I don’t think its just me. To date we’ve heard rumours of Marlene Jennings possibly running for Legault’s party in the next provincial election, and someone named Dominique Anglade – who according to the G & M has “spoken” at Liberal conferences before – will be named caquiste president soon.
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta election candidate update – january 2012.
As an election approaches, Alberta’s political parties are busy nominating candidates across the province. Listed below are some of the most recent updates made the list of nominated candidates, including recent Progressive Conservative nominees in Calgary-Fish Creek, Calgary-McCall, Calgary-West, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, and Sherwood Park. Nominated Alberta Election candidates by
Continue readingTrashy's World: 恭喜發財
Or 新年快樂. I found a couple of different translations. Gong Xi Fa Ca! Gong Hei Fat Choy! Anyhow, Happy Lunar New Year to all my colleagues in the Middle Kingdom! (assuming that I haven’t been flagged by the Great Firewall) and all of my Chinese, Thai (สวัสดีปีใหม่) and Vietnamese (chúc
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Bob Mackin poses a good question
B.C. Place’s field of fire, 2010 Gold Rush, NEWS AND VIEWS ON VANCOUVER 2010 (AND BEYOND) FROM BOB MACKIN. “What is the final cost of the stadium for taxpayers? How much is it over the $563 million figure that PavCo has mysteriously stopped quoting? Will it require the auditor general
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: An Examination of Marc Lemire IX: Are We Done With This Finally?
We had decided to continue our examination of Marc Lemire's links to the Heritage Front not long after we viewed his August interview on Ezra Levant's "Sun News" program (we didn't see the show itself when it originally aired, but watched it online later). When interviewed by Levant, Lemire made
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Lessons from Full Tilt Poker and MegaUpload
Many of us – and that number was shown to be in the tens of millions – who believe that the Internet ought to be a fundamentally free and private place felt something of a sense of shared solidarity at the mass Internet protest that resulted in Congressional and Senate leaders pulling
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: No foreign interests allowed
H/T Creekside Enbridge’s pipeline of distortions, by Harsha Walia, a Vancouver-based activist and writer trained in law, Vancouver Sun, January 2012. “…Delightful commentaries over the past few days have taken Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Natural Resource Minister Joe Oliver to task for their desperate theories about radical foreign environmentalists
Continue readingArt Threat: Postcolonial politics threatens integrity of Documenta 13 art exhibition – Indigenous group protests artists’ use of sacred meteorite
It is a tale of postcolonial politics, cyber-archeology and art. Two Argentinian artists are being challenged by a growing international campaign to stop their plan to ship a 37 ton meteorite from Argentina to Kassels, Germany for the Documenta 13 art exhibition. The meteorite, known as El Chaco (pictured above
Continue readingRusty Idols: He’s back……
Wow, two months. A longer time without blogging then I’ve had since I started Rusty Idols lo those many years ago. What can I say? Sometimes real life takes precedence. So while I’ve been gone Huffington Post Canada has continued to be an embarrassment and a disappointment. Famously progressive in
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: American Petroleum Institute’s Jack Gerard Fact Checked By Activists During Speech
Vote 4 Oil.png Guest post by Connor Gibson, cross-posted from Polluterwatch. Two days ago, President Obama denied the permit for the destructive Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, much to the dismay of Big Oil's top lobbyist and propagandist. Speaking at the National Press Club to an audience dominated by oil, coal and nuclear representatives and
Continue readingA voice from Riverbend: Floor-crossing heart-switching mind-changers
John L. is my best friendAnd I believe with all my heartIn this man’s vision for our land.I’m thrilled to be a partOf positive change.John L., you know, is dead.I must confess: at heartMy views are not the ones he hadAnd I’m no more a partOf positive change.
Continue readingA voice from Riverbend: Floor-crossing heart-switching mind-changers
John L. is my best friendAnd I believe with all my heartIn this man’s vision for our land.I’m thrilled to be a partOf positive change.John L., you know, is dead.I must confess: at heartMy views are not the ones he hadAnd I’m no more a partOf positive change.
Continue readingA voice from Riverbend: Floor-crossing heart-switching mind-changers
John L. is my best friendAnd I believe with all my heartIn this man’s vision for our land.I’m thrilled to be a partOf positive change.John L., you know, is dead.I must confess: at heartMy views are not the ones he hadAnd I’m no more a partOf positive c…
Continue readingMusic for a Sunday: Die a little death again
“Let it all out/Breathe it all in/I’m so far out/I’m IN!”
Continue readingThe Skwib: This is a scream
He survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan. He’s tough. He’s a marine. But Adam was not prepared for the lying ways of the carnies operating the Giant Slingshot. Alltop screams like a little girl too! Video via Reddit
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Carney Drops a Bombshell
Kudos to Bank of Canada governor, Mark Carney, for coming right out and warning that the crippled U.S. economy is unlikely to ever fully recover. “It’s going to take a number of years before they get back to the U.S. that we used to know — in fact, they are
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Can Someone Explain This to Me?
At the heart of much of the opposition to the Athabasca Tar Sands is that it exports dangerous contaminants that put entire ecosystems at risk. We export a semi-refined product bearing significant quantities of abrasives, corrosives, heavy metals and other toxins. We export this product to places where it is
Continue readingMorton's Musings: What’s my goal and what’s the most efficient way to achieve it?
Frustration, hurt feelings, vindictiveness, elation, pride … they're all irrelevant: Jeffery Deaver
Continue readingHow Newt Gingrich won South Carolina
The media and the blogosphere are full of speculation the last two days about how a philanderer and ethics violator like Newt Gingrich could win South Carolina and win it big. It’s pretty simple, actually. Marianne Gingrich (and Drudge and ABCNews) provided Gingrich with all he ammo he needed to blast
Continue readingImpolitical: Inspirational
Wow, what can you say about Giffords’ spirit and recovery. She is truly inspirational.
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