Labour has a future in Canada, but it’ll have to move swiftly and adapt before the Harpers and Fords destroy labour forever.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: From the Earth to the Moon… in a sealskin spacesuit #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Over at the Ceeb, John Furlong does his usual superb job of cutting through the bullshit. This week it’s dissecting the noise this week over what Ryan Cleary said, or what people claim he said and such. Over at the Telegram, Pam Frampton goes at the same subject with similar
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Pierre Trudeau Might Indeed Have Been a "Run-O-The-Mill" Social Democrat, Mr Black…
…but at least he managed to keep his ass outta jail. That is all.
Continue readingBack From Vacation, Back to Work
Hi all. Just a quick entry to let everyone know that I’m back home in China from my ten day vacation in Chiang Mai Thailand. Not a moment too soon either. Lots has been going on that I plan to comment on in the coming week. Parliament is coming back
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Did Forlorn Friday’s leak of Snelgrove resignation sink ‘Super Saturday’ spoiler?
Somebody blabbed! Below: Stephen Carter, Tweeting; Mr. Carter’s Tweet. All across Alberta it was “Super Saturday” yesterday and throughout the province members of the eternally ruling Progressive Conservative Party were being nominated to run in the looming general election! Oh wow! Oh, Holy Cow… Guess what’s going to be all
Continue readingWelcome To The Good Old Days
ChainChainChain ChainOfFoolsRushInVille This is a song for Santa Rosa Jon. Its about the ways things were not so long ago, the way they are now and the way they really were way back when. Most importantly, it is also a song about the way the way things just might become
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: A Chump Can Occupy Wall Street
“It’s not so good to refer to what you’re going to do as a sit-in. That right there castrates you. Right there it brings you down. What goes with it? Think of the image of someone sitting. An old woman can sit. An old man can sit. A chump can
Continue readingWith a Good Deficit You Can See Forever by Adrian Adamson
Disclaimer: I did not write this, I am merely posting this essay here for convenience sake; it’s nowhere else online, except in Google Books inside of a book. If I am breaking any laws, and someone wants me to take it down, I will comply. Onwards! On one subject everyone
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-01-28 23:46:00
ANARCHIST THEORY: DIFFERENT SORTS OF FREEDOM: My dear mother, God rest her soul, used to regale me with stories of the most stupid family in the patch of geography where she grew up. She was born near Simferopal Crimea and grew up in northwest Saskatchewan where you could go 200
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4159…Stephen Harper In One Sentence
From they.com: We have a Prime Minister (that’s French for Dear Leader under the current regime) who doesn’t give a suckling goat what the people think about his policies. Beyond brilliant. WFDS
Continue readingReview of Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen.
After reading more than half of Freedom, I went searching for reviews and criticisms, looking for something that expressed what I thought I thought. Sadly, there was no review or description that captured how I felt about this book, so I have decided to write a review myself. Here it
Continue readingWankers of the Week: The Irony and the Ugh-stasy
Crappy weekend, everyone! I suppose you wonder what His Barackness is snickering about up there. Trust me, he’s got plenty to laugh at, and most of it is listed here. So let’s get to it with no further ado, shall we? 1. Newt Fucking Gingrich. Yes, he’s the man of
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: South Africa: interracial poster generates heat
Even with apartheid gone racial sensitivities still run deep in South Africa. There is nothing like a provocative photo to trigger a reaction. A political poster put out by the student wing of the Democratic Alliance – the main opposition party – is guaranteed to push a lot of buttons.
Continue readingThe Pension Plan fiasco. Who cares? There are few jobs for someone 60, let alone 65 or 67.
I’ve been watching bemusedly – and with no little horror – the arguments waged between elite media types, celebrated authors and lowly bloggers over Stephen Harper’s hint about raising the qualification for old age pension from 65 to 67. It’s all academic, literally. What’s not being considered in these finely-wrought debates
Continue readingMiss Vicky's Offhand Remarks: Question Period: The Musical
A little-known fact about Miss Vicky: she was once a musical theatre geek. On second thought, that’s not particularly surprising, isn’t it? Now my geeky instincts have pretty much transferred to politics, but once in a while there’s an opportunity to bring those two parts of Miss Vicky together. Entre
Continue readingHow evil triumphed in Argentina and British Columbia
Riddle me this: What does this… “It wasn’t one or two cases, or one or two officers involved, but many, thus there was a pattern, a plan” to take away those babies from their biological families which they considered “non trustworthy or communists”, said Elliott Abrams former US Assistant Secretary
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Shafia deliberations continue
It's always hard to read a jury but the fact they have taken this long suggests they are giving the defence a close consideration. My guess (prediction is too strong a word) is that we will not see straight convictions on first degree — we will see second degree or
Continue readingwmtc: "capitalism, in its current form, no longer fits the world around us"
Capitalism, in its current form, no longer fits the world around us. When a high priest of Davos says this, I can’t help but wonder. Has the idea reached a tipping point? Harper may have “unveiled his grand plans to reshape Canada” – come on, Globe and Mail, he’s been
Continue readingcmkl: Fashion show
Mallory and her friend C’s grand finale from their late afternoon play date was a fashion show. Complete with runway, lighting, music and intro from Irene.
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Who is Saul Alinsky?
Nice to see Chris Matthews (and others) tackle Newt Gringrich’s puzzling obsession with Saul Alinsky. Turns out, just like so many other weird fixations of the deranged right-wing, to be a classic case of projection. Bill Maher also defused the mainstreaming of this demented right-wing talking point in his “New
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