On Saturday, we published an article speculating that Marc Lemire, or at least his wife, isn’t pleased with Paul Fromm using Lemire’s Sec. 13 fight to fundraise off of, since another poster also implied that the money raised in other cases may not have reached those for who the money
Continue readingwmtc: peace & prosperity, not war & austerity: help the canadian peace alliance fight the harper military agenda
Amid the deluge of fundraising appeals that arrive via email and paper mail this time of year, the letter from the Canadian Peace Alliance stood out for me. Under the “Canada First Defence Strategy,” Harper plans to spend $480 billion on the military, open up eight new Canadian military bases,
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Never Judge a Book by its Cover And: Everything You Ever Needed To Know About Cairo
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 – Debate 1 Wrapup
Plenty of others have already commented on the NDP’s first leadership debate. But I haven’t yet seen any that line up with my take on yesterday’s chance for candidates to introduce themselves to the country. To start with, the perceived top-tier candidates generally lived up to their billing. Thomas Mulcair
Continue readingThe Skwib: Christmas Shoes – Patton Oswalt
It seems like all the lights are up in the neighborhood, so I thought I’d post this hilarious Christmas routine by Patton Oswalt: Click here to view the embedded video. Also here on youtube. Alltop gets cranky at Christmas time too. Originally posted Dec. 2010.
Continue reading350 or bust: COP17: Politicians, Get Your Head Out Of The Sands And Lead!
Our eyes on the ground of the Durban climate conference, Ani, updates us from Day 6 of COP17. To read more, visit Ani’s blog at YouthDelegateManitoba.wordpress.com: I could spend my time writing this blog about a draft text for the Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention, which has been circulated
Continue readinggay persons of color: To Russia, from Love
To Russia, Just a quick note to let you know that it has become clear to me that I am needed there, especially in light of an ongoing crackdown on the gay and lesbian community, spearheaded by your ruling United Russia Party. Let us not forget that spending time and
Continue readingThe National Post, âpihtawikosisân, and misunderstandings
People should read âpihtawikosisân’s splendid follow-up piece, responding to the National Post’s reprinting of her original article without permission and misattributing it as well. She’s now been outed, with far more attention that she ever expected or wanted, and she’s already become the target of hate messages from the scuttling
Continue readingImpolitical: Opposition MP part of official delegation in Durban
Yep, Green Party MP Elizabeth May is an official delegate for Papua New Guinea. It’s another bizarre moment on the world stage brought to you by the Harper government. It means that in addition to the Canadian government officials who have delegate status, May will also be able to access
Continue readingTrashy's World: OH NO! GIANT SNOW…
…HOOP SNAKES HAVE INFESTED OTTAWA! I knew that this day may come… but I did not imagine that it would be so soon… perhaps post-apocalypse… but not now! Seen from the window of my building… absolute PROOF of a deadly winter hoop snake. I’ll start watching for missing person reports…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Toronto Sun Get Is Right!
Clearly, one of last week’s layoffs was their copy editor. Story.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Canadian Banks Made Millions from Illegal Secret Fed Loan
The other day I saw a video of Dennis Kucinich, an American Congressman, reviewing a scandal which I thought was years old. It was actually breaking news with important new information. Just when you thought Wall Street’s scandals couldn’t get much worse, details have come to light this week thanks
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Russia Proposes Ban On “Gay Propaganda”
The city of Saint Petersburg in Russia has introduced a bill that would impose a $100 fine for anyone found promoting “homosexual propaganda.” The fine is increased up to $1,600 for organisations. The bill defines homosexual propaganda as a “public act promoting homosexuality, bisexuality, or transgenderism to minors.” “Public act,”
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Muskrat Falls Friday Trash Dump #nlpoli
The provincial government waited until late Friday afternoon to issue a bulletin that Emera had registered the Nova Scotia interconnection with the environment department for review. That’s weird because Friday is usually when you release news you want to bury. Friday is normally a crap news day since people don’t
Continue readingA collection of platitudes does not a debate make
And that was the first NDP leadership debate – nine people up on stage, basically agreeing with one another the whole time, delivering platitudes about how great things like national housing strategies are, and being offered the chance to say how awful Stephen Harper is. Some of them took the opportunity to
Continue readingArt Threat: Pepper spray cop serenaded by Shearer – Monday Music: Ballad of the Pepper Spray Cop
Pepper Spray Cop infiltrates Georges Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Harry Shearer — yes, that Harry Shearer of Simpsons and Spinal Tap fame — has immortalized UC Davis’ infamous police officer in song. Entitled Ballad of the Pepper Spray Cop, the ditty debuted on Shearer’s
Continue readingDude, Where’s Our Climate Policy?
The Durban Climate Conference hasn’t even begun yet and already Canada is getting flack for it’s poor reputation on the environment. What do you expect though from an environment minister who didn’t even know what Ozone was up until a week ago (let’s be fair, he’s only been on the job since
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Carrier IQ and mobile carriers know what you did last week; with online spying bills so will the government
Remember that text you sent? That email you typed up? Who called you? Or what you searched on your smartphone exactly 3 months, 2 minutes, and 39 seconds ago? Chances are that Carrier IQ does, and in turn, so does your mobile service provider. Are you slightly worried about the
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Can someone report news while making news?
It is appropriate to ask if political writers can report objectively after they become paid participants in the public forum, earning appearance fees and other remuneration from businesses with interests in their coverage. In 2009, Charlie Smith at The Georgia Straight wrote this: “There are members of the press gallery
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