When Harper was in Davos he was practically busting to tell the high priced nobs that he was going to trim Canada’s sails, especially our nation’s Old Age Security programme. That promptly backfired sending Tory MPs slithering for cover into their favourite dark places. Not to worry. Tiny Jim Flaherty,
Continue readingFlat Earthers, here’s an event you don’t want to miss. Breakfast with Rex Murphy.
You have to wonder about these big-time charitable foundations. Last week we discovered that the much-heralded Susan G. Komen Foundation was nothing but a front for rabid right wingers and Republican henchmen. Now I see the Heart & Stroke Foundation here in Vancouver is hosting abreakfast with Rex “Never Had a Heart
Continue readingImpolitical: Friday night
Something different this week, older stuff. Happened to be listening to songs on the iPod that started with the word “Don’t” for some reason, so here we go… Best campaign song ever? Maybe… Have a good night!
Continue readingOn Rob Ford and generosity of spirit | #TOpoli #Jack
Bear with me for a second. I’ve been indulging in some rather unseemly woohooing, both here and on the Tweeter, over the results of this week’s transit debate at city council. And yes, I’ve been just as guilty as the next progressive tweeter of doing an in-your-face happy dance. And
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Matthew Good Band – Symbolistic White Walls
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Didn’t you used to be NDP Foreign Affairs critic?
We’d really like to take NDP leadership candidate Paul Dewar seriously. Really, we would. It’s hard to imagine a candidate who struggles in unscripted French being a credible face for a party that has the overwhelming majority of seats in francophone Quebec. But we were prepared to overlook that. The
Continue readingcmkl: Save the ecoEnergy program
I’m a homeowner. So that puts me in a fairly privileged position, I admit. Nevertheless when the federal government came up with the notion of the ecoEngery program the environmentalist and social justice in me (which is, I’ll admit, rather a large part of me) was actually stunned at how
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Federal Government Cuts: Julian Fantino Replaced By Tape Recorder
Fantino had to relinquish his Canadian pin and gave it to the tape recorder A cassette tape recorder – technology 30 years old – has made Conservative MP Julian Fantino’s job redundant. “There’s just no point in having him around when we have a tape recorder available. The Canadian taxpayer saves
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Friday Night Flicks: The Incident at Tower 37
Powerful and moving, without being maudlin or having a Hollywood ending. What good animation looks like. Filed under: Friday Night Flicks Tagged: animation, friday night flicks, short films
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night
Good evening. I think it’s time for some tunes. Let’s start with Ray Wylie Hubbard on Wanna Rock and Roll. I believe the lead guitarist is his son and I’m still pretty sure that the Les Paul he’s playing is older than he is. This is a German guitarist named
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AMERICAN LABOUR: MORE ANTI-WORKER LEGISLATION IN ARIZONA: The following item is from the National Public Radio in the USA. ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼Arizona Lawmakers Target Public Workers’ Unionsby Ted Robbins February 9, 2012 Labor unions plan to rally in front of the Arizona State Capitol on Thursday afternoon to protest four bills quickly
Continue readingChristy Clark Unplugged…
AllTheDegreesThatDon’tExist ThePremier’sAwesomeScienceProjectVille On all the fracking to come: “…(Christy) Clark says she is completely comfortable with the science behind fracking, and its possible associated health risks, and believes Northeast B.C. has the safest shale gas industry in the world…” Oh. Good. I feel much better now. So. How long before
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Pink Shirt Day Reminder
Don’t forget: Pink Shirt Day, Canada’s anti-bullying campaign, is coming up in just a couple of weeks! If you don’t have a pink shirt to wear, you can buy one from the Pink Shirt Day website (proceeds support the Boys and Girls Club of Canada), or just do what I
Continue readingThe Enlightened Savage: Baby Steps
One of my earliest political memories is the talk around our dining room table that surrounded the Senate. Like many Albertans, my father was (and is) a strong proponent of what came to be known as the “Triple E” Senate – Equal, Elected, and Effective. The issue, pro and con, was
Continue readingToo Much Geography: As far as I can Throne ‘em…
I read in the Times Colonist today that the editorial board is rather miffed that the Premier is going to be announcing her agenda for the session via a radio address on CKNW, rather than write a Speech from the Throne. I also had the misfortune to listen to the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4199…Immigrants Rock
My view on immigration is quite simple: let them all in. All. That is why the note on Rob Snow’s Facebook, he is the afternoon drive talker on CFRA in Ottawa, is more than appalling to moi. Mr. Snow writes that “It is possible that three migrant farm workers, the
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Change Doesn’t Exist Only Once
It began on rhetoric but ended on substance; this video is like Obama’s campaign, because Americans can choose to continue it, to not just look back at what they have done but to look forward at what they will do. This year Americans can continue to make history, not end
Continue readingConservative Senator Irving Gerstein removes Liberal and only woman Vice-Chair since Confederation, 17-year member Céline Hervieux-Payette
Shocking is right. But par for the course when it comes to heavy-handed Conservatives. I love the part how Gerstein blacked out “his motion, the debates and the vote”. Transparency? Free society? Guess again. Ottawa, February 9, 2012 – Yesterday, Senator Irving Gerstein, the new Chair of the Senate Standing Committee
Continue readingTo all those who celebrate Anne-France Goldwater’s assaults on Marina Nemat and Carmen Aguirre, think again
Winners Free speech is only defensible when it is not libel, defamation or injurious to another human being. Goldwater’s attack was a baseless assault on other humans already called indefensible names and tortured enough. Goldwater deserves all the derision and scorn we can throw at her. That is real free speech. Sometimes the
Continue readingRossK nails it
…on the question of how we should be dealing with Harper and his caucus on the question of state intervention into the most private personal aspects of womens’ lives. Our CPC Government has taken to playfully allowing certain MPs to mouth off about their desire to roll back womens’ rights
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