Watch this half-minute video and ye shall know all: That’s why. Even their own reporters can’t stay awake.
Continue readingWoodworth Will Get His Day in the Commons
I’m sure you remember what Stephen Harper said during the election campaign last year. Well, that was one big fat lie, as expected. Stephen Woodworth is an MP who has been agitating to re-open the debate on women’s reproductive rights (what year are we in?) and today, a committee of MPs has agreed to
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Hot Off The Presses!
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CANADIAN POLITICS ONTARIO: DENOUNCE AND DEFEAT DRUMMAND’S DREADFUL DIRECTIONS: Always on the lookout to squeeze the poor even further the McGuinty government of Ontario has recently received a commission report of a plan to tighten the screws from former bank executive Don Drummond. It was all that could be expected.
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Julian Fantino Hates Canada According To Julian Fantino
Julian Fantino of February 13th, 2012 hates Julian Fantino of March 13th, 2012 Julian Fantino has been unequivocal: anyone that questions the purchase of the F-35 fighter jets hates Canada. Let’s sample some of his statements praising the F-35s, shall we? The Government of Canada determined that the F-35 is
Continue readingRPPE.ORG is Back
After being moved to an entirely different server RPPE.ORG is back up. The great migration begins again. Filed under: Canadian Politics
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Canada “Too Dangerous” for Cheney
As reported in local Toronto-area paper The National Post, former U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney won’t be appearing any time soon in Canada. Ryan Ruppert, president of the ironically-named promotions company Spectre Live Corp., which had scheduled an upcoming appearance at the Toronto Convention Centre for Cheney and his loathsome daughter
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Northern Insights / Perceptivity 2012-03-13 19:33:00
A work by Vancouver-based writer and political cartoonist Geoff Olson. His work has appeared in The Vancouver Sun, The Globe and Mail, Adbusters, The National Post, This Magazine, The Vancouver Courier, Common Ground magazine and other publications. Click here to check out Geoff Olson’s web site. H/T: Susan H.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading. – Linda McQuaig writes that Robocon is placing Canada at the forefront of dubious electoral results in the developed world. Which of course means it’s time to evaluate the Cons’ fraud merely as a matter of political damage control, rather than focusing on who’s
Continue readingChronicles of a Pure Laine: Will Québec save Canada?
A recent article [Google translation] published in La Presse states that the Harper Government acknowledges the strategy the PQ has been using for the upcoming provincial election. In essence, Pauline Marois has been putting forward that the Conservatives’ right-wing agenda is proof that their is no room in Canada for
Continue readingChronicles of a Pure Laine: Will Québec save Canada?
A recent article [Google translation] published in La Presse states that the Harper Government acknowledges the strategy the PQ has been using for the upcoming provincial election. In essence, Pauline Marois has been putting forward that the Conservatives’ right-wing agenda is proof that their is no room in Canada for
Continue readingChronicles of a Pure Laine: Will Québec save Canada?
A recent article [Google translation] published in La Presse states that the Harper Government acknowledges the strategy the PQ has been using for the upcoming provincial election. In essence, Pauline Marois has been putting forward that the Conservat…
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Confessions of a RoboCaller
My name is Jennifer Smith, and I’m a robocaller.No, not that robocaller. Compared to Mr. Poutine I’m small potatoes, really. I just called a few hundred of my supporters in Ward 2 in Milton on the eve of the 2010 municipal election to remind them to ge…
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Confessions of a RoboCaller
My name is Jennifer Smith, and I’m a robocaller. No, not that robocaller. Compared to Mr. Poutine I’m small potatoes, really. I just called a few hundred of my supporters in Ward 2 in Milton on the eve of the 2010 municipal election to remind them to get out and
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Confessions of a RoboCaller
My name is Jennifer Smith, and I’m a robocaller. No, not that robocaller. Compared to Mr. Poutine I’m small potatoes, really. I just called a few hundred of my supporters in Ward 2 in Milton on the eve of the 2010 municipal election to remind them to get out and
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Official Complaints: Nothing Happened
“…Nothing happened” Elizabeth May’s passionate speech imploring our “tough on crime government to get tough on electoral crime!” The video is a week old, but is as relevant at my writing, as it was back then. There’s been additional evidence of micro-targeting though that points to a national party being
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Three Part Series: What progressive groups must do to defeat, or stymie, the Harper regime
Canada’s progressive community needs to make some significant changes if it hopes to slow down the assault being carried out on the country by Stephen Harper’s Conservatives and their right-wing allies. The observations and suggestions I will make in this three-part series are based on what I was able
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Alberta Poll Soup
The expectation in Alberta is that Alison Redford’s first budget will pass by March 21, with the writ dropped March 26 for an April 23 vote. As for the expected outcome, the polls are predicting…well…who knows? Five companies (ThinkHQ, Forum, ROI, Abacus, Leger) have released polls in 2012, with the
Continue readingMust see TV: "Game Change" on HBO
I was a little resistant going into this. I’ve grown weary of Sarah Palin and the inordinate amount of coverage she receives just because she’s an idiot. The director of this movie is the same guy who puts out silly comedies not known for their technical expertise. So the entire
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: A Lesson in Spin: Minimizing the Issue
I’ve been thinking on doing a few brief posts on seeing through spin, considering the growing escalation of techniques in Canada, which mirror an epidemic of it in the U.S. While my examples tend to look at the far-right, no one side of the social discussion is entirely innocent of
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