OMG. This is so spooky.I knew they were as close as peas in a pod.I remember how in that video of them at Rob Ford's bush party, they were falling all over each other.But who knew that just days after Stephen Harper lost his Chief-of Staff, Rob Ford would fire
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6039…Rob Ford And Drug Dealers
One of the falsehoods to come out of this whole Rob Ford fiasco is that drug dealers cannot be trusted. Steve Desroches, a city pol in Ottawa said as much on CFRA’s Lunchbunch today and the rest of the radio talking heads, led by former Sun newspaper guy Rick Gibbons,
Continue readingwmtc: madrid to segovia to cantabria
Getting out of Madrid was a whole lot easier than getting in. We found our way to the highway easily, and had a short drive to the town of Segovia, to see its famous Roman aqueduct. It’s pretty amazing to see a gigantic, completely intact stone aqueduct right in the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6038…Hamburgers For Life
OMG what a great, great, amazingly great deal that is.The Cleveland Plain Dealer tells all that “The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. Charles Ramsey
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: BC provincial election elaboration 1: Narrative?!
A narrative is like a frame only bigger. It’s an overall frame that fits most of your policies together and sums up why you object to the other guys. It’s a story that says what you stand for and why not standing for that means the other guys are standing
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Today Big Oil’s spin gets a much-needed reality check
TarSandsRealityCheck.com launches today (May 16, 2013) to reveal the gritty truth about the tar sands and counter misinformation spread by the oil industry By: Environmental Defence Canada | Press Release: Toronto/Washington/Brussels – Launching today in Canada, Europe and the United States, TarSandsRealityCheck.com presents up to date, accurate facts about Alberta’s tar sands to counter the high-level
Continue readingIn This Corner: Gas prices soar! Media yawns.
The price of gasoline has soared in Edmonton in the past week, beginning with the traditional holiday weekend gouging, and continuing with another outrageous 6-cent a litre hike on Wednesday. Gas in Edmonton is now at $1.29 a litre; one month ago, it was at $1.04. That means a 50-litre
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: How the scandal-plagued Canadian Senate can be abolished
If history is any guide, some amount of subterfuge and/or bribery will probably be required By: Lee Tunstall | Troy Media Sick of the senators? And by senators I do not mean the ones on skates, although admittedly the other ones are skating on pretty thin ice right now. Given the recent
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Looking For Rob Ford Imposter
An ad that appeared on Canadalisted in January, 2012: Do you look like Mayor Rob Ford? I need someone who looks like Rob Ford to play the mayor in my film. It’s a short shot of the mayor smoking a cigar and chuckling into the camera. Presumably unrelated. But why
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Tale of Two Reports
David Tkachuk Carolyn Stewart Olsen CTV’s Robert Fife has been doing exemplary work on the sordid tale of corruption and coverups in Ottawa that has been emerging these past several days. As the true nature of our Prime Minister and his regime becomes increasingly apparent to more and more Canadians,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Extreme Energy development is a risk for investment and the planet, Indigenous delegates tell Royal Dutch Shell shareholders
By: Polaris Institute | Press Release: Tuesday May 21st, The Hague, Netherlands – Today members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) and the Native Village of Point Hope, Alaska attended the Royal Dutch Shell AGM to confront the Chairman and Board over Shell’s decision to pursue highly risky ‘extreme energy’ projects
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Anti-Choice Activists Target Con MPs Who Voted Against M-312
And I say, bring it on, jerks. I am lucky to live in one of the ridings represented by the 75ish Conservative MPs that voted against Stephen Woodworth’s motion to try and re-open the abortion debate in Canada through a somewhat underhanded back channel. Mike Wallace, despite being little more
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Ford follies, ad absurdum
This is fun! Just did a phoner with CITY-TV about the latest installment in this three-ring circus masquerading as a municipal government: Rob Ford just fired his most senior, and most loyal, guy: his Chief of Staff. Anyway. Just thought I’d post the screen grab, because it struck me as
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: What Alison said
In a post at Creekside about Stephen Harper’s handling of the scandal involving his Chief of Staff’s cash gift to a sitting legislator — and it was a cash gift even if there were terms attached — Alison adds a message to the leader of the Official Opposition that bears
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Death of Finley, Fall of Duffy, Departure of Wallin #cdnpoli
There are still a few more shoes to drop in the cracking Conservative caucus, of that we can be sure. Was the rapid change in the media’s (and public’s) perception of the Duffy residency scam suddenly stoked by the demise of Doug Finley in mid May? It seems like a
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: The Rise of the Native Rights-Based Strategic Framework
Years ago I was working for a well-known Indigenous environmental and economic justice organization known as the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN). During my time with this organization I had the privilege of working with hundreds of Indigenous communities across the planet who had seen a sharp increase in the targeting
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Excitement about Riding Your Bike: The View from New York
I’ve mentioned before how I don’t ride bikes, but I must admit I like the idea of people riding all over the city. Yesterday I walked from our place to central downtown Montreal, and I was amazed at how many people–many who aren’t much young than I am–were zipping around
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Darcy Allan Sheppard’s father speaks
Here, at a presser today. I can only imagine the tremendous grief Mr. Sheppard is living with each day.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Justin Gives West/East Pipeline Yellow Light
After the B.C. election there was some speculation that Adrian Dix’s sudden thumbs-down to the Trans Mountain Pipeline after a year or so of fence-sitting cost him votes. I think that’s wrong, but since the B.C. polls all turned out to crap, they can’t tell us anything one way or
Continue readingA Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Review: The Motion of Light in Water
[Samuel R. Delany. The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004. (Original edition by Arbor House, 1988.)] I don’t think I’ve ever read any of Samuel Delany’s science fiction. I’ve known his name as a major author
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