“Hey, this is some good reefer. I just saw the future. It’s just like the 30’s in Canada only worse!” Harper tells them to buzz off. He is determined to send Canada back a century, if not the middle ages. But the Harper government remains unswayed. In a statement Tuesday, a
Continue readingThe membership numbers are in
The NDP membership numbers are now final in the lead-up to the leadership vote, and they have some 128,351 paid-up memberships going into the vote. While these may be record numbers for the NDP, it should be noted that unlike any other federal party, the NDP counts includes provincial party memberships with
Continue readingDid Paul McCartney’s right-wing wife stop him smoking pot?
I found the reason Paul McCartney stopped smoking pot ‘to be a better parent’ to be a laughable excuse. He’s been smoking pot for at least 48 years, through three marriages and five children, and the family situation has never bothered his pot habits before now. Looking at his current
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Northern Gateway Alternate Route Also Going Nowhere
… because: “A spill outside of Prince Rupert would be just as damaging as it would be outside of Hartley Bay” Exactly. Meanwhile, Barbara Yaffe asks Ezra if Ethical Oil gets dough from Enbridge: I put the question to Ethical Oil creator Ezra Levant, a right leaning political activist who kindly
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Beware the Cardus Blowhards
Following hard on the heels of the Prime Minister’s ridiculous endorsement of the crank claim that a long-dead Mohawk woman holds the key to curing flesh-eating disease (but only sometimes), the Globe & Mail has printed a column by Robert Joustra of the Cardus institute, a Christian right think tank,
Continue readingGonzo Week Cont’d…Wild Hunter’s Circus Story, Vol. 1
Louisville, KentuckyThe Athaeneum Club What kind of crazed hillbilly who ran away from home not to join one, but instead to build his own circus would move heaven and earth to have his ashes shot out of a cannon after his death? Probably the same one that would say this
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Where has Vincent been?
Everywhere, that’s where this one blogger has been. Last month’s convention in Ottawa was a roaring success–with the open primary system that the Alberta Liberal championed and now the federal Liberals have chosen to adopt the next leader in 2013–that I supported and fought for on the convention floor for
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Me, Vic, and the Internet Snooping Bill
Oh boy. Sometimes it’s not easy to be a blogger in the growing darkness of Stephen Harper’s Canada. You can feel the fear in the air. My computer is humming like a toaster, and I don’t know whether it’s the sinister operatives from the PMO, or the Russian hackers. Or
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Canada Can Be Civil Or It Can Stand With Child Pornographers
The long-gun registry is endorsed by Hitler, Liberals should help Quebec separate to get rid of Harper, and Canadians are either Conservative or child pornographers. With a few recent cases of individual politicians lowering civil discourse in Canada, one could say they’re just isolated incidences, but in looking at their
Continue readingMind of Dan: The state has no business in the hard drives of the nation
Michael Geist has details Related posts (randomly generated) Business coalition speaks out against Canadian copyright reform Blame Canada for Piracy Apple to give levy back to Canadian iPod owners Putting Canadian “Piracy” in Perspective Anti-camcorder legislation will save the world: MPAA
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Has Anybody Actually Read the Surveillance Bill?
We already know that Vic Toews hasn’t. I’d said all I have to say on the subject, or so I thought, and then I came across this blatant fiction — there is no other way to describe it — from National Post columnist Chris Selley: One of the bright points
Continue readingEconomics for Dummies: The true relationship of Liberty and Capitalism
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Continue readingMind of Dan: Double standards
This excerpt of a comment by climatehawk1 gets to an important point that usually doesn’t get enough attention and deserves to be promoted: If Gleick’s reputation is “in ruins,” what about Heartland’s, inasmuch as they have engaged in very elaborate, systematic, long-running misrepresentation? Scientists are held to an impossibly high
Continue readingImpolitical: Late night
“The state has no business in the hard drives of the nation.” You go, Rick Mercer!
Continue readingChristy Clark’s BS Budget
Kevin Falcon, BC’s soon to be unemployed Finance Minister tabled his “Prudent and Responsible” Budget today. Which would be fine, if it were true, but it’s not. The reason his budget is complete and utter bullshit is his plan to privatize one of BCs few remaining moneymaking corporations, the Liquor
Continue readingMan up, Vic!
You want a piece of me? First, Vic, get a warrant: And when you’re done that, get a life: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews claims he was attacked on two internet fronts from inside the House of Commons last week and says in a letter to the House Speaker that
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4255…The Most Exciting Time To Be A Canadian
Is now!!! Because Roll-Up-The-Rim-To-Win is back!!! Don’t kid yourself politicos, this is what is important to Canadians. WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4254…The Race Card
Although we like to think that we are not racist in Our Home And Native Land, we are, egregiously racist in some respects. Just think about how we f’ck around Native people in Canada. Oh, yeah, and don’t forget the black face incident at Ottawa Fashion [Three Day] Week. The
Continue readingChronicles of a Pure Laine: I don’t want to be tolerated
I’m no one in particular, yet I sometimes unwillingly become everyone at once. I’m not a victim, yet that’s how I’m being portrayed. I’m not a public danger, yet news report how disturbing I am on a quasi weekly basis. Yes, human nature is suspicious of the unknown and is
Continue readingChronicles of a Pure Laine: I don’t want to be tolerated
I’m no one in particular, yet I sometimes unwillingly become everyone at once. I’m not a victim, yet that’s how I’m being portrayed. I’m not a public danger, yet news report how disturbing I am on a quasi weekly basis. Yes, human nature is suspiciou…
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