Here’s a Solstice message from Reverend Billy, from the Church of Earthalujah, from Zuccotti Square in New York City: What did I learn this year. We are the 99%. I learned that. So we’re not divided into separate causes anymore who pass like ships in the night – we are
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TheAuldTriangles HaveManyJoinedAnglesVille We played on the ferry coming over yesterday afternoon, right after the shift change, outside, on the back deck behind the SeaWest lounge where the exclusives go to avoid the crowds and the bustle. Not to mention the hoi polloi that paid for their bon-bons. It actually turned
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Canadian Press Sucks Up to Harper as ’2011 Story of Year’
Quelle surprise: mainstream media excited about Harper’s majority win and declare it to be ‘story of the year’.
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Garneau Takes One Step Forward for Liberalkind….
(Sorry for my lack of posting, but I’m currently on vacation in the south.) Marc Garneau, MP for Westmount-Ville-Marie since 2008 and the first Canadian in space, has admitted that he is seriously considering a run for the top job of the current pile that makes up the Liberal brand.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – December 26, 2011
Anybody expecting the holidays to make for a quiet spell in the NDP’s leadership race was in for a surprise, as the last week has seen the first candidate departure along with a boost in the number of pundits’ rankings and candidate profiles. But will the result be much change
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Some good reasons for supporting Brian Topp
If he really introduced proportional representation, then he would be a revolutionary prime minister, and go down in history as one of the great ones: Make no mistake: with Brian Topp at the helm, a vote for the New Democratic Party in 2015 will be a vote for change. The
Continue readingFar-right wackjobs: they’re not just tedious – they’re a genuine threat | via AlterNet | #uspoli
December 25, 2011 | Photo Credit: Agence-France Presse {AFP] LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. The paranoia infecting a broad swath of the American right-wing can be comical at times — think about Orly
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Boxing Day reading – with plenty of interesting news below the headlines. – Naturally the Globe and Mail’s headline focuses on a modest dip (to a 14-point lead) in Quebec rather than the NDP’s strong national performance. But the more noteworthy development in the latest Nanos
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: This One is for James Morton, Happy New Year James.
I watched it, had to post it. Enjoy, James
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: 2011 in Quotes
“Well, I’m an absolute fan of lacy lingerie. I want to make that perfectly clear.”–Michael Ignatieff “I mean we have the ridiculous thing of a government saying how much confidence they have in Bev Oda and she sits there like she’s in some kind of a witness protection program.”–Bob Rae
Continue readingPaper Dynamite Online: Final Amendments To LPC Constitution Are Out
They’re available here.These are the amendments for a new leadership selection process:Electing a Leader using a system of staggered regional voting daysBackground: In order to raise the interest of the public and build momentum while selecting a Leader, the Party would use a modified version of the current Leadership Vote
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Reality NB’s 2011 Christmas Wish for Autism’s Vast Majority
Conor Doherty, one of Autism’s Vast Majority of Invisible Autistics, brings joy to Mom and Dad in the Christmas season and throughout the Year. My 2011 Christmas wish is that Autism’s vast majority, the 70-80% with autistic disorder and intellectual disabilities, will lose their status as autism’s invisible autistics. It
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Best Political Blog – Final Round of Voting is On!
Okay gang, that was just the preliminary round. Now we are in the finals, along with Fighting Newfoundlander, Gritchick, Impolitical and Dawg’s Blog. Some of you may have skipped voting last time. Maybe you got confused by Bong Papers and thought you were in the legalised marijuana blog category. Nope.
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Unleashing The Ugly
Conservatism, like Dr. Jekyll, has undergone an ugly transformation. Those who claim that mantle these days say they stand for liberty. However, they have long forgotten Edmund Burke’s caveat:: “But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: TED Talks: There are no mistakes on the Bandstand
One way of understanding Jazz. Filed under: Music Tagged: Jazz, Music, No Mistakes, TED Talks
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Bob Rae If Necessary, But Not Necessarily Bob Rae
For example, this guy might work. Everyone loves an astronaut.
Continue readingJust another day on the religious war front
Woke up the day after Christmas to read to following headlines: National Review: “Silent Night”, Mark Steyn on the ‘War on Christians’. Associated Press: “Nun’s remains miraculously healed New York woman, Vatican says”. Reuters: “Islamists kill dozens in Nigeria Christmas bombs”. Atlas Shrugs: “EGYPT’S MAIN PRO-SHARIA ISLAMIC SUPREMACIST PARTIES
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Journalism, Real And Fake
Still another day’s worth of eating and over-consuming left to get through, so don’t expect anything too coherent until that’s all been accomplished. Until then, here’s a piece on how U.S. think-tanks are setting up fake news services to feed depleted news rooms with content pushing Libertarian policies. A step beyond
Continue readingA vice-regal Christmas visit
After his trip to the funeral of Vaclav Havel in Prague, the Governor General went to Kabul to visit the troops for Christmas. Also there was Liberal interim leader Bob Rae. Here is a bit more from the Governor General’s chat with the Globe and Mail. Stephen Harper’s year-end chat with CTV airs tonight. Apparently
Continue readingThe True Meaning Of…
AllHisRustinessWasOnce OursVille A really big, grand orange Christmas. That is all. And to all a good post-belly-full-of-foul, not to mention less than than two months until pitchers and catchers night. .
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