The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control,” Stephen Harper wrote when he was president of the National Citizens Coalition. Harper has hated Elections Canada for a long time. In 2001, when he was president of the National Citizens Coalition, he took the electoral watchdog to court over what
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Not totally worthless: why videos go viral (on YouTube)
Factoids that stuck out for me: more than 48 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute the speaker, Kevin Allocca, is paid to watch this crap cats watching cats watching a cartoon cat: hilarious. Via The High Definite. Alltop … Continue reading →
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
As we enter the last few weeks of the NDP’s leadership race, we’re of course seeing loads of attention. But what from the flurry of activity might actually affect the results of the leadership race as well as the party’s future development? – Niki Ashton took questions at Rabble, including
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Globe and Mail Continues to Debase Itself
What little is left of the Globe’s reputation as a newspaper to be taken seriously has been unraveling rapidly in its non-coverage of the voter suppression crimes of the last federal election. Its editorial stance has essentially been one of convincing its readers that there really is nothing to see
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: If we don’t keep up the charge, Canada will continue to fall behind
As the government tries to tell us not to worry about the online spying bill—they’re misleadingly indicating that they’re stepping back in order to wait out the outcry—Big Telecom is also trying to convince Canadians that we’re leading the world in all things digital, not falling behind. But the unfortunate
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, March 6, 2012 (Toronto’s 178th Birthday!): Federal Judge Says Gun Owners Need Not Provide ‘Good Reason,’ Rules Maryland Gun Law Unconstitutional Ontario fertility raid linked to US ‘baby-selling’ scandal – National Post Why Does Everyone Hate Jury
Continue readingSaskboy and Jymn rub The Globe’s nose in #RoboCon | #cdnpoli
RoboCon: Journalism Failure at the Globe – UPDATED | Saskboy’s Abandoned Stuff: “And what’s the reason that John Ibbitson, a professional journalist for a national newspaper, treats Giorno with so much respect and kid-gloves that he talks him up as some sort of non-lying politician, while a nobody blogger in
Continue reading12 advertisers drop Rush Limbaugh after Sandra Fluke slander UPDATED
UPDATE: Three days ago, when this post went live, five advertisers had dropped Limbaugh. That number is now 12 and growing. Radio stations are also dropping Rush. Here’s the 12: Sleep Number Beds The Sleep Train Legal Zoom Quicken Loans Citrix Systems/GoToMeeting ProFlowers Tax Resolution Services AOL Carbonite Bonobos Sears/Kmart Allstate
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: I hate Elevators…Francis from L4Dead2
My friends and I have been hitting the Left 4 Dead pretty hard as of late. Lo and behold, youtube can further feed the fires. This clip won’t make much sense to those who have not played L4Dead, but suffice to say, Francis is one of my favourite characters
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Glenn Greenwald To Speak in Ottawa
I received a note the other day from Bill Owen, who informed me that he is bringing well-known author and civil rights activist Glenn Greenwald to Ottawa on April 12 to speak at St. Paul’s University. To quote from the announcement, Glenn is recognized as one of the most influential
Continue reading"Robo-calls? Get a grip. We’re Canadian"
So says Globe & Mail scold Margaret Wente. We expect our elections to be squeaky clean, and that’s a good thing. Obviously, there were election irregularities in Guelph, and maybe elsewhere, and Elections Canada needs to find out what happened and who did it. But it’s ridiculous to think there
Continue reading350 or bust: It’s Time To Move On
It’s time to move on. Our country, and all of us, need to move from a fossil fuel past to a renewable energy future. The mood in Britain has turned very much against the Big Six energy companies. And it’s not hard to see why. People are fed up with
Continue readingBirth Pangs: GOP Practising Vagina Politics
GOP “government so small it fits in your uterus”. Remember when these people said they were all about jobs, jobs, jobs? What they failed to mention was that the jobs were to be ultrasound techs willing to preform procedures against a woman’s will and Vagina Police. On Thursday, the Senate
Continue readingStephen Harper: “The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control.”
Expect this 2001 refrain to be repeated in short order if the Robo-call scandal has legs. “The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control.” In 2001, Stephen Harper was president of the National Citizens Coalition. That was his opening line in a fundraising letter. His loathing for the election
Continue readingTrashy's World: Using FB and Twitter…
…seems to be becoming popular as direct lines to an omnipotent, omnipresent being. And I’m getting quite bored with it all. Specifically, I’ve had quite enough of Facebook updates, Twitter tweets that go something like this: “I know 99% of my friends won’t re-post this, but please do if you
Continue readingThe Wingnuterer: RoboCon and the Big Pile of Dead Stupidity
RoboCon, RoboGate and/or RoboCalls,… Listening to the various CPC RoboPosters this whole RoboScandal is some massive diabolical Liberal/Dipper/Anarchist/OccupyWallStr. Drum Circle conspiracy to make Harper and the CPC look bad. So lets see if you can make sense of this Liberal/Dipper/Anarchist/OccupyWallStr. Drum Circle conspiracy works. Liberal/Dipper/Anarchist/Occupy Drum Circle operative buys a
Continue readingConservative Nik Nanos: All that commotion over Robo-calls? Blame it on Harper haters.
The Conservatives’ favourite pollster Nik Nanos is a little miffed at the 64% who didn’t vote for Harper. This majority has come out en masse in social media to protest the Conservative government. But it’s all just child’s play according to Mr. Nanos, much like that silly prorogue thing. Mr.
Continue readingRob Ford’s mayoral trajectory | #TOpoli
Yeah, yeah, I know. Originally I thought this was a good representation of George Smitherman’s campaign, but I’m an environmentalist, and I believe in recycling, and given Mayor Stupid and Brother Dumbfuck’s handling of the transit file (subways, subways everywhere … ) Related posts: Oh, look: everything Team Ford touches
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Robocon Update: How The CPoC Stiffed Sona
It was already common knowledge that the notion of Mike Sona’s involvement in the Robocon affair was pushed by Conservative Party sources. This bit from Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher’s latest makes clear the exact path by which the rumour was transmitted: Sona, who was director of communications for the Burke campaign,
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