I finally got around to watching the Elimination Chamber PPV and here are my thoughts: The Good…The first elimination chamber match was excellent, despite Chris Jericho getting knocked out too easily. People have taken much worse than a kick to the head and gotten up from it. On the other
Continue readingThe film "Drive", anti-Semitism and the Oscar snub
Badass Albert Brooks and equally badass Ryan Gosling in a scene from “Drive” I saw “Drive” recently and was awed by the film. The writing, the direction, the music, the acting are all superb. I watched it a second time and was even more enthralled at the perfection of the
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Neighbours should help neighbors
MSNBC reported on U.S. gas prices Sunday morning, discussing, “a growing fear among Americans that gas could soon reach $5 per gallon.” My first thought was perhaps we can help our friends suffering from high oil prices. Increase tar sands production. Ship more Canadian crude; build those Keystone XL and Northern
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: What the Natan Eshel affair says about Netanyahu
Top: Eshel and NetanyahuBottom: Yohanan Locker, Zvi Hauser, Yoaz Hendel Women in Israel who are sexually victimized by officials in high places prefer to remain anonymous. In the media they are sometimes identified by a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. In the case of one of the victims of former
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It’s Off To Court We Go! Or do we?
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It’s Off To Court We Go! Or do we? PART 20 of the Canada Elections Act discusses Contested Elections: Means of contestation 522. (1) The validity of the election of a candidate may not be contested otherwise than in accordance with this Part. No effect on
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – February 26, 2012
Today’s debate didn’t do much to resolve the continued uncertainty surrounding the NDP’s leadership campaign, particularly among the candidates I’ve had ranked between 2nd and 5th for the bulk of the race. But let’s see if the last week has changed any of the rankings… 1. Thomas Mulcair (1) Mulcair
Continue readingkirbycairo: Corruption is Great! (As long as it is our corruption that is). . . .
We are now at the point where political bloggers could just write about the continual scandals and abuses of power courtesy of the Conservative Party. Today we have another one that, if the Liberals had done it, people all over the country would be up in arms about. Taking a
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Northern Gateway: Pipeline to Problems
While Enbridge may assume responsibility for the safety of its pipeline – offered with the usual over-confidence of a developer promoting its project – it cannot claim responsibility for the fleet of international tankers that would arrive almost daily to transport the oil to foreign ports. Such tanker traffic is
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Another Kind of Power Abuse
Although the political abuse of power is endemic in this country, especially at the federal level, it is sadly not the only one in which innocent people are victimized. While I have frequently written on police misuse of power, the instances of that abuse, and the difficulty in bringing the
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Now HERE’s a twitter-worthy comment!
Balloon Juice did a bit about the recent going’s on here in the Great White North, and got a lot of comments from Canadians. Here’s a priceless one about our beloved Minister of Foreign Affairs: I went to uni with Baird; we were both at Queen’s. He was a scumball
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Great line of the day
Matt Tabbi on the Republican Presidential Race –Conservative Chickens Come Home to Roost: This current race for the presidential nomination has therefore devolved into a kind of Freudian Agatha Christie story, in which the disturbed and highly paranoid voter base by turns tests the orthodoxy of each candidate, trying to
Continue readingHarper: "I’m not a crook"
Robogate: Harper denies, denies, but the stain is spreading further in this banana monarchy of ours. 18 27 34 ridings now appear to have been affected by fraudulent electoral practices.* I’ve gone over the ridings identified so far with the help of the invaluable Pundits’ Guide. Co-blogger Alison has been
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: He’s Making A List…
The dude/dudette from Sixth Estate has the best riding by riding deets on the Robocon scandal here. Who reported it, who won the riding and by how many votes. And someone in the comments notes this incident from 2008, which suggests that the CPoC has been pulling this stuff for
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Multi-talented Nova Scotia writer wins ‘neo-liberal’ contest!
And the winner of my media challenge contest is… Joan Baxter, a journalist, an award-winning author and anthropologist who lived and worked in Africa for 21 years. I had felt for some time that journalists in the mainstream corporate media were being intimidated by corporate owners and the Harper government from
Continue readingConservative Party of Canada subverts democracy? Again.
Since the Reform party merged with the Conservatives, we have been seeing a total disregard for the election process in Canada. They became similar to the Republican party in the US in many many ways. As I have said before, they often act like a Republican franchise. Interchangable in popular
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-02-26 13:42:00
AMERICAN LABOUR CHICAGO: SECOND PLANT OCCUPATION WINS IN WINDOW FACTORY: About four years ago workers at what was then Republic Windows and Doors kept their workplace open by occupying the plant. This led to a reprieve which enabled an alternative operator to be found. At the time there was discussion
Continue readingWho calls me at 780-665-2272?
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
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