Not Robocallgate. C’mon kiddies, help me out here. WFDS
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: No, No, These Are Primaries, Not Primates
I just can’t understand why Republican presidential candidates don’t get evolution. After all, they’ve mastered the ability to reverse it.
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Inside the wire
Canadian media outlets began reporting yesterday afternoon that Canada had followed the example set by other NATO allies in Kabul. Canadian officials in Afghanistan have been ordered to stay out of government buildings after two senior American officers were killed inside a supposedly secure ministry office in Kabul. The measures
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: James Inhofe Takes the Climate Conspiracy Theory to New Heights—While His Home State Reels from Record Heat
hoaxbook.jpg James Inhofe, Republican Senator from Oklahoma, has a new book out. It is entitled The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future. I have not read it yet. So I cannot say much about its contents, but I can say this: The title suggests that Inhofe, like
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: John Ibbitson’s Faith In Stephen Harper
While acknowledging the seriousness of the voter suppression crimes being uncovered, The Globe’s John Ibbitson writes the following: … we can be reasonably certain that Mr. Harper, who is Leader of the Conservative Party as well as Prime Minister, knew nothing about what was going on in Guelph or elsewhere.
Continue readingkirbycairo: Why I think Mr. Kinsella is Wrong. . . . (and So is Vic Toews). .
In his blog today Warren Kinsella has been bemoaning the revelations concerning the private life of Vic Toews. He tells us that what separates other parties (his beloved Liberals in particular) from the Conservatives is that they have boundaries. The logic goes like this – the rather uncomfortable issues of Vic
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: In the ancient days
The Internet didn’t help this pact much either Alltop thinks it can catch light too.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Dead Wolves of Athabasca
The next victims of Steve Harper’s bitumen fetish are to be thousands of grey or timber wolves. Harper passed a death sentence on them, slaughtering one species supposedly to take himself off the hook for endangering another. Expanding Tar Sands production is contributing to the decline of caribou herds. Harper’s
Continue readingBuckdog: Conservative Peter Mckay Says Robo Calls Were Isolated – Call Centre Workers In Thunder Bay Come Forward With Evidence That Calls Were Wide Spread!
-Conservative scripts misdirected voters in 2011 election say call centre staff –Deputy Conservative Leader, Peter McKay caught trying to minimize illegal Robo call scandal
Continue readingThank The Spaghetti Monster For…
. …Leap Year. Which means I’ll be away for a few days because of a massive March 1st deadline coming down. For updates on the Robo/Real Call Subversion I suggest: The Sixth Estate for the daily box scores. Alison’s Creekside for the real dirt just below the surface McSushi Boy…Glen
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Robocall scam provided employment…in Canada!!!
Canadians upset over the RoboCall scandal need to look at this another way. With our sputtering economy and record high levels of debt, a strategy like this provides jobs. Sure, call centre jobs aren’t the highest paying or most secure….but at least the CPC didn’t hire a company that make calls out of
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Awe Of Oscar
Nothing seems more of a waste of time and money than the Oscars. Last night for over three hours millions of people, statistics of which show 7-9% of them unemployed and most of the others barely scraping by in menial labour, watched wealthy celebrities in designer dresses get out of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Post: All the people the Tories need onside seem to really dislike the online spying bill
A poll conducted by Angus Reid shows that, as Gurney puts it in the following article, “all the people the Tories need onside” are following the news on the online spying bill, and are opposed to it. We’re winning the battle in the media, and it’s what’s forcing the government
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Greek Lessons
It is a truism to say that democracy began with the Greeks – less so to say that it originated in popular rebellion against debt and debt-bondage. Yet, with the Greek people ensnared once more in the vice-grip of rich debt-holders, it may be useful to recall that fact. For
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: And the Winner Is…
Me! Because I got to watch the Oscars last night with the 2 most amazing kids in the universe. H stayed up for the first half. (And had trouble getting out of bed this morning. It required several loud Uh Oh’s on my part and “your nose has grown to
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, February 27, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, February 27th, 2012: Real estate lawyer close to mortgage fraud, Law Society of Upper Canada says Ontario Superior Court: lawyer-authored court documents may have copyright protection Are Divorce Lawyers Necessary? Report Indicates Law Firms Are Starting to
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: No Need To Investigate?
Peter MacKay argues that there is no need for further investigation of the Robocall affair. These were isolated incidents, he says. And, anyway, “It’s certainly not something our party condones, it’s inappropriate behaviour to say the least.” But Lawrence Martin provides a catalogue of Tory subversion, starting with their first
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: The Conservative Party of Canada – A Study in Contradictions
I can’t help but notice that Conservatives have been all over the board with their policies and positions arguing on one side of an issue in one circumstance and the polar opposite in a different circumstance Here are just a few examples: The Conservative party that last year said the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – In the surest sign yet that the Robocon scandal involved a calculated decision by political operatives rather than having anything to do with mere overzealous volunteers, the Star reports that call centre staff hired by the Cons to perform live calling actually tried
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Afghanistan – Mission Accomplished…(?)
Poking wasps nests with chopsticks seems to be the motive behind much of US foreign policy. The cesspool that is Afghanistan needs only a couple of gentle stirs to spray its fetid lunacy and violence on everything and everyone. Case in point, burning paper turns the people bug-frack crazy:
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