Last month I posted an interview with Michael D’Antuono. A few days ago he sent me the above video, which is a beautifully narrated piece which outlines the background of his newest portrait series, Corporacy. An excellent watch.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The RoboCon Scandal: Taking it to the Street
I had to work today so I wasn’t able to make it to any of these rallies. But I was with them in spirit, I really liked their signs and their message. “We need an independent inquiry right now so it can be dealt with and the crooks should be put
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4332…Stephen Hawking Comes To Canada
Well, sorta. Stephen Hawking, who is pretty much the world’s smartest septuagenarian, is going to be coming to Canada thru Our Home And Native Land’s favourite TV show Big Bang Theory. I pulled this off TVGuide.com: “As first reported by TV Guide Canada, Hawking filmed a scene with Jim Parsons,
Continue readingRequiem For The Vancouver Playhouse
NobodyKnows LikeUncleDaveKnowsVille It seems to me that David Berner has both the up-close-and-personal view as well as the big picture view just about right when he talks about the demise of The Playhouse in Vancouver: …Membership subscriptions dropped from 8,000 to 4,500? That’s not my fault or the city’s…. {snippety
Continue readingMusic for a Sunday: I need it, I need it, I need it
You are the young things fed on garbage and lies: I’m talking far too much about my shame.
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Video Report: Winnipeggers demand Harper restore Canadian democracy
Winnipeg, March 11, 2012: Winnipeggers rally outside of Tory MP Joyce Bateman’s office demanding the federal government allow a full inquiry into the federal election robocall scandal. Photo: Paul S. Graham While Prime Minister Stephen Harper undoubtedly wishes this issue would disappear, Canadians marched in more than two dozen cities
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4331…Step Up To The Plate Pierre Poutine
Poutine, for those of you out of the know, is not only a tasty Quebecois dish, hailing from the home town of Johnny C, Shawinigan, it is also the Quebecois word for mess. The anglais word for mess is, of course, Robocall. A minute or three ago The Ottawa Citizen
Continue readingcmkl: Blackburn Hamlet: 44.85km, 1 hour 40 minutes
And so it begins. Rideau Lakes seems a long way away and Kingston a very daunting destination. But it was a lovely day today. Lots of riders out. But uh… 26km/hr average. I have some training to do.
Continue readingA Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Quote: Revolutionary Listening
Now there’s the real question: Can we all get along long enough to make a revolution? Perhaps, but history tells us that it will mean taking leadership from some very radical women of color, and if that’s the case I’m not holding my breath. What the old-guard male militants really
Continue readingMulcair the best choice for NDP leader
Seeing the extreme positions taken by Republican candidates in the U.S. gives us a clue as to the typical dynamic of leadership races –- first, having to win over a party’s base who are more dogmatic and than the electorate as a whole, then, to appeal to the broader electorate,
Continue readingPolls, spin, and the Canadian body politic
A new poll informs us, according to some pundits, that Harper has retained his base after Roboscam hit the news, so nothing has changed, move along, nothing to see here, Harper’s still the man. Darrell Bricker of Ipsos-Reid, whose poll it was, opines that the opposition parties should have stuck
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Dr. Robert Schuller Sr and wife Arvella resign from international Crystal Cathedral board
Los Angeles Times: Schuller resignation from Crystal Cathedral board is end of an era Robert H. Schuller and his wife cited the “negative” environment at the church he founded when announcing their resignation from the Crystal Cathedral board. “We cannot continue to serve on the board in what has become an
Continue readingStaffroom Confidential: How do teachers defeat Bill 22?
In one week, BC teachers will be meeting at our Annual General Meeting to discuss next steps to defeat Bill 22. It is imperative that we look at both what is at stake and what our history tells us about how to move forward in order to protect our own
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: North Korea is no Iran
Iran has an elected President. Iran allows for protests against the government. Iran does not have nuclear weapons and is years away from having the capability to build them.Iran has not declared war with any country. North Korea has a dictator who doesn’t hold elections. North Korea does not allow
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On shifting alliances
Having pointed out the effect of Peggy Nash’s willingness to consider cross-party cooperation in my rankings post, I’ll double back to one of the other noteworthy developments today – as Thomas Mulcair may have utterly reshaped the expected movement of down-ballot support. Since the start of the campaign, plenty of
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Vancouver NDP leadership debate candidate rankings
The NDP’s final leadership debate wrapped up today in Vancouver in advance of the March 24th leadership convention. It has been a long road since the first debate back in Ottawa, and every candidate has managed to both improve their debating skills as well as set out key policy and
Continue readingTerahertz: Mulcair’s latest video #ndpldr
As the ballots start to get marked, each candidate for the leadership of the federal NDP is making their closing arguments. With that, Thomas Mulcair has released a new YouTube video to declare “why we need a strong opposition.” This is tragically disappointing. Nearly everything in the video is the
Continue readingThe final debate: lecturing one another
The final NDP leadership debate took place this afternoon from Vancouver, under the theme of “Opportunities for Young and New Canadians.” I’m not sure if it was just the lighting, but the candidates all seemed fairly tired – which could also be virtue of cross-country flights – but there wasn’t
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – March 11, 2012
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen what look to be a couple of noteworthy efforts among the NDP’s leadership candidates to reach out to other campaigns’ supporters in order to win over the down-ballot support that will likely decide the outcome of the campaign. So how have those
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Support from Israel Lobby for Mulcair NDP leadership bid raises serious concerns
With voting underway to elect the new leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party and just two weeks until the leadership convention, Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) has discovered information indicating that key players at the highest levels in Canada’s Israel Lobby are backing the candidacy of Thomas Mulcair. IJV is
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