon life: Paper is very very nice, but…
Paper by 53 is very very nice, but people have been listening. Sketches, flipink… Hmmm… Knockoffs? I really don’t know what is fair anymore. Neither off these would be anything without Paper trailblazing. But both answer elegantly what Paper didn’t answer for a year, and somethings it still doesn’t do.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Summer of Discontent
Well I see Stephen Harper is back in Canada after his disastrous performance at the G8 Summit.He was wrong about a Syria agreement. The other leaders did manage to cobble one together.He was wrong about Vladimir Putin. He wasn't the odd man out at the meeting, Harper was.He couldn't get a trade
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6166…Tony Soprano Dead
Every media outlet in the world is reporting that James Gandolfini has just died in Italy. He was 51. Light a candle. WFDS
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Heritage Minister excludes Watershed Sentinel from funding
Watershed Sentinel, BC’s scrappy environmental magazine, is a past and very grateful recipient of financial assistance through the Canada Magazine Fund, and the now defunct Publications Assistance Program. Last year the magazine applied for funding to improve its on-line services for readers. In April, editor Delores Broten was informed in
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Harper Government Finds Another Way To Stifle Dissent
Wearing a mask at an ‘unlawful’ assembly (example, spontaneous demonstration) now carries a maximum 10-year-prison term, thanks to Bill C-309, a private member’s bill sponsored by Conservative MP Blake Richards which became law today. No word yet on any bills making it unlawful for police to conceal their identities by
Continue readingCathie from Canada: James Gandolfini
The Sopranos Final Scene – YouTube: ““ “Try and remember the times that were good.”I wonder if it was like this for him? He will be missed.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Our Sensitive, Caring and Responsive Premier Reverses Big Raises To Party Hacks
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Has Christy Clark’s goal to be the MLA for Kelowna resulted in her embracing the once famous WAC Bennett’s ‘Second look’? Responding to the public outcry over huge salary hikes for her political operatives she has now yanked their bonus salary hikes. OK, so now that we
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Piliqtuq mother of Kannuta, from Hall Beach (Sanirajak)
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Continue readingApril Reign: Classy Move Kickstarter
April Reign Following Facebook’s example of giving sexist, abusive douchebags a free pass, Kickstarter is refusing to take down Redditor Ken Hoinsky’s dating advice book. Above the Game: A Guide to Getting Awesome With Women, includes such gentlemanly dating advice as “grab her hand and put it right on your
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Condemned 84 Update
Received a tip from a friend: It looks like Condemned 84 will arrive in Canada on Thursday the 20th, possibly via Montréal. They are playing in Montréal the next night (venue unknown @ the moment). We know that at least one Montreal bonehead will be there. Alain Letarte, formerly of
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: I fucking love Carole Lombard. She was the fucking queen of fucking cinema. And the most fucking real feminist of all time.
I love women who are not prudes. Most women I’ve met in the years since Carole Lombard’s tragic death are prudes. All these fucking feminist bloggers today would hate Carole Lombard. She fucking ruled in her day and the day after she died, defending her fucking country when she was
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Gandolfini, Dead at 51
HBO has confirmed that actor James Gandolfini has died. Gandolfini, best known for his role as gangster Tony Soprano, died while traveling in Italy. He was 51.
Continue readingBuckdog: "The office of Parliament’s ‘ethics’ Commissioner has become a bad, sad joke." – Must Read Article By Francis Russell
“The office of Parliament’s “ethics” commissioner has become a bad, sad joke. But the “new” relationship between the RCMP and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is alarming for a First-World democracy. Since her office was created in 2007, Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has let dozens of Conservatives off the hook
Continue readingTerahertz: A change of guards at CFI Canada
While Center For Inquiry Transnational has been caught in the midst of a foreseeable PR nightmare following Ron Lindsay’s comments and subsequent statements at the Women In Secularism 2 conference, Centre for Inquiry Canada has been caught up in their own, unrelated but ill-timed, controversy as news broke this week
Continue readingKen Chapman: Population Changes; Will They Change Canada?
Stats Canada reports the national population increased by 85,500 in the first Quarter of 2013. The ratio is 3 to 1 of population coming from immigration compared to internal growth. The national average growth is .02% a rate that aligns with Ontario, Quebec, BC and Manitoba. In real numbers new
Continue readingKen Chapman: Population Changes; Will They Change Canada?
Stats Canada reports the national population increased by 85,500 in the first Quarter of 2013. The ratio is 3 to 1 of population coming from immigration compared to internal growth. The national average growth is .02% a rate that aligns with Ontario, Quebec, BC and Manitoba. In real numbers new
Continue readingKen Chapman: Population Changes; Will They Change Canada?
Stats Canada reports the national population increased by 85,500 in the first Quarter of 2013. The ratio is 3 to 1 of population coming from immigration compared to internal growth. The national average growth is .02% a rate that aligns wit…
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