It just gets more and more ludicrous on a daily fucking basis here in Harperland. Now the Harpercons want Canadians to boycott bananas from Chiquita, because that company has said they don’t like dirty oil, and would prefer to source their fuel from other sources…. The Harpercons partners in environmental
Continue readingknitnut.net: Let’s try this again
Over the past few days, in the midst of all the craziness, we’ve received some warm and friendly emails from several different dog rescues, inviting us to take a look at their dogs. This here is Dexter. Isn’t he wonderful? Not only is he absolutely adorable, but he’s affectionate and
Continue reading@GeorgeMonbiot on the subversion of ‘freedom’ | #winningbackthewords
Modern libertarianism is the disguise adopted by those who wish to exploit without restraint. It pretends that only the state intrudes on our liberties. It ignores the role of banks, corporations and the rich in making us less free. It denies the need for the state to curb them in
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: What does it take to be president? Alexandra Mendes knows
To me, an important part of the job of President of the Party is to know what the job is and isn’t. It’s an organizational role, one that requires communications and the ability to build bridges to get the job done. What it is not is a spokesperson position. The
Continue readingHow Wired missed the real Assange/Manning story
A couple of days ago, Bradley Manning celebrated his birthday behind bars for the second year in a row. He’s still awaiting trial, with no word on when it will begin. But the outcome of the trial looks to be a foregone conclusion already. Wired, which also broke the story
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: #ethicalbananaphone
It must be hard to be Don Cherry these days. It’s not just that Cherry became the foil to the Conservative mob’s campaign to find out how much Peter Mansbridge makes. Or that Cherry felt obliged to decline an honourary degree from Royal Military College following one open letter from
Continue readingNever Mind The Year End Round-Up Bollocks…
WhosePremierhipIsItAnyway DamageControlVille ….Here Comes The PAB-Bots New Leader Just in time for Christmas. Rob Shaw in the V T-C has the story: ….Athana Mentzelopoulos, (Christy) Clark’s deputy minister in charge of corporate priorities, is now the deputy minister in charge of Government Communications and Public Engagement. She replaces Neil Sweeney,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Media Advisory: Bell backs off on throttling, caves to Internet openness supporters; OpenMedia.ca available for comment
openmedia_logo.jpg WHAT: Bell, Canada’s largest Internet provider, has decided to pull back some of the discriminatory restrictions it has been imposing on the Internet for the last several years, namely the slowing (throttling) of online content. Over the last few years, many Canadian ISPs have attempted to justify Internet openness
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Next Question: Who Will Go Without Healthcare?
The range of off-the-cuff commentary on the new health “deal” from the professional media is predictably pathetic. There’s the usual variety of pro-government shills nodding sagely and agreeing that Canadian healthcare is expensive and unsustainable, even though as far as First World countries go we’re solidly middle-of-the-road, and spend only
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanza and a Happy New Year!
If you think this December is like any other, a time where people shop for gifts and go mad with holiday craziness, then you are sadly mistaken. No, this December is actually very important and this coming New Year will be a significant mark in our history. Why you may
Continue readingImpolitical: Cooperative federalism in action
As exercised by one of our intrepid cabinet ministers: Mr. Duncan described the provinces as being blindsided by Mr. Flaherty behind closed doors. “He put the document in front of us and said, ‘This is the way it’s going to be,’” the Ontario Finance Minister said. “We all kind of
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading. – Dan Leger worries about the consequences of the Cons’ faith-based government: Despite the big majority and many years left in its mandate, the government seems to operate in a constant state of fear and insecurity. How else to explain the attempts to closet
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Conservative Health Transfers
During the federal election, I noted in a Toronto Star op-ed that the federal Conservative platform entails significant fiscal costs for provincial governments. I accepted the Conservatives’ promise to continue the 6% escalator for the Canada Health Transfer, but worried that they might cut other transfers of similar value. Today,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Together we can!
It’s truly remarkable what we can achieve when we work together. This year, we’ve proven that the government will listen to Canadians when we approach them with a clear and concise message. Last year, the CRTC decided to allow Big Telecom giants to force their small competitors to adopt usage-based
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Harper Regime Budget Cuts Should Begin at Home
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been spending my few free moments putting together a master list of the Conservative Party’s political appointees. This is separate from my Patronage List project, which tracks the number of Conservative insiders and donors given patronage appointments in supposedly apolitical government positions, on boards,
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Ex-Dear Leader Hysteria
I tweeted this earlier in the day, but the scenes just keep replaying though my head with annoying frequency for some disturbing reason. In one respect, it’s difficult not to simply scoff at the ridiculous demonstrations of hysterical “grief” over the death of the demented little totalitarian freak that was
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Religious Fanatic Attacks Poster of Virgin Mary
Well I suppose it was too real to be tolerated. A poster of the Virgin Mary receiving a pregnancy test. So a religious fanatic attacked it with a pair of scissors. “This is Satanic, this is the ultimate Satanic attack, when Lucifer attacks his worst enemy, the Blessed Virgin. “This
Continue readingImpolitical: The blogging life
This confession comes from the brilliant Mark Thoma who writes Economist’s View: A recent email prompts me to explain something. I post lots of excerpts from articles about economics, but one thing you can’t read at this site is the stuff I write for other outlets, instead I mostly link
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: White Christmas in the South March Highlands
At Least a White Pre-Christmas Video by Ray Vermette (Ottawa Mountain Bike Association) Source: OMBA – White Mountain Bike Christmas
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