Sometimes you read something that is so good and encapsulates what your heart has been wrenching about that you must share it. I have followed the Gay rights movement, the Queer rights movement and the general sentiment of “Just let me be a f*cking PERSON” movement for a long time.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Robocalls election fraud: Federal Court ruling “a powerful victory”, says Maude Barlow
Last Thursday’s Federal Court ruling on the robocalls and other U.S. Republican-style voter suppression tactics during Canada’s 2011 Federal election is “a powerful victory”, says Maude Barlow, the chairperson of the Council of Canadians. The post Robocalls election fraud: Federal Court ruling “a powerful victory”, says Maude Barlow appeared first
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: T.O Star Reporter Still In Contact With Folks Close To Rob Ford Video
The most important bits are from 1:20 minutes and forward; I can’t embed it on BCLSB, I don’t think, but you can find it here. Short version: not everyone associated with the tape has gone to ground, and the folks who have gone to ground do that kind of thing
Continue readingBryan Crockett: Connecting People: The Internet and Infrastructure
Across Canada, and around the world, people are moving from rural areas and small towns into cities. Large cities, bedroom communities, and metropolitan areas have become the norm. Often people choose larger cities for the added economic opportunity, services available, and increased pace of life. There are numerous advantages to living in a
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Woolwich attack on British soldier Lee Rigby was not ‘terrorism’
The killing on an off-duty British soldier on a street in Woolwich, London, had all the ingredients loved by the tabloids… dark skinned Muslim assailants armed with knives and machete… a white well liked military man wearing a Help for Heroes shirt. Had to be an act of terrorism, right?
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Will Platts Pop Alberta’s “Bitumen Bubble”?
Platts, a global company with a remarkably flaccid name, finds itself smack in the middle of an international price fixing scandal and I really hope the Alberta government is paying attention! Last week the European Commission storm troopers, sorry, inspectors, raided the offices of BP, Shell and Statoil, three of
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: There’s Only One Way for the Ford Bros. to Fight Back
With everything that has come at them from the Toronto Star and the Globe & Mail, bare denials won’t begin to clear the cloud that hangs over the heads of Toronto mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Councillor Doug Ford. They’ll have to look to a court of law to
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Shareholders vote for McDonald’s to assess its health impacts
Alarmed by the growing epidemic of diet-related diseases caused by junk food, moms, health professionals and shareholders urge McDonald’s to leave hospitals and stop marketing to kids. The post Shareholders vote for McDonald’s to assess its health impacts appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Campaigns really DO Matter: Robocalls, Polling and the electoral impact of Big Data
Two weeks ago, British Columbians were preparing to cast their ballots in an election that was widely expected to be the NDP’s to lose. You see, public opinion polls on voting intentions had been published showing an almost insurmountable gap between the NDP and the second place Liberals. The polls
Continue readingcartoon life: Three cats 2
Or this one? Filed under: art
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6052…Zion Illinois Ahead Of The Pack
www.retronaut.com shows how progressive progressive can be. 1915. WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6051…Radio Rob Ford Is Back
Heard this about an hour ago on CBC NewsWorld. The weasels that run CBC NewsWorld would not say the time or the station coz, well, they are weasels. One o’clock. Eastern. Newstalk 1010, CFRB. The show is called The City. Rob Ford has some splaining to do. http://www.newstalk1010.com Enjoy. WFDS
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Pets and Policies: Why Dog Parks Matter
Back in April, 2011, I wrote a post about municipal policies towards pets, now in the blog archives. I noted then that… A recent survey done by Colin Siren of Ipsos Reid estimated there are 7.9 million cats and 5.9 … Continue reading →
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Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – To the extent corporatist voices are pushing increased private involvement in funding Canadian health care, their main argument generally involves the claim that private insurers will be more willing to fund expensive courses of treatment which might be rationed out of public plans.
Continue readingRedBedHead: I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the drug related charges and violence connected with his other siblings. This follows and endless string of scandals, foibles and general
Continue readingRedBedHead: I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the drug related charges and violence connected with his other siblings. This follows and endless string of scandals, foibles and general
Continue readingRedBedHead: I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the drug related charges and violence connected with his other siblings. This follows and endless string of scandals, foibles and general foolishness on the part of the mayor of Toronto. What fun!
There has been lots of handwringing about
Warren Kinsella: In Sunday’s Sun: for the love God, just go
Gone? In candid moments, and when no microphones are in the vicinity, progressive political operatives will admit they want to keep Rob Ford around. They don’t want him gone, at all. Liberal and New Democrat strategists know the truth: Toronto’s conservative mayor is the political gift that keeps on giving.
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