The still mandatory part of the 2011 census is coming out. We start with the basics: how many people are there in Canada and where do they live. The media has decided that the take away from Wednesday’s Statscan data dump is that the West i…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: "My opponent, I don’t think he’s a true Liberal to be honest. He joined the party in December."
This has to be one of the most ignorant statements I have ever heard. I’m sorry, but just after we opened up the Liberal Party to Supporters, just after we as a Party endorsed the notion that we need to open up and become an inclusive, welcoming group of individuals,
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta budget 2012: keep calm and carry on voting tory.
Alberta's 2012 pre-election budget. Judging by past performance, not rocking the boat is a difficult thing for Finance Minister Ron Liepert, who managed to table a budget yesterday that will rock Albertans to sleep before it rocks them into a riot. Reminding Albertans of just how good their forty-year government
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Uhm, So, What’s Up Stormfront?
During one of our nightly visits to Stormfront, we noticed that instead of the normal forum headings we're used to seeing, instead we found this: We thought to ourselves, "Now isn't that curious? Wonder what's up?" Given the recent news about the recent hack of neo-Nazi websites, you could imagine
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Transport Committee upholds gender marker match requirement
The Transport Committee has upheld the gender marker match requirement in the Aeronautics Act which has the potential to ban some or even most transsexual and transgender Canadians from flying. Although no one has come forward publicly to say that they’ve been denied passage since this went into force, reports
Continue readingNext Year…Throne Speech At Princess Pammy’s House!
AllTheMediaManipulationThatFitsAndFitsAndFits InsideJobbersVille With no throne speech scheduled, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark will instead make a 90-minute appearance on the Vancouver radio station where she used to work. “In place of a formal Throne Speech, the Premier will be appearing on CKNW’s Bill Good Show to outline the government’s agenda
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Great line of the day
John Cole writing about the stupidity of Catholic bishops in the States flipping out over women’s health insurance: I am so sick and tired of fighting stupid petty battles because of your damned religion. I am sick of getting bogged down in these stupid arguments. I am sick of you
Continue readingHoly war on Women.
Anyone paying attention to the Brouhaha down south right now, that has to do with contraception and the decision from the Whitehouse that all women should have access to birth control? I must admit, I really do not get the whole hoopla from the Catholics. The church has dropped a
Continue readingBroken English
In Arizona, even if you are democratically elected, you can be removed from office by the courts—for not speaking “acceptable” English. Just another weapon to use against Hispanic Americans in the land of Joe Arpaiao (this time employed, alas, by a Hispanic American political opponent). But the grammar Nazi part
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Rabbi Gunther Plaut
http://bit.ly/wS9jNC Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut was once described as the unspoken leader of Canada's Jewish community. He was considered a titan of human rights and a leader in the Reform Judaism movement. Plaut died Wednesday night at the age of 99 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Born
Continue readingMontreal Simon: It’s Time to Rise Up Against the Cons
In the last few days I’ve been urging Canadians to start showing their opposition to Stephen Harper and his Cons, by taking to the streets, like people in other western democracies do when confronting other right-wing regimes. Instead of just sitting on their asses, and whining and wailing, or pounding their
Continue readingThis is what same-sex marriage sanity sounds like
Isn’t it wonderful when human rights win out over simply toeing the party line? This is Maureen Walsh, a Republican state representative from Walla Walla, Washington, speaking out beautifully for same-sex marriage rights both as a widow with happy memories of her own marriage, and as the mother of a
Continue readingcmkl: I’m not too bothered by infill
This will lose me my shot at being editor of the Oscar, but I have to say it. I live in Old Ottawa South and I’m not too bothered by the infill and redevelopment of the housing in this neighbourhood. I read of the objections around roof lines, setbacks, the
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: The Real Opposition
Although the Liberals may have been reduced to third-party status in parliament after the last election, there’s little doubt that, largely thanks to the feisty leadership of Bob Rae, they are presently the de facto Opposition to the Harper Government®. If polled, I wonder how many people would even know
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4196…So Madonna Is All Pissy At MIA
Coz MIA flipped the bird during the Super Bowl half time show. This is, of course, the same Madonna who french kissed Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears on live TV. Oh yeah, and put out a book called Sex. So one can certainly understand how the middle finger would offend.
Continue readingScott Brison is ready to battle over the budget
I caught up with Liberal MP Scott Brison after QP yesterday to ask him about what is keeping him busy this winter. Q: What did you get up to over the break? A: Getting caught up on a lot of
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Councillors Voted To Deny Rapid Transit For Their Constituents
On Feb. 8, 2012, the majority of Toronto City Council voted to reaffirm most of the Transit City LRT plans. The vote was 25-18. Nine councillors voted no to the plan that would bring rapid transit to their wards. The Ford transit plan would only have brought rapid transit to
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-02-09 20:40:00
CANADIAN POLITICS: ONTARIO PREMIER’S SPEECH DISRUPTED: What does a politician have to endure these days ? Just for the simple act of bragging in front of one’s numerous rich friends about the devious ways that he plans to increase their (and his own) incomes by offloading hard times onto the
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: voted wildrose – got a free tv!
From the Edmonton Journal: Wildrose candidate John Oplanich is offering a big-screen television and $25,000 in University of Alberta scholarships to constituents who visit him in his Edmonton-Castle Downs campaign office. “Come in to learn how you can win a brand new 50-inch 1080p TV valued at $1,000 on election
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4195…Hitler, Hitler, Hitler
Larry Miller, the Conservative MP, not the comedian, referenced Adolph Hitler and compared the long gun registry to the Nazi’s policies for social engineering back in the day. My Kingston Whig-Standard had Liberal reaction from both future leader Justin Trudeau and current head boy Bob Rae who pointed out that
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