I penned a blog entry for the Liberal Party of Canada in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission about Bill C-30 and Bill C-11: When the Liberal Party of Canada in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission sent out our media advisory about our Roundtable Discussion on Internet Privacy & Integrity in Democracy, I got a
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Robocon: Bob Rae has only 9 days left to defend our democracy by stopping the clock
And a study by a Simon Fraser professor finds that the robocalls could have affected the result of the May 2 2011 election: In a new paper, a Simon Fraser University economist finds that robo-calling, if the phenomenon did occur, could have significantly influenced voter turnout and ballot results in
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Death of the CAQ, Return of the PQ?
That was certainly quick. A couple of months after François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) swallowed up the old Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), and ended up with eight experienced members of l’Assemblée Nationale, the party has spent the last four polls from three different companies in third place, behind
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: The Argosy is hiring!
The Argosy is hiring. Job descriptions are available here. Here’s details from John Brannen, the outgoing Editor in Chief: The Argosy, the Independent Student Journal of Mount Allison is hiring staff members for the 2012-2013 publishing year!We are now accepting applications for ALL POSITIONS and would like to encourage ALL
Continue readingwmtc: pity the 1%, continued
Further to our chat about the tone-deaf 1%: go here for Brian McFadden‘s latest in the New York Times.
Continue readingLet the mean times roll.
In Stephen Harper’s New©™ Canada, the government will be a mean, lean, fighting machine. It will service the profit-making interests of corporations who own and exploit Canada’s natural resources and it will collect taxes from the schmucks paying for the privilege of living here. In this Canada, accounting is the
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Mayor Ford — the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act is not in play
I’m not a fan of Mayor Ford — but the allegation he should be removed from office for conflict of interest is fanciful. Does anyone seriously think that Mayor Ford was influenced on his vote by the $3,150 in donations? Of course not — he was influenced by the embarrassment
Continue readingThings Are Good: Play Tetris to Reduce Traumatic Flashbacks
Playing games is tons of fun and enterprising people are finding ways to better humanity through gameplay. I just found out that Tetris can be used to help people deal with traumatic experiences – cool! Research tells us that there is a period of up to six hours after the
Continue readingPolygonic: La France Forte, or Why You Desperately Need Sarko Standing On the Beach
The French presidential campaign is kicking into high gear, and Nicolas Sarkozy has one key message for his ungrateful people: vote him back in, and he promises to spend his second term standing on the beach, like a magnificant granite Colossus, liquifying overseas demons with the sheer power of his
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Best days behind them
Shorter Stephane Dion: How I long for the days when my party could win dozens of Quebec seats by default simply by picking fights with sovereigntists. Can’t we all agree to make it 2000 again?
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Mayor Ford On Trial. Could Be Removed From Office
Rob Ford is to stand trial for conflict of interest for speaking on and voting on a motion in council that would personally benefit him financially. If the judge is convinced that Ford wilfully broke the rules, then Ford will be removed from office, and the judge would then also
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Another Great Woman Passes: Madeleine Parent Dies at 93
A week ago in the run up to International Women’s Day, I mentioned Lea Roback as a great example. Today I’d like to mark the passing of her great friend Madeleine Parent, with home she walked on many picket lines and spoke at many meetings. Here’s an interview with her
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ad hominem rules for writing
drooling pinheads open their stories with the weather, or a prologue fatuous knobs use the passive voice corpulent prose-pederasts use a verb other than “said” to carry dialog (and only a complete asshole would use an adverb to modify “said”) … Continue reading →
Continue readingTerahertz: New #ndpldr rankings
After my initial NDP leadership race rankings I was looking for an excuse to move Mulcair up my ballot. While I had some worries about the potential for his leadership, I still somewhat agreed with the general consensus that he looked the most prime ministerial and would be one of
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: B.C.ers Oppose Northern Gateway
46% oppose the construction of a pipeline in contrast to 37% who support it. The remaining 17% are undecided or do not have an opinion. Not sure who commissioned this one, but the Mustel Group has done similar work for Forest Ethics previously. So if its them that paid the piper
Continue readingPeak oil? How about peak everything?
We are all familiar with the concept of peak oil. Oil is a non-renewable resource therefore at some point global production will reach its maximum capacity and then decline, creating an urgent need for alternate energy sources. Peak oil has already occurred in the United States, in 1970 in fact,
Continue readingEdwin Current: Paul Madger goes after mayor Quimby! sweet!
I’ve been lagging on my task of researching possible actions to receive a similar result but looks as though Paul Madger has taken this on. I just had to share this and send sentiment for positive results towards Paul. I hope this works out in Paul’s favour and Rob Ford
Continue readingEdwin Current: Paul Madger goes after mayor Quimby! sweet!
I’ve been lagging on my task of researching possible actions to receive a similar result but looks as though Paul Madger has taken this on. I just had to share this and send sentiment for positive results towards Paul. I hope this works out in Paul’s f…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Government cash give-aways #nlpoli
CBC’s Rob Antle has updated work done over the past couple of years on government give-aways to private sector businesses in the name of economic development: The Newfoundland and Labrador government has funnelled more than $20 million into grants, loans and the direct costs of business-attraction initiatives that have provided
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