… complete with Dippers, Lisa Raitt, Ashley (boo-yaa) Madison! And fish trafficking too! —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The NDP leadership convention is this weekend and NDPers from across the nation are flocking to the land of the Toronto Blue Jays (used to be the Leafs) to choose and bless the leader to replace
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Water Wars Warning
Hillary Clinton looks at water and doesn’t like what she sees. The US Secretary of State warns that competition for increasingly scarce water supplies may will fuel terrorism, political instability and wars in the coming decades. ”’I think it’s fair to say the intelligence community’s findings are sobering,” Mrs Clinton
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Liberal blogger CalgaryGrit makes persuasive argument for Cullen as NDP leader
WesternGrit ranks the top NDP leadership candidates through the prism of what is best for the Liberal Party, and, while expressly not endorsing any candidate, outlines a very strong case for Nathan Cullen as the best NDP choice for Canada (my underlining): How would Cullen affect the LPC? Well, if
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: A Liberal perspective on #ndpldr in Toronto
I hear a wildcat strike by unionized Air Canada workers at Pearson Airport has been delaying some NDP delegates from making it to the leadership convention, but luckily the TTC is still running and I’ve arrived at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, gotten my media/blogger badge, and settled into the
Continue readingwmtc: bill c-10 wtf: watch and tell stephen harper what you think
Please watch this excellent video about Bill C-10. It’s only 4 minutes and incredibly informative and entertaining. I’m sorry I didn’t see this video before the bill was rubber-stamped in the Conservative-controlled Senate, but that’s what I get for staying away from social media. Even though the law has passed,
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Live from Toronto, it’s the NDP Convention! (#ndpldr)
I’m hunkered down at the blog command centre on the main convention floor. I’m sitting next to Jeff Jedras (http://bcinto.blogspot.com) and we’re watching as the convention delegates pour in. NDP Leadership supporters welcome delegates Look for pictures from the convention on the Progressive Bloggers main site (http://progressivebloggers.ca) as I upload
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Nanos poll shows Canadians want CBC promise kept
A new Nanos survey has found a majority of Canadians support or somewhat support the position staked out by Heritage Minister James Moore one day after the election that the Conservative government will maintain or increase CBC funding.
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The New Hampshire model for pushing marriage equality
For most progressives, the issue of accepting gay marriage is an easy one. It is also widely recognized that at some point in the future, gay marriage probably will be accepted and that the momentum in public opinion and the nascent process of state level legalization is going to continue
Continue readingHard evidence of a racist murder
Many people swear they heard George Zimmerman, the self-styled neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, use the offensive, racist phrase “fucking coons” on the 911 call in which a dispatcher tried and failed to dissuade him from pursuing the victim. Apparently Zimmerman said it under his breath,
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Parliament, not judges, should decide
Once again judges have been called in to decide social policy. On Monday, the Ontario Court of Appeal will decide whether a Superior Court decision that effectively legalized brothels is correct. The judges of appeal are top legal minds without doubt. But their training is in law and not social
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday morning Robocon blogging
I was off the grid for a couple of days and have spent this morning trying to pick up the threads of this story. I’m relying primarily on other bloggers to get a sense of where things stand. Right now it looks like it’s a waiting game to see both
Continue readingTerahertz: Convention live-blogging #ndpldr
Follow this stream on Friday and Saturday for my Twitter thoughts and comments on the NDP Leadership Showcase and voting. I’ll be starting the feed at 10:00 AM PDT on Friday and ending on Saturday afternoon when the voting ends. NDP Leadership Showcase #ndpldr If the above frame doesn’t work,
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Icredible Shrinking Mayor
A cautionary tale is unfolding in the city of Toronto.Yesterday, for the second time in recent memory, Toronto City Council told Mayor Rob Ford to take a walk down to the bottom of John Street and jump in the lake. Ford’s story is about more than his obsession with subways.
Continue readingGeraldo Rivera: "I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin’s death as George Zimmerman was."
At least Gerarldo Rivera preceded this outlandish claim with “I think”. Otherwise, he would have been taken away the men in the white coats. Just more Fox News craziness. Sad. Hint to Rivera. Don’t ever come to Vancouver. You might shoot someone. We all wear hoodies here. It has something
Continue readingcartoon life: Ocean view #2
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water
Continue readingwmtc: this sunday in toronto: firsthand account of israel’s capture of gaza-bound boat
This Sunday, folks in Toronto will have a great opportunity to hear a firsthand account of the arrest and abduction of the crew of the Tahrir, the Canadian boat that tried to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza, part of last year’s Freedom Flotilla. Ehab Lotayef, a Montreal engineer, and
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Final NDP Power Rankings
The NDP crowns its next leader tomorrow, and the best we can do at this point is narrow the field down to 5 possible winners. That’s a far cry from September when the Brian Topp juggernaut was described as Martinesque. I made my “secret Liberal memo” endorsements earlier this month,
Continue readingShorter Lisa Raitt: "Don’t Mock Me!"
UnintendedConsequences OfRealConsequenceVille Regarding those wildcatters causing all that trouble down at your local high-priced fast-food and baggage-handling emporium: Air Canada ground crews and baggage handlers are holding an illegal strike at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, (and Montreal’s Pierre Trudeau) causing flight delays and cancellations. The CBC’s Redmond Shannon reported from the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RoboCon: Money Goes on a Holiday?
Does it surprise anyone else that there are branches of RBC and ScotiaBank in the Cayman Islands? There’s even an Elgin Ave. which reminds me of Ottawa. View Larger Map Under Lord Elgin, the first real attempts began at establishing responsible government in Canada. Responsible government? What’s that? I guess
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