May you all be safe, happy and healthy during this season of celebration, giving & receiving. May 2012 bring equality, fulfillment, contentment & true democracy to us all.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Christmas Eve – In Excelsis Deo – The West Wing
Never forget what is important, what matters, what is real. We here at DWR do our best to avoid the unruly scourge of the capitalist driven christmas season. On this day we need to remember not everyone is celebrating, not everyone is sharing in good spirits, not everyone is waiting
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Some Advice This Holiday Season. Don’t Fall Victim to the Toys
As we’re dealing with all of those battery operated toys this season, I thought I’d thought I’d share a column I wrote for the Kingston Whig Standard, that was published two years ago. My own chilling experiences. It got a bit botched up in the archives with the opening at the
Continue readingMorton's Musings: NORAD tracking Santa
Santa Claus has left the North Pole for his Christmas Eve journey around the world, with his reindeer-powered sleigh loaded with gifts for boys and girls. NORAD confirmed Santa took off from the North Pole around 6 a.m. ET with Rudolph’s red nose guiding the way. Previously reported sightings of
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Canada, stop the barbaric hockey violence and play sport
Sidney Crosby’s recent layoff due to concussions speaks to the ugliness of violence in Canada’s national sport, hockey. In a recent editorial, the Canadian Medical Association Journal calls on “all doctors to support a ban on …Read More
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: T’was the week before Christmas… #nlpoli
And all the loyal SRBP readers who haven’t voted in the Best Political Blog category can still do so. Click here. When you are done there, you might sample these top 10 posts from last week as selected by the readers themselves: Federal Liberals fear SRBP Nalcor and the Muskrat
Continue readingThe Skwib: Christmas Carnage!
Time for a little blogging break. I’ll be back in the New Year, and in the meantime, I hope you all have a nice little break yourself. If you’re dying for more Skwib, perhaps you can avail yourself of the archives, or even better, why don’t you treat yourself to
Continue readingOversight demands
Further to the report from officers of parliament demanding more oversight from the House of Commons, experts in the field both agree that this proves more needs to be done, but Donald Savoie wonders if perhaps we don’t have too
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Completely Unrelated to Anti-Racism But Something We Thought We Should Share
Well, we suppose we could comment on poverty also being a form of violence, but instead, we’ll just suggest you enjoy the show. Our best to you and yours during this holiday season.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Scary Christmas Message
Oh boy. It was such a lovely evening. The setting sun glowed golden. And for the first time this winter it was cold enough to imagine it was almost Christmas in Canada. But sadly that golden glow didn’t last long. For when I went home and put on the TV,
Continue readingMind of Dan: More pics from Uganda
Back In Kampala after spending several nights in a tent in Queen Elizabeth National Park surrounded by lions, hyenas and Hippos. Here are a few pictures of the amazing wildlife we have seen. Related posts (randomly generated) Koh Adang Critics Dismiss Plan to Bring Lions, Elephants to U.S. Plains Plan
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Your seasonal anti-social-media message: Have a V**y Me**y Christmas!
Pierre Trudeau: What? Fuddle-Duddle? Below: Justin Trudeau; Pat Martin. O Sir, we quarrel in print… I blame Twitter, one of the first examples of genuinely anti-social media online, for the recent decline in the already debased state of public discourse in Canada. Leastways, Twitter certainly makes it easy to slam
Continue readingSo sorry, Breanna Manning…FREE BREANNA MANNING…
Why does the media still refer to “Bradley” Manning? The Curious Silence Around a Transgender Hero By Emily Manuel One of the most persistent threads throughout the two years of imprisonment of accused Wikileaks leaker Private Bradley Manning has been the rumour that he is in fact, she–a transgender woman.
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Court Dates For Blood & Honour Members Postponed
The hearing for Rob de Chazal and Alastair Miller has been scheduled for January 23. Shawn Macdonald's hearing will take place on January 27. Now we can't say how Miller and Macdonald will defend themselves, but it appears that part of de Chazal's defence will be that he is not
Continue readingFiscal demonization of @OccupyTO continues on CTV | #classwarfare
Like clockwork, the corporate media are swinging into action. Or perhaps like robots. Either way, the narrative is being reinforced and amplified. Just now on CTV a “news” report is pegging the cost of Occupy at something over $714,000. Police, EMS, landscaping, etc. Cue the manufactured resentment and the divide-and-conquer
Continue readingShe must have been lonely
…and wanted a visit from some of those hunky Secret Service dudes: Hours after Pennsylvania State Police arrested a 21-year-old Idaho man for allegedly firing a semi-automatic rifle at the White House, the top student official for the College Republicans at the University of Texas tweeted that the idea of
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Chicane – Daylight
Continue readingwmtc: annual i hate christmas post: top ten things i hate about christmas
It’s a wmtc tradition: my annual I Hate Christmas post. This year, it’s a continuation of what we started here. Feel free to post your list, too, of any length. Hate only, please. If you love Christmas, go off and enjoy it. 10. “Merry Christmas” 9. “It’s A Wonderful Life”
Continue readingcmkl: Off work for a bit
So today was my last day of work for this year. I’m back in early January, but I’m quite relieved to be having a bit of non-work time, however busy it might be. I know I’ve left a lot of things unfinished and I know that my contribution this year
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night
I really hope you didn’t come here expecting Christmas carols. Welcome to another Friday night. The band on this first one is billed as Blues Caravan. As far as I can figure out, Mississippi Lawnmower Blues was written by Aynsley Lister and he’s the one with the duct tape on
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