Guardian open journalism: Three Little Pigs advert – video “This advert for the Guardian’s open journalism, screened for the first time on 29 February 2012, imagines how we might cover the story of the Three Little Pigs in print and online. Follow the story from the paper’s front page headline,
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Roboscam: Bob Rae has 16 days to protect Canada’s democracy by stopping the clock
The clock is ticking and there are less than three weeks to go (around 16 days as of today) before voters lose their right to appeal to the courts under the Canada Elections Act to upset the results of the May 2 election in
Continue readingBut I Bet She Woulda Fired Michaelle Jean If She Hadn’t Have Allowed Stevie To Prorogue in 2008/09
A Montreal woman, Chantal Dupuis took it upon herself to write the Queen, asking her to fire ol’ Stevie Spiteful and his government. Hell, why not? If as all these monarchist cheerleaders so love to shove down our throats, she’s the “Queen of Canada”, why shouldn’t she earn her keep?
Continue readingFusing and Musing: All ye who seek money and power – Is this all you have?
As many of you know I suffer from some unknown illness that severely incapacitates me from time to time. This week was no exception and I lay for hour after hour suffering and wondering, “How long can something like this go on until it manifests in the way I dread
Continue readingthe woodshed: Harper’s the One
What the hell are those things on the side of Dean Del Mastro’s head? They can’t be ears, because he clearly isn’t listening to a word that is being said to him. Del Mastro is probably sitting down in the video linked above because he has been spinning so much
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Roboscam: Is this the smoking gun?
Deep Throat says: Stop the clock! Hat tip to Saskboy for this bit of sleuthing (along with his many commentators and twitters): If the Conservative lie that only Guelph is the focus of the Robocalls (RoboCon) investigation, and Pierre Poutine worked only for some rouge op in Guelph, who in
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Calling a spade a spade
CBC Legislative Bureau Chief Stephen Smart reports fully and fairly when his wife’s employer is in the news. Well, at least that is what CBC says. As intelligent skeptics, we should ignore their words and judge their actions. Consider a current example. The employer of Mr. Smart’s wife, known here
Continue readingWhat, Exactly, Is….
AllTheFrontGroupsThatFit SubversionVille …The ‘Progressive Voters Association Of Saanich Gulf-Islands’? Apparently Elections Canada didn’t want to know in 2008. But maybe they do now? (more to follow….) .
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The CRTC Writes Back: Rogers Must Stop P2P Throttling
It’s a true coming-of-age story. A year after reluctantly revisiting and then comprising on Usage Based Billing (UBB), the CRTC has taken to proactive measures in dealing with the misconduct of Internet Service Providers (ISPs). In a courteous, yet sharply worded letter, the Commission took grievance with Rogers’ Internet Traffic
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Think We Don’t Have a Petro-Parliament? Think Again.
The outfit behind the Northern Gateway pipeline/tanker venture, Enbridge, successfully lobbied (code for “ordered”) the Harper government regime to scuttle an agreement with a charity that supports inconvenient environmental causes. We’re not talking about cutting funding here. It was the charity that was putting up the cash. The federal Fisheries
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Del Mastro: ‘Robocalls? Sure. Ridings exist? You’re crazy.’
On a February 28th episode of CBC’s Power & Politics Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro announced his party was investigating the Robocall Scandal; on that same show he went on to say he was not only not aware of possible fraud in a certain riding, but that he was unaware
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Dustin Lance Black and Rob Reiner,
Thank you for writing and directing a play called 8 about the fight for marriage equality in California. Now that a reading of the play is available for viewing online, we can see stars like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Martin Sheen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer, Jesse Tyler
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Horses on the Steppes of Mongolia
Mongolia Picture – Landscape Wallpaper – National Geographic Photo of the Day. Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: nature photography
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Arms Race Update – China Races to Catch Up
China’s “official” defence spending has rocketed over 11% this year, topping $100-billion for the first time. Compared to US defence spending of $740 that may not sound like much but China, like the US, is widely believed to disclose only part of its true expenditures. China is very quickly going
Continue readingOccupy Ottawa: Activist Communique: Ottawa Rally Against Robo-calls Electoral Fraud
Hundreds of people, including members of parliament, rights activists and average citizens, are expected on Parliament Hill at noon tomorrow to protest the unfolding Robo-calls election scandal. Renowned activist Brigette Depape (pictured) and MPs Pat …Read More
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Understanding the Current Canadian Political Situation
So much is going on in the Canadian political landscape, I really didn’t know where to start. That said, this article tries to cover a lot of the problems that are emerging as a result of treating Canadian voters like commodities to be traded and bought (or suppressed) using modern
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your pre-debate reading. – Dave connects a few more dots as to who’s behind Robocon. Guy Giorno helpfully acknowledges that the Cons were supposed to have business-style processes to avoid the exact kind of electoral fraud that’s been discovered across Canada – signalling both that they’re indeed
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Libertarian Civil War!
When Libertarians fight, we all win. Frankly, I can’t see much difference if the Koch brothers own or merely control The Cato Institute; its credibility remains zero either way. And as to WHY the brothers have decided to move now, well, I’ve heard several rumours. One is that an audit of
Continue readingLeDaro: Should Queen Elizabeth II Fire Stephen Harper?
A very nice lady from Quebec, Chantal Dupuis, wrote a very good letter to Queen Elizabeth II that she should fire Stephen Harper. Unfortunately she did not have much luck and the Queen’s staff member wrote her back thanking her for the information, but saying the Queen will not fire
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