The New York Times are at it again they are trying to predicate the result of the elections in Iowa, and right now they say that there is a 38% chance that Romney will win Iowa. Ron Paul is in second place with only a 34% chance of winning the caucus. I
Continue readingA couple of debates to ponder
It being the New Year, corporate tax rates are going down again, which is good for the bottom line of businesses, but the trend has been to hoard cash rather than invest and hire more people. So does it have an actual economic benefit? Does liquidity mean our businesses will
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: The Slow and Steady Growth of Dictatorship
A few years ago, anti-globalization activist Naomi Klein hit upon a very profitable argument about how technocratic dictatorships are born: they rush through, overnight or very close to it, a sweeping package of reforms so broad-based and so destructive to the democratic culture that the citizens are simply left to
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Harper Conservatives to use social media to woo Canadians: uh … really!
Your blogger, above centre, ponders the Harper Conservatives’ plans to make a foray into social media. Below right, your blogger before he grew his beard, with Daveberta author Dave Cournoyer. Alberta political bloggers may not be exactly as illustrated. Below them: Prime Minister Stephen Harper, when he was still young
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Office of Selective Bigotry
Praise the Dark Lord. I see that Stephen Harper has a shiny new present for his religious base. Early in 2012, the Tories will finally flesh out a campaign promise to install the Office of Religious Freedom within the secular confines of the Department of Foreign Affairs – a controversial
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: My blog: Reviewing 2011, Previewing 2012
Following in the custom of New Years, I take a look at the past year for this blog and set some goals for the coming year. Almost necessarily, this results in something of a broader look at blogging in general, webpage design, and my place in the broader blogosphere and political
Continue readingTeresa Healy's Blog: “…and every generation’s got to win it again”
I can’t remember whether we travelled by bus or in Joe’s silver diesel Rabbit. I don’t recall where we slept, ate, or how long we stayed, but my first visit to New York City left an unmistakable mark on my life. It was June 1982, and the United Nations was
Continue readingIgnore the trolls, or engage? Mudwrestling with pigs and other dilemmas for 2012 | #cdnpoli
Every now and then you want to pause and re-evaluate. Is this working? What am I trying to do here? Is this the best way to go about it? Is it producing the results I want? Now seems as good a time as any. Last night on FB, I offered
Continue readingcmkl: Mallory as polar bear
So. Birthday party one, complete. In actual fact it was more like a New Years Levée family gathering than a full-on birthday party. Inviting J, one of Mallory’s friends was a master stroke on Irene’s part though. Allowed the hosting of a dozen or so other people to go on
Continue readingArt Threat: 23 political art stories from 2011
Washed Up by Alejandro Durán The New Year is officially upon us, but we want to take one last opportunity to look in the rear view mirror. Here are 23 of our favourite stories and projects that took place in the world of political art in 2011. Do you have
Continue readingTrashy's World: Any opinions…
…on why there is an inflated plastic alligator strapped to an almond tree outside our balcony? Bajan superstition? It has been there for awhile, apparently. And no one really knows why… Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice….
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Continue reading350 or bust: 2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 51,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 19
Continue readingObama drives them so crazy, they forget themselves
Taylor Ross Huffman, or Tbone for short, I hope your visit with the Secret Service goes well (but not too well). Meet Taylor Ross Huffman. He was the Sophomore of the year for 2010 at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, Home of the Fighting “Texans.” (The ladies’ sports teams
Continue readingTrashy's World: Trashy in Barbados – part I
… or is it part II? I dunno. I’m on island time now! We arrived late Friday afternoon after being delayed by over an hour in Toronto due to the ol’ de-icing routine. Unpack. Get essentials from shop down the street. Go for obligatory first walk on the beach… no
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Before the diet begins tomorrow
As the last post indicated, it was a quiet New Year’s Eve at our house. Today is a bit different though as the family group arrives for what is becoming our holiday tradition: a meal without turkey. Dinner tonight is the ultimate anti-vegetarian meal. The centrepiece is a 14 pound rib
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Fighting the Corporate Take-Over of BC
This is the fact Premier Clark must ponder and soon: will the public of BC simply accept these destructions of our beautiful province? Will they just simply shake their heads and go quietly? In my view they won’t. Through the ages the long-suffering public takes so much and no more.
Continue readingCo2 Art: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Rio Tinto Alcan Locks Out 800 Workers in Quebec
It seems that corporate tax cuts do not go a long way to slake the thirst of profit loving foreign owned corporations. For example, the news that Rio Tinto Alcan has locked out 800 workers in Quebec. Maybe something you could get away with at some point, like 3 years
Continue readingCo2 Art: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Rio Tinto Alcan Locks Out 800 Workers in Quebec
It seems that corporate tax cuts do not go a long way to slake the thirst of profit loving foreign owned corporations. For example, the news that Rio Tinto Alcan has locked out 800 workers in Quebec. Maybe something you could get away with at some point, like 3 years
Continue readingCo2 Art: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Rio Tinto Alcan Locks Out 800 Workers in Quebec
It seems that corporate tax cuts do not go a long way to slake the thirst of profit loving foreign owned corporations.For example, the news that Rio Tinto Alcan has locked out 800 workers in Quebec. Maybe something you could get away with at some …
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