The fan is spinning, covered in proverbial excrement, and Tories of all ranks are running for the hills, professing ignorance of blatant attempts to deprive Canadians of their right to vote in the last election through misleading robocalls to hundreds – perhaps thousands – of Liberal and NDP supporters to
Continue readingHeadline of the day: "Poll: Santorum comes from behind in Alabama three-way"
Courtesy of the blog, Second Front. I’m pretty sure that headline is indeed accidental. While Weld for Birmingham’s headlines can be imaginative, they are not usually not this satirical or sexual.
Continue readingStaffroom Confidential: Rally to support teachers for a fair deal
On Thursday, Education Minister George Abbott indicated his intention to introduce a “package” of bills next week. It seems that legislating an end to bargaining is only one objective. The package could also include concessions that the government is seeking from the current contract including seniority provisions, job security rights,
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Ron Paul: “Fake” Libertarian?
When asked at the end of this week’s GOP debate to describe themselves in a single word, Ron Paul chose “consistent” as being the most appropriate moniker. But here Lawrence O’Donnell points out a glaring inconsistency in the old coot’s supposedly “libertarian” philosophy when it comes the matter of sex:
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Spirit of the People is not Dead in Toronto
For someone who believes in the potential power of the people, this small demonstration against Rob Ford’s brutish abuse of power is heartening. Recommend this Post
Continue readingkirbycairo: Where do We Go from here?
So two more scandals hit a government that is now so mired in scandal and abuse they make previous Liberal Governments look like a bunch of nuns. It seems that Peter MacKay has established the Canadian Military as an arm of the Conservative Party and the CPC has undermined the
Continue readingLeftist Jab: "Voter Suppression Is The Cost Of A Balanced Budget" -Blogging Tories
A “strong stable national majority conservative government” brought to you by Voter Suppression! When thousands of Canadians from all across the country get phone calls deliberately misleading them to believe that the location of their polling stations for the election has changed, I get rather concerned. When constituents of Liberal
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Votergate and the Nature of Stephen Harper
Now we know that it wasn’t just robocalls, and that at least one call centre was involved. An analysis of reports of mysterious harassing phone calls during the May 2011 election points to the existence of a systematic voter suppression campaign targeting Liberal voters in tightly contested ridings. Unlike the
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Crystal Cathedral Hour of Power revenue drop in Canada
Edmonton Journal GARDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA – Canadian viewers of the Hour of Power television show from Crystal Cathedral will play a role in determining the future of the program. Sheila Schuller Coleman, Crystal Cathedral’s senior pastor, said in a telephone interview that Canadian donations declined when the church encountered financial
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
Assorted news from the past few days in the NDP leadership race. – While Niki Ashton had already introduced her justice plan, she re-emphasized her commitment to decriminalizing marijuana and treating addictions as illnesses rather than prosecutable offences in the wake of support for the principle from provincial Attorneys General
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: RackNine And The CPoC
The NDP research staff finds that the connections run deep.
Continue readingEvilness: On Conservative Culture.
About a year ago back here I wrote about what appears to be the culture of lying and deceit that the Harper Conservatives seem to be embracing. Fast forward to now and the revelations that voter suppression tactics were actively used by the Conservative party during the last election show
Continue readingRobo And Real Calls…..The Big Question Now.
ThisIsNotYourFather’sNixon DirtyTrickstersVille “Who Knew What, When?” Stephen Maher, PostMediaNews On ‘The House” Feb 25, 2012 Now. I don’t know for sure. But I do know that at least a couple our readers knew something in April of 2011. How do I know this for sure? Because, after I wrote a
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Rick Santorum’s us vs them mentality
During the Arizona CNN Republican debate, Rick Santorum passionately defended two items: earmarks and his voting on No Child Left Behind. The way he defended them demonstrates his hyperpartisan nature. Earmarks (which allow members in Congress to earmark specific projects for spending in larger bills opposed to letting the executive
Continue readingThe Turning of the C-30 Screw continues
Although the government appears to be backing off from introducing their intrusive new internet snooping/spying/sticking-their-noses-in-the-citizens’-private-business bill, today Anonymous once again takes to YouTube to speak for angry Canuckistanian web surfers and issue a warning… 7 Days, Mr. Toews!: I wonder how long it will be before Toews or one of
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Gas Prices Soaring? Care to Speculate Why?
An eye-opening analysis from McClatchey Newspapers. As in Canada, American pump prices are soaring. Republican candidates are jumping aboard to blame Obama. But the newspaper points out to two facts that point to the real culprit. Fact one – Americans’ demand for gasoline is trending downward. Fact two – so
Continue readingHow Wall Street buys Washington
Oh, those fickle Wall Street bankers. In 2008, Barack Obama was their man for president. They lavished $71-million on the Democratic candidate, $10-million more than on his Republican rival. Goldman Sachs was Obama’s major contributor. In the current campaign, they are laying out the largesse again, outspending all other special
Continue readingDistraction Alert, It’s About Fraud and Voter Obstruction
Something to keep in mind as we discover more about this voter suppression effort in at least 29 ridings during the last election is that robo calls were a tool used to commit fraud and obstructing people fron voting. The use of the tool is legal. We need to be
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Transport Canada’s Clearing of Enbridge Ignores the Facts
What an interesting pair of stories – on the one hand Transport Canada has said that tanker traffic is safe on our pristine west coast while another tells of Enbridge repairing its faulty pipeline that resulted in yet another spill for the company this past May in the Northwest Territories.
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