Those who did not live during the era of failed American President Richard Nixon, may not be aware of the similarities between him and Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The Star’s Thomas Walkom finds some disturbing parallels …“Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s affinity for political hardball is well-known. Politics is a
Continue readingArt Threat: Bank of Canada cries counterfeit over Duffy Buck cartoon
Editorial cartoonist Dan Murphy has created a parody of a Canadian bank note featuring maligned senator Mike Duffy — he of the fraudulent $90,000 in expense claims. The humourless Bank of Canada, however, demanded the cartoon be removed in an email sent from their “anti-counterfeiting compliance program.” The Bank argues
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Linda McQuaig for Mayor?
Linda McQuaig couldn’t resist. Standing at the Mayor’s podium at the Toronto City Hall council chambers, she told the Older Canadians Network: “I have never smoked crack cocaine.” Linda McQuaig for Mayor? The author (The Trouble with Billionaires w/Neil Brooks) … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6073…Dean Del Mastro And Candles
The great MP from Peterborough, Ontario has been dodging bullets for a year or so. Instead of getting busted Mike Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and Rob Ford come along to save his bacon. Dean Del Mastro must have lit every candle at St. Alphonsus church. Twice. WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6072…JFK Is 96 Today
For those of you that don’t know. For those of you who do, well you know that John Fitzgerald Kennedy was to Irish Catholics what Barack Obama is to African Americans. For those who didn’t, well now you do.WFDS
Continue readingROAR!: One potato two potato – Pesticides on PEI
We don’t go more than a few months these days, on Prince Edward Island without hearing about our high Cancer rates. And if Islanders are bothered by this, try being someone who has been fighting against big industry, educating people and raising the same questions/concerns over and over and over
Continue readingwmtc: thank you, dr. henry morgentaler
Canada lost a true hero today, someone who spent the better part of his life defending the rights and freedoms of others. From the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Morgentaler decision: Jillian Bardsley, Medical Students for Choice, Toronto Chapter, on Canada’s lack of abortion providers, and what students
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: “The Liberals Did It First”(TM) #RoboCon #cdnpoli
The Conservative trolls will have to get new talking points so they don’t look hopelessly dated. Multiple Conservative parties, the NDP, and another Liberal MP were all fined thousands of dollars for broadcasting robocalls in a deceptive manner where the true identity of the caller was not revealed. Just the
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Just Breathing vs A Good Life
Yesterday I tuned in to a podcast about a new model of care in Australia. Initially I thought I might be able to double-task by writing some easy emails while listening. But almost immediately, I abandoned that idea and grabbed paper and pen instead. I needed to remember everything about
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rex Murphy’s Caustic Comments Cause Senator Mike Duffy To EscapeThrough The Kitchen
I just hate it when conservative commentators poke fun at other conservatives. I hate it I tell you. Hate it!
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: “My office will start to unravel” – former federal budget watchdog Kevin Page
Federal Conservatives sure liked to talk about accountability while in opposition. In power? Not so much. Kevin Page, Canada’s first parliamentary budget officer, said no governments want more accountability. It’s not even a partisan issue. That puts a budget watchdog … Continue reading →
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: BC provincial election elaboration 3: Positivity
What about the positive? Certainly I don’t think any campaign should lack a positive side. Positive and negative aren’t either or, they’re yin and yang that are both needed for a full campaign or political vision. You need a perception of what’s wrong, and a vision of what could instead
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Thawing Out
The world’s deep freeze in the north is thawing out quickly. As a result we’re making interesting discoveries as bodies get uncovered. There are two big problems. We’re losing thousands of years of preservation in short years, giving scientists only in our time period and before access to direct collection
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Rallies in 12 U.S. Cities Protest Koch Brothers’ Tribune Takeover Bid
Today, 12 groups sent a strong message to the Koch Brothers consisting of over 500,000 signatures delivered to Tribune Company Newspapers protesting the prospective “Kochtopus” buyout of the news outlets, which are up for sale by CEO Peter Liguori. Major funders of right wing causes and politicians, David and Charles Koch are also notorious
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6071…Do Ya A Duffy
And get 20 big ones.Hot 105.5, a radio station that serves the PEI half of the realm that Senator Mike Duffy, Kanata-Prince Edward Island, claims as his own, is offering listeners the opportunity to Do Ya A Duffy.CBC reports that “Myles MacKinnon, the station’s afternoon host and program director, said
Continue readingEve Adams
Eve Adams appears on Power and Politics as a spokesperson for the government, but then says that she can’t speak for her boss, and then refuses to answer the questions Power & Politics with Evan Solomon asked her. http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/ID/2388184507/
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: LAST CHANCE: Your contribution will help place this ad in a key Washington paper!
YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL HELP PLACE THIS AD in a key Washington paper, but we need everyone to contribute in these final hours of our donation drive! The ad demands that US Trade Minister Michael Froman reject provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership that can criminalize our daily use of the Internet!
Continue readingcartoon life: The Queen of our house
Filed under: art Tagged: black, Cat, furball, matted lump of fur, matted lumpy furball, queen, tuxedo
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Who are we trying to impress?
Canada ends all trade with Iran citing ‘grave and sincere concern’ over nuclear program Canada ended all trade with Iran on Wednesday, citing “grave and sincere concern” over the Islamic republic’s nuclear program and its failure to engage in meaningful negotiations. The ban on all imports and exports to and
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Omar Khadr moved to Edmonton prison after months in solitary confinement
Former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr has been transferred to the maximum-security Edmonton Institution in Alberta after spending months in solitary confinement at Millhaven penitentiary in Ontario, where a fellow inmate once threatened his life. The post Omar Khadr moved to Edmonton prison after months in solitary confinement appeared first on
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