A screaming comes across the sky…Above him lift girders…the carriage, which is built on several levels…drunks, old veterans…hustlers…derelicts, exhausted women with more children… On a Giant’s Shoulders: Zak Smith Illustrates Gravity’s Rainbow By Creon Upton April, 2005 Illustrating Gravity’s Rainbow is like putting Ezra Pound’s Cantos to music, or writing
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Companion cats.
Continue readingCanadian Trends: 2013: Mid-year review
Well, it’s almost June. I figured we’d review the 2013 trends and see how we’re doing. The biggest result of “going off the cliff” as it were is going to be a complete destruction in confidence. Uncertainty is certain to take hold once the eurphoria of the “fiscal cliff deal”
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: These photos are just begging to have captions or speech bubbles…
These photos are just begging to have captions or speech bubbles added. What a bunch of crooks and parasites these Conservatives are — all brought to power by cheating, lying and taking advantage of an antiquated, semi-democratic, rigged system. We warned you, but millions didn’t listen. Many still remain oblivious.
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Jon Latvis…. You Aren’t Helping
Suffice it to say, Rob Ford has not had a pleasant week. Two weeks almost. In fact we dare say that the past two weeks has fucking sucked. And things really don’t really look to be improving any time soon. But on this, Rob Ford’s birthday, at least one person
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Prime Minister Harper was roasted like a rotisserie chicken
PM Stephen Harper Today’s question period in the House of Commons finally showed onlookers what real question periods are for. The prime minister was appearing for the first time since the Senator Duffy loan was made by his chief of staff. And the opposition leaders asked pointed, clear questions. Mulcair
Continue readingwmtc: walmart workers are on strike! sign their petition to show your support.
I’m back! And Walmart workers are on strike! Workers in Miami, Massachusetts and the Bay Area in California are on strike. Please sign their petition supporting their right to speak out for better conditions in the workplace. Workers who have spoken out have seen their hours reduced, their shifts changed
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Hudak Caught: PCPO Made Ilegal Robocalls
OTTAWA – The CRTC will soon announce it is fining both Alberta’s Wildrose Party and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives for automated polling calls that failed to identify the pollster. The hapless PCPO leader has some explaining to do—$85,000s worth. And, perhaps not surprisingly, RackNine is involved again. They are these
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Humpty Dumpty Has Been Upstaged
Stephen Harper turns aside demands for public hearings on Duffy affair Prime Minister Stephen Harper turned aside a demand by the opposition to have everyone involved in the uproar over Sen. Mike Duffy’s expense claims testify in public about the secret $90,172 payment to the senator.
Continue readingeaves.ca: Some Nice Journalistic Data Visualization – Global’s Crude Awakening
Over at Global, David Skok and his team have created a very nice visualization of the over 28,666 crude oil spills that have happened on Alberta pipelines over the last 37 years (that’s about two a day). Indeed, for good measure they’ve also visualized the additional 31,453 spills of “other” substance
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Conservative Coverup #RoboCon #cdnpoli
Mayrand has come out to say finally that the Conservatives are not cooperating with the investigation into the robocall election fraud of 2011. I do not find this surprising, and if you’ve been reading my blog the past year, you’d know that’s because the evidence points to the Conservative Party
Continue readingJustin Spoke the Truth!
What Justin said is true. Why would Quebec or the Atlantic provinces agree to abolish the Senate when it gives them such an advantage. Justin never said it was a good thing, he simply stated the fact that the advantage exists. The NDP plan to abolish the Senate will never work
Continue readingPMM Liberal Meeting
I took the kids to the The Liberal Party of Canada in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission exec meeting with me.
Continue readingBuckdog: PM Stephen Harper May Have Met His Waterloo In Question Period …..
(Please forgive and endure the brief commercial prior to QP …) Watch Harper’s body language and especially watch Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s reaction to the grilling of the Prime Minister in Question Period today. CBC -Harper Faces Sharp Questions Over Duffy-Wright / Senate Scandal
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: An Ottawa rapper’s song inspired by Rob Ford’s crack cocaine scandal [VIDEO]
An Ottawa rapper’s song inspired by Rob Ford’s crack cocaine scandal: 21-year old Corey Charron dishes out on fictional experience smoking cocaine with the beleaguered Toronto Mayor. The post An Ottawa rapper’s song inspired by Rob Ford’s crack cocaine scandal [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingwmtc: in which i try to mail postcards from spain
We used to send a lot of postcards from our travels, but that is a ritual lost to time and email. A few people do still get postcards, though: my mother, Allan’s great aunt in Vermont, and in this case two friends, for specific reasons. I bought the postcards, tucked
Continue readingRegan Wolfrom: My Run for the Leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party
It is with great vigour, excitement, and simulated frisson that I announce the start of the start of my run for the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party. I am the perfect candidate. Smart, but not too smart. Attractive, but not too attractive. Rich, but not… well, not rich at
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Hahahaha Clement Hahahahaha…Nice Joke!
Tony Clement to bring in performance reviews for public sector employees. “if your not performing, prepare to be out.” What a joke! I wonder if Tony Clement has some type of performance review that dictates if he keeps his job? Oh yes, I believe he does…it is called an election…and
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Oh Poor Rob Ford…Oh Poor Toronto Buffets!!!!
While many people are still working on their beach bodies and taking care to eat right and live healthy, poor Rob Ford is suffering as a stress filled wretched soul! I can only imagine how awkward and embarrassed Rob Ford must be feeling with all of this media buzz and
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