The signs are already out.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: A wave you can watch again and again
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Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Community Involvement
Source: SouthWest TV News: Community Lands LostSource: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: SaskNotes: PFRA Community Pastures At the end of this post, I’ve also included a media release from Public Pastures – Public Interest, as this information found its way to my inbox with a request to discuss it on
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5875…Toronto’s Rob Ford Goes International !!!
Sure Rob Ford may be the Mayor of Toronto but he is the butt of jokes all over God’s green earth. The Daily Mail, that is a brit fish wrap, ran this tight little story yesterday about a city, its mayor and TV cameras. Portly Toronto Mayor Rob Ford bruised
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Going “all in” on Todd Bentley’s South Africa meetings
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Some people who are rooting for Todd Bentley’s meetings in Durban, South Africa may have been watching too much Texas Hold ‘Em on TV, as they are pushing their rhetorical poker chips to the center of the table as their wagers
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5874…Breaking Bad Is Back On AMC!!!
Just not today. Breaking BadSun., Aug. 11 at 9/8cKicks off its final eight episodes. Produced by Sony Pictures Television; Creator and Executive Producer: Vince Gilligan; Executive Producer: Mark Johnson (Gran Via); Executive Producer: Michelle MacLarenBreaking Bad has garnered seven Primetime Emmy Award wins and a Peabody, and been named to the American Film
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Is Nothing Sacred?
Apparently not to Stephen Harper, who used the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombings to try to attack Justin Trudeau. Apparently the Prime Minister discourages any rational consideration of crime in favour of his well-known modus operandi, knee-jerk reactions and demagoguery. Watch the following and decide for yourself: Recommend this
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6873…I Love Stephen Harper
It is being reported everywhere that his inane and insane in the membrane hate ads named at Justin Trudeau failed. To the tune of 330,000.00 $ being sent our way. Thank you Stephen Harper. WFDS
Continue readingezra winton: Hidden riches of world’s wealthiest exposed
Kudos to the Guardian and to the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists [ICIJ], for their ground-breaking investigative work that has now revealed the names of the world’s most questionable millionaires. In an era of austerity, with massive cuts to services, the arts, education, and labour in many countries, it’s sobering
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Monstrous Attack on Justin Trudeau
I told you he was the sleaziest political pervert this country has ever seen.I told you he has no morals. I told you he has no class.I told you he was so scared of Justin Trudeau he would do ANYTHING to screw him.But who knew he was so debased he would turn a horrible
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Boston comes to Toronto
At @raptors final game, with Celtics – a tribute to Boston. #BostonStrong
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Review: The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Surveillance
[Robin Tudge. The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Surveillance. Toronto: Between the Lines and London: New Internationalist, 2011.] This will be a little review of a little book. It is a useful resource — part of a series of small, focused No-Nonsense Guides put out by Toronto publisher Between the Lines
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper Conservatives Delay Robocalls Justice… Again!
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: The Harper Conservatives will not be introducing the comprehensive “election reform act” they promised Canadians, after all. The bill was due to be tabled in Parliament on Thursday. Apparently, the Conservatives have discovered a “last minute” issue with their own piece of legislation. An issue so
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Experimental Lakes: Latest Victim of Harper Govt’s Anti-Science Ideology
The decision by Canada’s federal government to close the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), a unique and world-class research region in Northern Ontario, fits a sobering pattern. Canadian scientists, employed with public funds, have been muzzled and are unable to speak openly to the media without prior approval of the government’s
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians demand choice in their local communities
Thank you to everyone who has helped spread the word about Canadians’ real experiences in our broken cell phone market and our citizen-powered action plan to fix it. Check out this letter from Christopher Anderson in North Shore News as he shows how Canadians really feel about our cell phone
Continue readingFar and Wide: Conservative Ad Backfires
When the dust settles, I suspect the controversial Conservative attack ads see little air time, they quietly go away. We can debate the effectiveness of attack ads in general, but this particular attack directed towards Trudeau has clearly turned into an optical failure. There are certain practical indicators that trump
Continue readingFar and Wide: Conservative Ad Backfires
When the dust settles, I suspect the controversial Conservative attack ads see little air time, they quietly go away. We can debate the effectiveness of attack ads in general, but this particular attack directed towards Trudeau has clearly turned into an optical failure. There are certain practical indicators that trump opinion, when trying to ascertain just how an attack ad is resonating. I submit this overwhelming response as proof positive this Conservative ad is blowing up in their low rent face:
Conservative attack ads against Justin Trudeau have turned into a financial boon for the Liberal party.
The party raised $336,000 in the 48 hours following Trudeau’s landslide victory in the Liberal leadership race Sunday.
Officials say that’s more than double the party’s previous top haul for an e-mail fundraising campaign.
They say the donations poured in after two back-to-back mass email solicitations that urged Liberals to fight back against Conservative attacks.
The first, sent out just as Trudeau was leaving the stage Sunday after delivering his acceptance speech, urged Liberals not to let the coming barrage of “negative and misleading attacks” drown out the new leader’s “positive message of change.”
The second was issued Monday evening — shortly after the Conservatives launched three television ads featuring video from 2011 of Trudeau doing a mock strip-tease for a charity event.
A staggering number by any definition, this particular attack clearly hit a nerve and motivated people to donate(myself included). As stated, the response was double any previous mass email, a testament to the almost visceral reaction. As well, perhaps some indication that the Trudeau “army” assembled during the leadership process is still engaged, something to monitor moving forward.
I would argue this large figure be put towards a positive counter message. If Trudeau’s handlers are choosing a positive approach, no greater contrast opportunity.
Things are changing, there is nothing more concrete than CASH. Well done Conservative headquarters, well done indeed.
UPDATE
As of this morning LPC reports four hundred and eight thousand raised.
Continue readingFar and Wide: Conservative Ad Backfires
When the dust settles, I suspect the controversial Conservative attack ads see little air time, they quietly go away. We can debate the effectiveness of attack ads in general, but this particular attack directed towards Trudeau has clearly turned into an optical failure. There are certain practical indicators that trump
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: NOT Offended By Brad Paisley and LL Cool J’s “Accidental Racist” Lyrics
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Last week “Accidental Racist”, the new duet by country singer Brad Paisley and rapper LL Cool J made a lot of people uncomfortable. Angry even. It caused an online backlash. A pop music critic with the Toronto Star said: ‘Accidental Racist’ makes Brad Paisley and LL Cool
Continue readingBryan Crockett: The Charter of Rights – Why I’m a Liberal
31 years ago today, the Queen of Canada signed into law the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, along with the rest of the newly-patriated Constitution of Canada. The Charter was brought in thanks to the work of many people from many different partisan stripes, but the Charter itself was
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