The Conservatives, that’s who! Plus, bonus Kady “Dude, I know how to use ‘affect’ vs. ‘effect” O’Malley twitterfeed.
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Canada’s Back! Are we gettin shit done or what?
Continue readingCome Together video: "Here come old Harpo, groovin’ up slowly"
Funny. H/T: @ugottabekiddin
Continue readingTruest words ever spoken by Alex Castellanos, "Republicans being against sex is not good"
Young Republicans Joe, Arnold and Fred serve their masters at CPAC. Alex Castellanos is a disgusting person. He’s a sexist pig on a stick. He makes Pat Buchanan look like a moderate. But he’s right this one time. Republicans have made a name for themselves for their preference for deviant
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Insert Snark Here
What this patient did not have Mr. CD, 88, took a little tumble at the nursing home when he slipped on a loose rug (or something, the details are a little vague here), obtained for his trouble a scalp laceration the length of Q-tip on his temple, bled like a
Continue readingLeDaro: Stephen Harper: Robocalls
You have heard the controversy of Robocalls but what people don’t know is that the Robacall mechanism is installed in Harper’s head. He pushes a butten and the Robocall mechanism pops up. Enjoy!
Continue readingwmtc: robogate: vote suppression must be investigated, by-elections must be held
What will be done about RoboGate? Has Stephen Harper’s well-documented pattern of giving democracy the finger finally gone too far? Thanks to an excellent election post-mortem by Matt Peters and Ryan Boldt on rabble.ca last year, we know that the Conservative Party won by a very narrow margin in dozens
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Three questions
Plenty of others have already discussed the factors they’ll be taking into account in evaluating the NDP’s leadership candidates as the campaign progresses. But as we approach the point where members will be casting ballots which will ultimately determine the outcome of the race, I’ll set out my three basic
Continue readingROAR!: PEI Premier silent on Resolution #58 – Day 39
In January the PEI NDP called on the Premier and MP’s to comment on how they voted/if they voted on Resolution #58. We heard on Compass that MP Wayne Easter was not present to vote, but supported the Resolution. We then heard on #FAQMP from MP Sean Casey that he was not present
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Don’t dismiss Del Mastro
Conservative Dean Del Mastro popped up in the media briefly yesterday to claim that his campaign in the last federal election was the target of fraudulent calls, just like all those Liberal and NDP campaigns. The initial reactions to his claim ranged from skepticism, since this was the first anyone
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Harper’s War On Democracy
Whether or not one believes that Stephen Harper had a direct hand in the robocall efforts to subvert the last election, one thing is perfectly clear: given his well-known contempt for our democratic traditions, he needs to recognize his responsibility in setting a tone that is odious to most Canadians,
Continue readingROAR!: Happy Darwin Day
Late in posting this…my bad. Happy Darwin Day!
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Security for Oil
“Nice country ya got here. It’d be a real shame if something happened to it.” Britain is hot to trot for Somalia or, to be specific, Somalia’s oil. And, it’s trying to get a leg up on the competition by offering the country humanitarian aid and security assistance. In particular
Continue readingkirbycairo: The only idea the Left needs is how to shut up the Right. . .
Warren Kinsella cited the ever pontificating Fancis Fukuyama today claiming that he was confused concerning the failure of the left to take advantage of the obvious failures of capitalism in recent years. Only, like all rightwingers, Fukuyama (and it seems Kinsella) is confused about what is really going on. Kinsella
Continue readingHalf an Hour: The OEO Logo and CC
UNESCO recently launched a new OER logo. On 25/02/2012 9:19 PM, Cable Green wrote: UNESCO – please change the license from CC BY ND… to either CC BY … or CC BY SA… so we can all use it. I really wonder whether this narrow interpretation is accurate and in
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rob Ford’s Influence Grows
Rob Ford, long know for his antipathy towards those pedestrians and bikers and other eco-freaks who have conducted a war on cars, may have found an ally (or perhaps a relative) in Florida. One wonders if he regrets not sending Gary Webster on a junket there. Recommend this Post
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