Q. What happens when a cute tortie kitty who chases her tail finally catches it? A. She learns how to waltz! And she does it all the way up the stairs and down the hall.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Harper Will Meet First Nations Next Tuesday; Plans To Bugger Off Early
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to leave by lunch time during next Tuesday’s meeting with hundreds of First Nations leaders in Ottawa, according to chiefs in Ontario and British Columbia. I’d kind of forgotten APTN was out there after they broke the Bruce Carson story. Bad on me. They
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Harper Tories still suppressing critical firearms reports
Two months ago, we wrote about the Harper Tory government’s penchant for suppressing RCMP reports on the life saving long gun registry. At the time, the House of Commons Public Safety committee was studying the most recent long gun registry repeal bill and another favourable report would have again undermined
Continue readingCanada II: Tory Malfeasance Review
I haven’t spent all that much time collecting links but already this is starting to get impressive. Here’s a short trip down memory lane: Tory Malfeasance Articles Friends… The Harper Government, Ethical Oil…, Desmogblog, 2012-01-20 Lunch with the RCMP? Speak to the Minister, Globe and Mail, 2012-01-19 Deputy Director of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians Shaping Campaigns: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hey pro-Internet community, Here’s Lindsey with your update: read more
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Early Review from a University Student
Tammy at For the Love of Reading has posted an early fabulous review of Web of Angels. I’m so excited–more so because she’s a student in Alberta who has taken the time to share her enthusiasm. Thanks Tammy! Filed under: Literary Tagged: reviews
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Citizens United Protesters Rename Supreme Court the "U.S. Supreme Koch"
Supreme Koch 1.jpg Protesters marked the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling by unfurling a banner reading “U.S. Supreme Koch” in front of the court house steps. The action is part of a week-long effort to raise awareness of the unjust power that the Citizens United decision
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Theresa Lubowitz: 10 Lessons from the 2012 Liberal Biennial in Ottawa
I attended the recent Liberal Party of Canada Biennial Convention in Ottawa (as a delegate and a member of a campaign) and came away with a few lessons learned. You can run an honourable campaign and still win. Paul Wells is right. The team having the most fun has the
Continue readingThe Enlightened Savage: JoeyO on… Engaging With The Public
(as posted at JoeyO.ca) I’ve wanted to be a Member of the Legislative Assembly since I was 17 years old. The problem was always that, even as a 17 year-old, I self-identified as a small-c conservative (or, what I understood that to mean). I believed then, as I do now,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
Last night’s Toronto leadership forum has received plenty of attention, including media coverage as well as personal takes from Ian Welsh and Progressive Proselytizing. Subject to the below my own take on the candidates didn’t change much from what I saw in December’s debate, but a few points do seem
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: CBC conflict of interest complaints upheld
The CBC Ombudsman has agreed with me and others who raised the issue of Stephen Smart’s conflict of interest. Now, we await the corporation’s resolution of this matter. You can read the entire Ombudsman report here but the important section is this: “…Whether a real or perceived conflict of interest,
Continue readingAntonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas: any excuse to kill
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and his ever-reliable buddy Clarence Thomas have a peculiar fascination with the death penalty. They like it. In fact, they like it so much they have actually urged that it be carried out on innocent defendants. Their most recent attempt to kill somebody was
Continue readingStaffroom Confidential: Alberta teachers in negotiations
Details were leaked this week from the talks between the Alberta Teachers’ Association and the Alberta government. Alberta teachers are currently the highest paid outside of the north, with salaries up to $20,000 higher than BC teachers. Their previous agreement provided for automatic increases relative to the growth of average
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Down & Dirty
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned… This isn’t the first time that Newt’s embittered second wife has emerged in the media to seek revenge for being cheated on and dumped for another woman, although it will most certainly be the last and most decisively inopportune. Karma is such
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: NEB serves industry, not the public
I’ve long been aware of the National Energy Board but never paid much attention to it. However, for my article Regulators throwing loaded dice, I had a look at backgrounds of the people involved in the NEB. I was immediately reminded of a quote from police psychologist Mike Webster used
Continue readingTerahertz: Updates from the BC Humanists
I just thought I’d give a quick update of how things are going with the BC Humanists here in Vancouver. First, we’ve finalized the date and location of our new book club. We’ll be meeting the first Tuesday of each month at Our Town Cafe at Broadway and Kingsway in
Continue readingNot With A Bang, But A Shilling.
AllTheSellingOutThatFits TheCorpIsNoLongerOurMotherVille The CBC in BC is running its student intern program (or a sort) again. Which is laudable, I reckon. What is not so laudable, by my reckoning anyway, is the fact that is being used as a shillophantic platform for ‘Sylvan Learning Centers’. Now. Regardless whether or not
Continue readingA right-wing blogger’s take on feminism
Slithering through the right-wing blogosphere – from Vox Populi via Instapundit to Canada’s proud wingnut Canadian Cincinnatus – is this revealing but puzzling comment about feminism, using the tragedy of the Costa Concordia as an excuse for a lame joke: Those big, burly crewmen shoving aside women as they prioritized
Continue readingwmtc: ten reasons i like being a library page
I needed to get a job as a library page in order to be “in the system” at the Mississauga Library. Job openings rarely, if ever, go external. Since after I earn my degree, I want to work as a librarian in Mississauga, and I was advised by several people
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