Very sad to hear about the passing of Reg Alcock today. I met him close to a decade ago when I was new on the Hill – as westerners we tended to cross paths frequently and we became friendly. And one day, in 2002, he asked if I would help with the Paul Martin leadership […]
CalgaryGrit: Leadership Vote Totals
Three of Alberta’s political parties have now held leadership races this year, with the Wildrose Alliance having picked their leader two years ago.Below are the number of Albertans who voted in each contest:Progressive Conservatives: 59,359 on ballot o…
Continue readingIn The World According To ‘Pro-Lifers’ It’s Best To Just Let Women Die
In some cases, horrific, gory deaths at that. Yes, boys ‘n’ girls, with every fetus fetish bill Rethuglicans, with the help of some ‘friendly’ Democrats, they pass or attempt to pass in a feverish attempt to circumvent Roe v Wade, it just never seems enough for them, nor for their fetus fetish lobbyists. . . . → Read More: In The World According To ‘Pro-Lifers’ It’s Best To Just Let Women Die
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Mulcair Story trumps Topp Story in NDP Leadership Race
Mark these words: Underdog, Shoulder to Shoulder, and Winnability.They are the combination of images that most likely will propel feisty Thomas Mulcair to the leadership position of Canada’s federal NDP party.The Top Two Duke it out:Topp burst out of t…
Continue readingArt Threat: Ambiguous portrait of the well known Wiebo Ludwig – Friday Film Pick: Wiebo’s War
When we left the theatre after seeing Wiebo’s War at VIFF (The Vancouver International Film Festival) the main thing on our lips was “that man is incredibly well spoken,” followed by “that is a seriously difficult situation”. Wiebo Ludwig is a stranger to few who live in BC and Alberta. The articulate bearded man was […]
Continue readinggay persons of color: Video: Canada Gay Marriage
From Dominic Poliquin, this 60 second short puts a sweet and lovely spin on the Canadian Heritage Minutes, a popular series of short films illustrating important moments in Canadian history. On July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the wor…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Dimethoate re-evaluation reads like a riddle
Friday, October 14, 2011
Riddle me this. Riddle me that. … Health Canada is in the process of re…
Continue readingEdwin Current: Get ready for OccupyTO and Right Wing Manipulation
I saw this picture(below) being sent around with a student showing a hand written letter about how wonderful they are for having no debt in their last year of University, supporting themselves and only working for a little more than minimum wage. Many people praised the student and said they
Continue readingEdwin Current: Get ready for OccupyTO and Right Wing Manipulation
I saw this picture(below) being sent around with a student showing a hand written letter about how wonderful they are for having no debt in their last year of University, supporting themselves and only working for a little more than minimum wage. Many people praised the student and said they
Continue readingEdwin Current: Get ready for OccupyTO and Right Wing Manipulation
I saw this picture(below) being sent around with a student showing a hand written letter about how wonderful they are for having no debt in their last year of University, supporting themselves and only working for a little more than minimum wage.  …
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Pat Buchanan on… whatever this BS is
“As the faith that gave birth to the West is dying in the West, peoples of European descent from the steppes of Russia to the coast of California have begun to die out, as the Third World treks north to claim the estate. The last decade provided corro…
Continue readingA Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Taking Hope From Right-Wing Ridiculousness
I almost never spend any time reading material from the right-wing blogosphere — I can appreciate that understanding the discourse of various categories of opponents is worthwhile, and I respect those like thwap who occasionally put energy into argume…
Continue readingHere’s To The State Of The Golden Era….Verse 4
.Here’s to the Land of the People Rising…Who see the Golden Era….Now is cached with rust…Who stared down the Leader…Iron fist soon turned to dust…And who see in his Replacement a Charlatan they can’t…..Trust..
Continue readingAmerican "pro-life" legislators: keep the fetus, throw away the mother
Anyone who continues to imagine that the USA is a civilized country isn’t paying attention. Yesterday the House of Representatives, by a wide margin, voted to condemn pregnant women to death. Besides excluding abortion from medicare coverage (assuming the US…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Pop Quiz: Can You Detect The Bias In This News Report?
Hint: it’s from a Fox affiliate.Recommend this Post
Continue readingA Blog By James Curran: R.I.P Reg
More sad news in the political world. Reg Alcock was a giant in the world of Canadian Parliamentarians. It’s a great loss to all.
Continue readingEvilness: Yet more Conservative Corruption.
CBC has broken a story about local municipalities donating money to the Alberta Progressive Conservative Pary. There are several aspects of this story that are truly depressing and scary.
Continue readingGerald Caplan: welcome to Fox TV Canada
Sometimes the Globe manages to print some good stuff. Such is the case with Gerald Caplan and his darkly humorous column today on the Conservatives’ drive to own not just a portion of the media but all of it.Public money, after all, brings all the…
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