It’s time to appeal to BDBO readers again. Comeon, you didn’t think I’d let this go, did you?;^) Voting is open in the 2011 Canadian Blog Awards, and as some of you know, BDBO is up in the Religion and Philosophy category. The folks who put this blog appreciation fest on yearly
Continue readingWhat Gregor Roberston’s win means to the right wing: “Vancouverites are now raising sheep and growing corn in their backyards”
You know how right wingers love to predict the end of the world if a non-conservative is elected? Republican presidential contenders in the States are predicting death panels, rampant socialism if not communism (or is it fascism – the right can’t seem to make up its mind), gay parents raping
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Alberta Liberals hit by defection as implosion continues; new poll suggests NDP potential for growth
Bridget Pastoor, still a Liberal to the party’s missing webmaster. Below: Raj Sherman. No one can say the Alberta Liberals don’t have movement. The trouble is, it’s all down hill. That the slow-motion implosion of the Alberta Liberal Party is gathering speed was evident on two fronts yesterday, as one
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: End of the beginning?
With the gradual dismantling of Occupy camps in Canada, I think we are witnessing something end. But it is not over — it is evolving. As Star columnist Catherine Porter says: You can’t evict a conversation. The thousands of Canadians who focused their energy and ideas through Occupy are not
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Lessons from Kyrgyzstan
A year before the Arab Spring, Kyrgyzstan experienced a populist uprising of its own complete with violent conflict, from both the state and between ethnicities, and resulted in a change of governance. The lessons that can be drawn from the recent history in Kyrgyzstan are useful in putting some of the Arab
Continue readingWhat Gregor Roberston’s win means to the right wing: "Vancouverites are now raising sheep and growing corn in their backyards"
You know how right wingers love to predict the end of the world if a non-conservative is elected? Republican presidential contenders in the States are predicting death panels, rampant socialism if not communism (or is it fascism – the right can’t seem to make up its mind), gay parents raping
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Post-UBB Reality: Hey MPs! Canada’s Internet is Still Falling Behind
Last week was a big week for Canada in terms of fostering Internet accessibility and affordability. As we’ve previously mentioned, we’re relatively happy with the UBB decision that came down last week, preventing Big Telecom companies such as Bell and Rogers from forcing usage-based billing practices on independent ISPs. And
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics, November 22
What a show we have lined up for you this week! At 8:05, we’ll chat with some of the folks behind This Is Our Youth, a new show from Sock ‘n’ Buskins that premiers next week. We’ll even have an in-studio performance. At 8:30, we’ll hear a from Bill Blaikie,
Continue readingBuckdog: Rob Anders – Conservative MP – Caught On Camera Falling Asleep In House Of Commons
We pay this guy far too much …
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Banjos
More to the point, I love this band. And I really love this song. I think they wrote this about me. Which was very kind of them, really. It’s like the meanest thing ever written ever. But I forgive you, … Continue reading →
Continue readinggritchik: Once again, MP Rob Anders does Albertans proud
Somebody missed nap time. Here’s more on Rob – as you can tell, he’s quite the stellar MP. Also, thought the subject matter interesting given NDP MP Charlie Angus’ post about his recent trip to Attawapiskat and the horrific conditions the people there are living in. Take the time
Continue readingAnd The Harpercon Hits Just Keep On Coming! Peter Kent: Basically, If I Don’t Know What it Is, It Can’t Be Important
Well, boys ‘n’ girls, we have a science and technology minister in ol’ Gary Goodyear who is a creationist and doesn’t believe in evolution. Ok, not all that surprising, given the gang of Christian evangelicals in our government. Now, it appears that our very own environment minister, Peter Kent, is
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Cost of $ilence = highest losses in BCR history
This partially updates a 2009 Northern Insights article, Patronage applied Liberally. Silence in the BC Rail affair has been a costly purchase for the people of British Columbia as the BC Liberal Gravy Train rumbles through obscure and remote locations, boarding a few special travelers. Despite disposition of its main operating assets
Continue readingExponential Book: Google Scholar Citations
Thanks to Bee of BackReaction, I have become aware of a new feature of Google Scholar, called Google Scholar Citations. It is essentially a free alternative to Web of Science (WoS), allowing researchers to create a public profile, with a list all of their publications, including their citations. (This is
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: That was then. This is now. We liked then better.
In June 2006, Stockwell Day introduced the Harper Tory government’s first bill to repeal the long gun registry. At the time, the government emphasized how the bill would help keep guns out of the hands of “individuals who should not have them, such as convicted criminals,” and how making businesses keep
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Deeply corrosive changes
Call to end ‘corrosive’ top pay deals, Brian Groom, Business and Employment Editor, Financial Times, November 21, 2011 Excerpts: Executive pay should be radically simplified to halt spiralling awards that are “corrosive” to the economy and threaten to create the type of inequalities last seen in the Victorian era, the
Continue readingcmkl: Mallory is sleeping on her own tonight
Second night in a row. I don’t want to jinx it, but it looks as though this whole sleeping on her own thing might take. Because I have said it before.
Continue readingPeter Kent, ignorant SupposiTory hack
Q. How does one get to be Minister of the Environment without any scientific knowledge whatsoever? A. By being a faithful, appointed HarpoCon hack beforehand, and then coasting into office on that. BTW, Peter Kent hates Venezuela. So it’s no surprise that he has scant respect for anything on Earth
Continue readingBlunt Objects: The End of the Alberta Liberal Party…. Again
So, despite the election of a new leader who leads in opinion polls on the biggest issue in the province as the “most trusted” to handle the issue, the Alberta Liberals have now lost two members (of the nine they originally elected), been through two leadership elections since the last
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: You guys have a majority.. why hide behind a Private Members Bill?
That’s my only real question of this particular reversal/manoeuvre on Section 13 regarding hate speech and the Human Rights Tribunal. I’m not at all surprised they’re doing this, even if they didn’t campaign on it, nor am I surprised that they’ve reversed course on supporting it, now that they have
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