Stuart Mackinnon March 21, 2012 City Caucus.com If we rename a Strathcona park, philanthropist Milton Wong might top the candidates list Guidelines approved in 2007 give community a voice over elected officials on naming parks. Monday vote will change that. Names are important. They are how we identify ourselves, each
Continue readingSudbury Steve May: Tom Mulcair and the Tar Sands: One Step Forward, One Step Back
I’ve had the opportunity to consider New Democratic Party leadership contender Thomas Mulcair’s article, “Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Country” published online in Policy Options Magazine. It’s an excellent article by Mulcair, who was Quebec’s Environment Minister prior to resigning from the provincial Liberal Party and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: I love the new Copyright Math – TED Talks Rob Reid
I’m thinking we may need to investigate the MPAA’s claims about piracy and copyright… Oh and we get redefine terms as well: Filed under: Internet, Media, Technology and Computers Tagged: Copyright, Humour, MPAA, MPAA Histronics, Piracy
Continue readingIn This Corner: Mad Men: The tobacco industry’s 60-minute infomercial.
Don Draper, circa 1965. There is a lot of buzz pop cultural circles these days about the Sunday return of Mad Men, the wildly acclaimed but little watched (although it’s a cable hit, it would only be a minor hit on network TV) AMC drama about Madison Avenue-types in the
Continue readingCuriosityCat: 40,000 Dippers Down, 90,000 to go!
There is a lot of interest in the election of the next NDP leader: thousands have already cast their preferential voting ballots! The NDP’s two-day leadership convention begins Friday in Toronto. More than 40,000 members have already voted using advance online or mail-in ballots. There are 131,000 members eligible to
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Homeless Hotspot
There has been substantial debate, and much virtual ink spilt, over the Homeless Hotspot program in Austin, Texas. The program is relatively straightforward from the title: 13 homeless men and one woman with mobile wireless internet hotspots in their pockets hawking internet access on street corners. Launched at SXSW, the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Robot Speaker and the RoboCon Scandal
As you know I’ve had my doubts about Andrew Scheer, the Speaker of the House, ever since he ruled that Vic Toews’ parliamentary privileges had been violated by Anonymous. Boo hoo zombie. After ruling last December that the disgusting misleading phone call campaign aimed at Irwin Cotler did not violate
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Demand a Royal Commission, Canada!
FACT: Only the Harper government can call for a judicial inquiry into the Robocalls Scandal… and that ain’t gonna happen, Canada! Would you like a Royal Commission to investigate the Robocalls Scandal? Would you like to know how you can make that happen, Canada? Contact the Governor General and demand
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4370…Job Opening In New Orleans
They don’t f’ around in the National Football League.WWL radio, the radio station of record in New Orleans, reports that the NFL ain’t playing. In fact they, the NFL, have just suspended Sean Payton, head coach of the New Orleans Saints, for a year and former assistant Greg Williams indefinitely
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Twitter Humans and Other Strangers,
I am happy to announce that I am now on the human social network known as the Twitter, which incidentally is celebrating its 6th birthday (over 2000 sunrises and sunsets) today! I would very much like if you followed me here: @fromorangutan. This might just be the beginning of a beautiful
Continue readingChristy’s Top Secret BFF Contract To Her Stars In The Chamber
Bids?WeDon’tNeedNoStinkin’Bids! SocializeAllMyFriendsPrivatelySmearAllMyEnemiesVille Well, at least it wasn’t ‘solicitor-client’ privilege. At least not yet. Jonathan Fowlie, in a post-FOI follow-up from last week has the story in the VSun: Why is the provincial government able to directly award a contract to a friend of Premier Christy Clark? That’s been the question
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Canada: Wake Up to Rampant Conservative Election Fraud
Elizabeth May elaborates on the many accounts of fraud committed by the Conservatives. We need to demand action now.
Continue readingThe poutine thickens.
And look! There’s a Spanish fly in it: RackNine, the Edmonton company that suspect “Pierre Poutine” used to send voters to the wrong polling locations, is operated by Edmonton businessman Matt Meier, with the help of Rick McKnight, who is identified variously as head of marketing and web developer. But
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Standing On Guard
It’s apparent to many (bloggers) that the systems Canadians entrusted to keep our election free of crime to a point where we could trust the result as legitimate, have let us down. As this staggering truth percolates through Canadian political culture, it means changes will have to take place for
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Documents Reveal USDA Risking Lawsuits by Ignoring Own Staff On Fracking Mortgages Review
usda.png A major storm is brewing over the USDA’s sudden about-face on fracking and environmental laws. On Tuesday, the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture pulled a 180-degree U-turn and decided to reverse the call made by his staff specialists, who advised that the agency immediately stop giving special exemptions
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Alert! Episode 208
Judy Rebick, Murray Cooke and Dennis Pilon compare how the NDP would change under the leadership of Mulcair, Topp, Nash and Cullen. Greenpeace climate change campaigner Keith Stewart responds to the recent report claiming that coal and natural gas, not the tar sands are the real villains of global warming.
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4369…We All Should Be Toronto Coppers
According to the Toronto Sun over 2,000 Toronto Police made the Province of Ontario’s Sunshine List. The way you make the Sunshine List is by earning 100,000.00 dollars and up. Boyz in blue.WFDS
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Robocalls Show Disdain for Canadians and for Democracy
Slowly, ever so slowly, we are learning about the devious practice of automated phone calls that would prevent Canadians from showing up to the correct polling station to cast their votes. Underhanded, you say? It depends on your point of view. Maybe it’s just part of winner-take-all electoral politics and
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4368…Warning For Syracuse Fans In Ontario/FLA
Tennessee fans too. Texas, Florida and Clemson fans beware. Here is a cut and paste from The Toronto Star: Fourteen employees at a Florida law firm are claiming they have been fired for wearing orange shirts. The group all wear the shirts on pay-day Friday’s because they go out to
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4367…Dya Know What Today Is?
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. I am going to mention that when I go play basketball tonight becuz they a l w a y s discriminate against me becuz I am white. And short. And fat. And old. And have a two inch vertical. Of
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