Mr. Del Mastro has a flawed conception of who the “political masters” are in this country. Not he and his pals. We are. Telling use of terminology. (h/t friend in Peterborough)
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POLITICS/HUMOUR: WHERE THE BALLOT “COUNTS”
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HUMOUR: TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS
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…of nothing at all.
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CANADIAN POLITICS: THE REAL LAST MAN STANDING: It turns out that I was wrong about Winnipeg being the last Occupy camp in Canada. Recently the authorities have evicted a camp in Fredricton New Brunswick. This leaves one more still up and running ie Occupy Newfoundland in St. Johns. The Newfoundland
Continue readingMichelle Obama in a firestorm over new book
I wonder why Laura Bush and other Republican First Ladies have books written about them while in the White House full of admiration and respect? But Michelle Obama, three years as FL, is undergoing the indignity of a scandal-inducing portrait in ‘The Obamas’ as a raging, controlling bitch, if you
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The Conservative Movement and Homosexuality Revisited
“The hypocrite’s crime is that he bears false witness against himself. What makes it so plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vices is that integrity can indeed exist under the cover of all other vices except this one. Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Making CPR Fun (and Funny)
Vinnie Jones shows us how to do hands off CPR using a previously arranged near-corpse. From the British Heart Foundation. And yes, we sometimes hum “Stayin’ Alive” during codes. Not loudly enough to wake the dead, of course. The point about deep, fast compressions is important: go big or go
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Tips on Recruiting International Students
It’s no secret that a major priority of Canadian universities is to recruit substantial numbers of international students, who in turn pay very high tuition fees once they arrive in Canada. Recent evidence suggests that insofar as Canadian universities want to continue doing so, they should work with senior levels of government to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Hey Brazil, Women are not Incubators.
Behold, the fetus fetish. Unfortunately, the torrent of burning stupid never stops (the republican primary debates are ample evidence), not even for the new year. Brazil has just passed a piece of legislation making compulsory to register if you happen to be pregnant. How nice. Winnowing away of the rights
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: An Examination of Marc Lemire VII
This extension of the Lemire articles is in direct response to the statement made by Lemire in August (repeated in December) when asked by Ezra Levant about his involvement in the Heritage Front: Uh, the Heritage Front uh, was active back in, uh, the the 90s and I was a
Continue readingNo Mr Harper Free Trade Does Not Improve Human Rights Part 2
In August of last year while on a tour of South America, most notable for his bathroom misadventures, Harper signed a free trade agreement with the leaders of the Honduran coup. In justifying his actions Harper stated that the agreement would lead to an improved human rights atmosphere for the
Continue readingMaggie Thatcher’s private dream to be realized in Canada?
I agree with the thrust of this quite reasonable article. A privatized state funeral would be a superb tribute to the now rapidly rusting Iron Lady and everything She stood for. Closer to home, what about it, Stephen Harper? I think the author of that article may demonstrate somewhat of
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Opening Panel from the Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons
This weekend I attended Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons community gathering in Vancouver and Burnaby, sponsored by these groups and people. The basic premise is not so much that capitalism is broken, and we just need to fix it, but that neoliberal market fundamentalism is inherently broken
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: She [Faytene] is just like Michael Jordan?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Robert Grasseschi, no doubt under the mentoring of his evangelist wife Faytene, is picking up how to speak in charismatic churches. But Robert, who says he used to be an adept basketball player, rhetorically bounced his three point shot off the
Continue readinggritchik: Gritchik: 2011 in review
It’s only fitting that my first post of the new year, be a look back to the last. Being the nerd I am, I love analytics so here are the basics from 2011. Most viewed post: A very conservative Christmas message. In just under 48 hours this video was shared hundreds
Continue readingLife...A Small Spark Between Two Eternities: Peter McKay marries a human rights activist
Storified by Toronto Star 2 days ago · Peter MacKay gets hitched (where’s the helicopter? Twitter lit up with jokes after news broke that Conservative cabinet minister Peter Mackay married an Iranian-born human rights activist and former beauty queen, Nazanin Afshin-Jam. LeStudio1.com 3 days ago “ Peter MacKay has married his girlfriend
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Brian Jones writes that we’re well on our way to an only slightly-sanitized version of feudalism: According to news reports this week, the average annual income of the Top 100 CEOs is $8.4 million. That’s less than is paid to superstar puckster Sidney
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper Goes To War Again
He’s always been a nerdly chickenhawk. Posing as a Great Warrior Leader, inflating and deflating like a blimp, depending on the prevailing political winds. He’s never seen a war he didn’t like, from the one in 1812 to the one in Libya, and now Stephen Harper is frantically flapping his stubby
Continue readingGive it up, Woodworth
When you’ve lost the National Post, it’s Game Over: Anyone paying attention over the past few weeks would have spotted the most unlikely of Canadian events: a debate over abortion. […] Mr. Woodworth’s quixotic campaign — and the P.E.I. activists’ failed attempts — prove that a broad debate in Canada
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