When choosing the next NDP leader, one question that can be raised is considerations for where the NDP leader is geographically based from. How much of a difference does this make, and, if it matters, where ought that region to be? The list, found at the end of this post, shows the
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Santorum Comes From Behind!
Not a terribly big surprise that homophobic religious wingnut and trigger-happy war-mongerer Rick Santorum would emerge triumphant from last night’s lunatic fracas in Iowa. Beating out competing Christian zealots in the race to not be Mitt Romney with the power of endless shoe leather and attractive sweater vests, the man
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: They said WHAT? What is to be done about Sun Media?
Sun Media: Not your father’s unbiased journalism. Note the ad at the bottom of the page. Below: The Super Snipe. What a car! So buy one from another dealer; more irresponsible innuendo, juxtaposition in a Sun Media paper. On New Year’s Eve, without justification or evidence, Sun Media newspapers published
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta election candidate update: january 2012.
The list of candidates nominated to stand in the next provincial general election continues to grow. Nominated Alberta Election Candidates by Region (January 3, 2012) Here are some of the updates that I have recently made to the list: Banff-Cochrane: Nominated Wildrose Party candidate Trudy Heuser has stepped down as her party’s
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Foreign funding of environmentalists?
In a demonstration of ultimate irony, Ethical Oil, which shills for the international petroleum industry, complains about environmental groups receiving a tiny portion of their funding from outside Canada. Where does the so called ethical oil industry get its funding? This is reported by Reuters: January 20/11 – China’s Sinopec
Continue readingOrwell Rolls in His Grave
A documentary made a few years back, but still broadly relevant today. It’s all about how corporate lobbyists control government, and how corporate interests control media, and the dangers to democracy that result from this high degree of corporatization. The specific example here is that of the United States of
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Canadian Conservatives Defined
Professionally angry midget Kathy Shaidle attempts to explain who’s who in the hinterland of Canadian “conservatism” to Sun News host Brian Lilley: Heh. By my estimation, Shaidle just slagged off about 90% of the “Bloggin’ Tories” in one form or another as not being REAL conservatives; at least that is,
Continue readingAusterity for me but not for thee?
Today the news sites are jam packed with interesting tidbits about government spending and the disparity of wealth in this country. First out of the gate is the fact that CEO’s and CFO’s earned the median Canadian income by noon today. According to a report by economist Hugh Mackenzie, of
Continue readingPass the popcorn… GOP Reality Show
After spending a couple of weeks in the USA I still do not understand how Iowa is important, especially this year. Its a tiny State. It’s almost all white and they’re easily swayed by millions of dollars of advertising. Advertising from super pacs and the candidates. Most of the candidates
Continue readingcmkl: Mallory loses her first tooth
I know the last few days have been a string of Mallory pictures and that’s going to get a bit tedious for those readers of mine who are not Mallory’s parents. For that I apologize. So for the sake of variety I’m offering up a different perspective on Irene’s and
Continue readingThe Skinny: My NDP leadership rank-ballot poll mentioned on CTV by Alice Funke from Pundits’ Guide
I was watching CTV Power Play‘s Don Martin interview Alice Funke from Pundits’ Guide. Even though she didn’t mention my blog or blog name, she did briefly mention my rank-ballot poll for the next NDP leadership. I will state that I am not working for any candidate in real life.
Continue readingThe Hacktacularization Of Everything
There’sAHoleInYourBucket DearLizaVille Christy Clark in trouble because the big tent that Gordon Campbell yanked out of the hands of Gordon Wilson is coming apart fast, at the seams, from the inside? Not to worry. Because here comes Keith Baldrey to do a little ‘externalizing’: The federal government’s decidedly right-ward shift
Continue readingThe Skinny: My NDP leadership rank-ballot poll mentioned on CTV by Alice Funke from Pundits’ Guide
I was watching CTV Power Play’s Don Martin interview Alice Funke from Pundits’ Guide. Even though she didn’t mention my blog or blog name, she did briefly mention my rank-ballot poll for the next NDP leadership. I will state that I am not w…
Continue readingThe Skinny: My NDP leadership rank-ballot poll mentioned on CTV by Alice Funke from Pundits’ Guide
I was watching CTV Power Play‘s Don Martin interview Alice Funke from Pundits’ Guide. Even though she didn’t mention my blog or blog name, she did briefly mention my rank-ballot poll for the next NDP leadership. I will state that I am not working for any candidate in real life.
Continue readingwmtc: quebec city, day two, allan and laura, 25 years
Last night we went out in the neighbourhood of the B&B, in search of a local fast-food chain that mainly serves poutine. We found a Chez Ashton a few blocks away, a brightly lit, bare-bones place with a steady stream of locals scarfing down the smothered fries. Supposedly they also
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Cross Border Deal’s Grave Threats to Canadian Food Security
Will Canadians see higher levels of pesticide and herbicide residues on our vegetables and fruits as American standards are adopted? Will we see a proliferation of GMO crops which are dangerous to human and animal health? Will more GMO foods begin hitting our dinner plates? Will Canadians see toxic but
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: What We Didn’t Learn From The Deepwater Horizon Disaster
oil-rig.jpg Almost 20 months have passed since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. And to this day, the lessons we should have learned from that disaster remain completely ignored. In spite of an intense battle involving a moratorium
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Ecuador Appeals Court Upholds $18 Billion Verdict Against Chevron For Amazon Destruction
Chevron guilty amazon.png Great news today in the ongoing legal battle over the oil giant Chevron's destruction of the Amazon. Mike G reports on The Understory blog at Rainforest Action Network that an appeals court in Ecuador has just upheld the $18 billion decision against Chevron for its massive oil pollution
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Harper Cons and Our Hollowed Out Country
It was -17 degrees in London, Ontario, today, where a foreign company has locked out 400 Canadian workers. To try to slash their wages and benefits by more than fifty percent, and gut their pensions. And in Alma, Quebec, where another foreign company has locked out 700 Canadian workers, and
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