NCC logo.jpg It's Christmastime in Canada – when all self-satisfied ideologues take a moment to lift the finger of blame and point it at somebody else. "Credit" for outstanding performance in this regard must go to National Citizens Coalition President andf CEO Peter Coleman. In ringing defence of the former NCC
Continue readingHave The Politicalized PABsters Become The Policy?
Communications’RUs Clark’sVilleStation Rob Shaw, writing in the VT-C after talking to UVIC poli-sci guy Norman Ruff, has come up with an interesting angle on the document-dump Friday appointment of Christy Clark’s bridesmaid to head the PABsters last week: Premier Christy Clark’s decision to appoint someone from her office to oversee
Continue readingMost people don’t matter.
It’s easier to please those on the top. It’s far more beneficial to please those on the top, as they can benefit you the best. The underclass and the commoners are easier to ignore when you’re surrounded by those on the top. The Conservatives don’t care about you. Well, you being the
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: VotePrayServe violates Canada Elections Act
An Elections Canada investigation into Faytene Grasseschi and the mini-Faytenes at 4MyCanada and whoever else participated with MyCanada in putting up a federal election website has been concluded. Both Rick and I wrote about VotePrayServe in April. I looked at the Elections Act and who the website was promoting. Rick
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Very Conservative Christmas Message
Couldn’t resist this one. Thanks to Mark-Leiren-Young. Recommend this Post
Continue readingInflation
On May 24, 2005, a by-election was held in the federal riding of Labrador, after the unfortunate passing of MP Lawrence O’Brien. One interesting thing about that by-election is this little graphic found on the Elections Canada website: It is particularly interesting in light of this excerpt from a recent
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Time to get on a veggy diet?
Gotta lose some weight after packing on the pounds: too much Christmas food!
Continue readingwmtc: baseball history meets the information
The best part of James Gleick’s The Information was, for me, his history of communication and information technologies. Here’s a terrific article that applies that lens to baseball: “The History of How We Follow Baseball”, by Philip Bump, writing in The Atlantic. In 1912, the Red Sox played the New
Continue readingAnonymous publishes personal/credit card info of Florida Family Association supporters
In moves partially to avenge the Occupy movement, three separate internet postings last week from Anonymous attacked both the website of the anti-gay, Islamophobic Florida Family Association and released personal information on thousands of police officers who evicted Occupiers from all over the US. Granted this news comes from the
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Veiled Threats to Women: It’s Not Covering Your Head That’s Important, It’s What’s Inside
What do Nancy Reagan, the Virgin Mary, and the girl in the blue bra have in common? All of them have covered their heads out of respect for custom and/or religious beliefs.That’s why the photo taken earlier this week at the rally in Tahir Square in Cairo is so shocking.
Continue readingKim, Kim, Kim…
Il-sung is still served under glass, Now Jong-il’s dead— All things must pass The people weep, As they do each day Future and past One shade of grey: Anything new Under the son Now Kim the Third Is numéro Un?
Continue readingChiquita si, tar sands no
Chiquita Brands has caused a bit of a flutter on the Canadian scene by announcing it will avoid using fuel from Alberta’s tar sands. The company says it has joined 13 other companies in trying to reduce its carbon footprint. The announcement is timely. According to an industry report, the
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Politics après Jack
Jack Layton’s legacy by Murray Dobbin The outpouring of grief from across the country over the sudden and cruel death of Jack Layton continues to affect politics in this country. The NDP is up in the polls across the country — virtually tied with the Conservatives — and in Ontario
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More on Harper’s Hypocrisy
In yesterday’s post, I railed against the hypocrisy of the Harperites in their efforts to convince us to boycott Chiquita banana over their refusal to use our dirty tarsands oil for their transportation needs. In her most recent column, Linda McQuaig reminds us of the consequences of Haper’s renegade position
Continue readingwmtc: final thoughts on james gleick’s "the information"
Two weeks ago, I wrote some impressions of The Information, by James Gleick. (If you read that earlier post, do also read the comments.) I was hoping that the book would not devolve (or advance, depending on your perspective) into scientific concepts that are beyond my understanding. I was confident
Continue readingBuckdog: MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM FedEx
Security cameras caught this Christmas delivery of a computer monitor!
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Attawapiskat: could economic sanctions against Canada work?
Recently the James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, issued a statement Tuesday saying he wrote to the Harper government Canada to express my deep concern about the dire social and economic condition of the Attawapiskat First Nation, which exemplifies the conditions of many aboriginal
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Attawapiskat: could economic sanctions against Canada work?
Recently the James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, issued a statement Tuesday saying he wrote to the Harper government Canada to express my deep concern about the dire social and economic condition of the Attawapiskat First Nation, which exemplifies the conditions of many aboriginal
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Attawapiskat: could economic sanctions against Canada work?
Recently the James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, issued a statement Tuesday saying he wrote to the Harper government Canada to express my deep concern about the dire social and economic condition of the Attawapiskat First Nation, which exemplifies the conditions of many aboriginal communities in the country." More NDP MP Charlie Angus has urged that Anaya
Continue readingFedex: When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight
…but not necessarily in one piece: In the video description, Goobie55 writes “The sad part is that I was home at the time with the front door wide open. All he would have had to do was ring the bell on the gate.” After being posted on YouTube, the video
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