…unless you’re a journalist who broke a story the Cons would have preferred to keep under wraps. From the conference agenda for March 9: 9:00 pm – 12:00 am Manning Rocks the Capital (Empire Grill (47 Clarence Street) A social evening with music, food and drink. Note: presentation of a
Continue readingwmtc: pity the 1%
“Cash bonuses on Wall Street are expected to drop by 14 percent during this year’s ‘bonus season’.” Only 20 billion will be doled out instead of the usual 121,00 billion. How sad. That’s billion, with a B. Bankers’ trophy dates are sad, too. Be sure to click – and read
Continue readingThe Great Christy Clark Sell-Out: The ‘Iron Snowbird’ embraces Conservative values at Manning conference
Nothing says ‘Liberal’ like a big dollop of Conservative values. Not just Conservative values but the more radical Reform, Alliance ones. The BC Liberals have always been accused of being Conservatives in Liberal clothing and nothing says phony and sell-out like Christy Clark and the BC Liberals. On Friday, he
Continue readingknitnut.net: Am I sick or am I stoned?
Many years ago, when I was in my teens, I spent a pleasant afternoon with three friends drinking Tussionex, which is a prescription cough syrup. Personally, I preferred to spend my time at the other end of the spectrum, doing amphetamines and staying awake for days on end. But these
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Activist Communiqué: Robo-call rallies around Canada
In a new Ipsos Reid poll on the robo-calls scandal, conducted for Postmedia News and Global TV, Canadians are uncompromising about the way forward. A whopping 68% want new by-elections in all affected ridings. Elections …Read More
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – On the Robocon front, Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher’s latest good work investigating the Cons’ electoral fraud got Maher expelled from the Manning Centre’s hive-mind-building exercise. And the robocalling firms themselves are being similarly aggressive in trying to shut down any discussion of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: What Did You Expect?
Our capacity as a species for delusional thinking and rationalization seems to have few limits, our sad record on climate change and our cheering on of oppressive and anti-democratic government measures when our convenience is at stake but two examples. In today’s Star, Heather Mallick, with whom I frequently lose
Continue readingWhat Mr. Fryer Was NOT Forced To Do.
ThisIsWhatADemocracyCentre LooksLikeVille First, what Mr. Fryer, the public administrator guy from UVIC, did do… He apologized and made it clear that his statements were not meant to suggest that two very fine folks, and the even finer ‘Campaign Research’ group, have done anything illegal or unethical. To wit: Campaign Research
Continue readingWhere’s the outrage from the right over Louis CK being dropped from Correspondent’s Dinner?
Whether he quit or was forced, Louis CK is no longer speaking at the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Assn. Dinner. The reason? He has in the past referred to Sarah Palin as a cunt. Scrambling desperately to make up for their idol Rush Limbaugh being called out for calling Sandra
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: By Whatever Means Necessary
Consider what has happened in the last three elections: In 2006, the Harper Conservatives — in their quest for a majority — broke Canada’s campaign finance laws. In 2008, they broke their own fixed date election law. In 2012, by suppressing key voters in key ridings, they flipped an election.
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Toronto police stop and document black and brown people far more than whites
Hardly a surprise: http://bit.ly/z74Alv "A Star analysis of Toronto police stop data from 2008 to mid-2011 shows that the number of young black and brown males aged 15 to 24 documented in each of the city's 72 patrol zones is greater than the actual number of young men of colour
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Just in Case You Forgot that the CPC is Pushing its Idelogical Agenda
The Long Gun Registry, More Prisons, and of course, lets not forget the long form census… Filed under: Canada, Humour, Politics Tagged: Conservative Tom-Foolery, Humour, Long form Census, Rick Mercer
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The truth is an absolute defence #nlpoli
Seems that the goings-on in the provincial legislature are weighing heavy on many brows at the end of the first week the place is back in session since this time last year. Telegram editor Russell Wangersky has a column on it as does Bob Wakeham in the Saturday paper. Wangersky
Continue readingImpolitical: Building democracy
Here was Preston Manning speaking to the media yesterday on voter suppression: Speaking to reporters, Manning said all parties should be worried about robocall vote-suppression during the 2011 election that directed some voters to the wrong polling stations and which has Elections Canada investigating complaints of voter fraud. “I think
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Rumour: Reporter Who Broke Robocon Story Booted From Manning Conference Party!
Source. PS. Don’t get too excited by Coyne’s column from yesterday, mourning how the CPoC’s lost its principles. He’s been writing the same piece for years now. They still let him into their events, which means that being reamed by Coyne, for a CPoC hardcore, is a bit like being
Continue readingNearing the final debate
The final official NDP leadership debate takes place tomorrow, coming from Vancouver. As part of that, people are wondering if Martin Singh is acting as Thomas Mulcair’s attack dog as he continues to go after Brian Topp. Mulcair’s people, of course, deny this. Meanwhile, here’s Maclean’s interview with Niki Ashton, and it’s only slightly less awkward
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Bob Mackin’s tasseography
“Could the fumbling of the renaming of B.C. Place be the undoing for Clark? “The shocking resignation of Peter Brown from the board of the B.C. Pavilion Corporation could be the beginning of the end for Premier Christy Clark’s nearly year-old reign as Premier of British Columbia.” Read the entire
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: VIHA CEO Howard Waldner in the news again
After Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times about the affluent exercising self-interest to make gains over the rest of us, Pamela Fayerman published a local illustration in the Times Colonist. Med school admissions contentious issue at UBC discusses elites requesting special treatment for friends and family seeking admission to
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Kyle McKee and a Short History of Self-Destruction
In December 2009, Kyle McKee was arrested and charged with attempted murder after being accused of planting an IED at the residence of a rival bonehead (that bonehead, fyi, is currently in jail accused of murder himself now). As a result, the March 2010 “White Pride Day” event was cancelled.
Continue reading