I won’t reproduce the post here. But see my updated Saskatchewan Election Links for all the information you’ll need for tomorrow’s provincial election.
Continue readingTerahertz: My BCHA talk: 14 Billion Years in 90 Seconds
I finally got a half-decent video of myself giving a talk. Of course the projector still failed to work with my laptop, so I went slide-less (but it still works I think). I gave this talk this morning for the BC Humanists at Oakridge Seniors Centre. The TalkOrigins article I referenced can be found here. […]
Continue readingHold the applause for Daniel Ortega
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega will undoubtedly win a third term in office next week. Despite gasps of horror on the Right, that’s nothing for any progressive to celebrate. Once upon a time Ortega was a principled socialist, a revolutionary whose…
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: What Do Banks Actually DO? Teach-In With Occupy Toronto
What do banks actually DO? Create credit out of thin air. Were Canadian banks bailed-out? Absolutely, to the tune of $200 billion. And they are still protected and subsidized more than any other sector of the economy. What must be done with these banks? Tax them, control them, and ultimately take them back. Those are […]
Continue readingcmkl: That whole gain an hour of sleep thing? Not for kids
Whoever thought of that as an upside for changing the clocks in fall did not have a young child. I carefully set the clock in our room back an hour before bed so that I could still observe the iron rule without having to explain the whole time change t…
Continue readingArt Threat: Lesbian art attack – The picks from Autostraddle’s NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday
The amazing crew at Autostraddle have compiled a slew of Lesbo art for all to peruse and politic upon, including a full-on gallery, list of installations, documentaries and more. There’s really no need to say more, you can go to our favourite feminist lesbian site if you feel inclined (or reclined). Happy lesbosexy Sunday. Image: […]
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Cain 2012: Performance Art Project?
We should have known at Pokemon! Rachel Maddow is now convinced that Herman Cain’s campaign is nothing more than an elaborate performance art project. As far as offbeat theories to rationalize the otherwise inexplicable go, this hypothesis may have some … Continue reading →
The resigned sadness of Occupy Vancouver. Ashlie Gough edition.
I walked through Occupy Vancouver late yesterday afternoon. There was a pallor over the place with television cameras smothering the usual exuberance even further.
As I was headed to happier places, I shrugged off the curious state of affairs only…
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Okay, We’ll Bite
Alright. You're fishing for a response, here ya go.Don't worry. All will make sense soon enough.More of the msn, including "The National Post", have now commented on the most recent Terry Tremaine decision. And so have our friends a…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Liberal Town Hall: we are over the time of a small group from the Centre running everything
Bob Rae is holding a remarkable town hall tonight. The callers are clearly not prescreened and the poll questions were real. Difficult and harsh questions were put to the town hall; Bob did a yeomanlike job but there was no holding back on the calls. S…
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Hearing voices
The gun lobby will tell you their fight against the gun registry is about heritage.
They’ll tell you about the first time they went hunting.
They’ll tell you about their first duck/deer/moose.
They’ll tell you about their coming of age moment, thei…
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Organized Labour and the Occupations Movement
The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) phenomenon has achieved a stature and longevity unrivalled by recent demonstrations in the United States, and has understandably struck a chord with a wide range of people dismayed by the barbaric level of inequality that i…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: The myth of democracy
Oligarchy, American Style, Paul Krugman, New York Times Op-Ed
“We have a society in which money is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few people, and in which that concentration of income and wealth threatens to make us a democracy in nam…
Continue readingATTN: Elite: Shutting down the Occupy camps will accomplish nothing
Those who feel threatened by the Occupy movement think that by forcibly clearing out the encampments that they will cut the movement off at the knees, nothing could be further from reality. The camps will eventually end organically on their own, signalling the onset of the next phase of the movement towards social justice. But no matter how they end the movement has become unstoppable.
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Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Guided Tour of OCW
Independent filmmaker Lee Stranahan saves you the trouble of actually going to Zuccotti Park with a fascinating, hour-long tour of the “Occupy Wall Street” encampment. It’s not an altogether pretty picture by any means, but it seems to be a … Continue reading →
Coffee warz. A rant.
This weeks newz is that Timmy’s is trying to muscle in on the Starbucks clientele.
Of course using a word like clientele in a sentence with Timmy’s is kinda mind blowing to start with.
Timmy’s is that same place that uses the corporate tagline, Al…
Continue reading@Cityslikr, @NickKouvalis, and the need for civility in public discourse | #TOpoli #TeamFord
Ah, nuance.
What a thing it is to contemplate. It’s so bracing. Complication. Reflection. Complexity. It’s what puts the real in real life.
My friend @cityslikr, who on his worst days is ten times more eloquent and compelling than I will eve…
Half an Hour: The Role of Open Educational Resources in Personal Learning
Presented to the Best Practices in Upgrading Online,Calgary, via Adobe Connect, March 29, 2011. Presentation slides and audio.The very first thing I want to do is to counter thedisclaimer that frightened me as this session opened, it was very loud, and…
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Shades of Green: The Drug War and Free-Market Capitalism
Ciudad Juarez, a city on Mexico’s border with the US state of Texas, is described by Ed Vulliamy as “the most murderous city in the world” (Guardian Weekly , July 1/11). The 40,000 homicides claimed so far by Mexico’s recent drug war didn’t all occur i…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Suggestions for a new Open Primary election of the next Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
Bob Rae has opened the dialogue about how we elect our party leader, with a suggestion that we consider an open primary system of electing out next leader in 2013.Bob Rae and the LPC Primary SystemTo advance the dialogue, I would like to table a few su…
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