I have been steadfastly avoiding the so-called 53%, the US right-wing reaction to the Occupy movement, but two responses to their claims caught my eye.Suzy Khimm in the Washington Post takes on the hypocrisy of right-wingers flaunting their status as t…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Whither the Liberals #nlpoli
The tale is not told in the view of columnists – Stephen Maher, Chantal Hebert and Susan Delacourt – who try to link a series of different events into one explanation. The tale is told in the comment of one long-time Liberal who bumped into anot…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: John Steinbeck and the Occupy Wall Street Movement
In my days as a high school English teacher, one of my favourite books to teach was John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, the story of dispossessed farmers who, due to drought and economic factors, are forced to leave their land behind and travel to Califo…
Continue readingApril Reign: Occupy Wall Street Commercial
April Reign Reposting in the tradition of the people’s mic h/t LeDaro April Reign – In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – God Loves Atheists
Sometimes the weather works in your favour. This video by Concordance is a perfect example of just such an occasion. Perhaps the good governor will pray for atheists next time. Filed under: Religion Tagged: God Loves Atheists, Rain, Rick Perry, The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: The Samara Report – The Outsiders Manifesto
Samara is anindependent charitable organization, founded in 2008 to study citizenengagement with Canadian democracy. Their work focuses on threeareas: political leadership; the participation of citizens in publiclife; and public affairs journalism. The…
Continue readingPaper Dynamite Online: A Closer Look At The NDP Bill To Guarantee Quebec 24% Of Seats In The House
On October 3rd, New Democrat mp Jean Rousseau introduced Bill C-312, the Democratic Representation Act. The bill seeks to guarantee the Province of Quebec a percentage of the seats in the House of Commons in perpetuity. The bill reads, in part:The prop…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Greens Launch Healthcare Platform Planks
A portion of the Green Party of Saskatchewan’s healthcare proposals are available on CBC.
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Quebec to be Represented in Parliament?
Representation by Population Brown’s idea way back to even before confederation. In Canada we are not quite there at total representation. In Canada some Provinces are massively over represented while others aren’t. Harper is going to give 30 new …
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Globe vs. Geller?
From Media Culpa:It’s a sad day when Atlas Shrugs looks like better journalism than the Globe and Mail. Indeed. Interesting too is that this article appears to mark climate-change denier and all round corporate shill Lawrence Solomon’s ret…
Continue readingPeter MacKay outed by caucus aide
OTTAWA- Defense Minister Peter MacKay was today outed by a Conservative staffer. The party insider told reporters that MacKay has long been a “man trapped inside the body of a lesbian”. His constituency office issued a brief statement, saying only that…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Robert Reich readings
Robert Reich is an American political economist, professor, author, and political commentator. He served in the administrations of Presidents Ford, Carter and Clinton.
Reich is currently Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of…
Continue readingSHRIEEEK!
Look out!! He’s got a… …HAMMER!!!: Two men were apprehended by security officers around 4 p.m. at Commerce Court near King and Bay streets. One of them allegedly had a hammer concealed on him, said Const. Tony Vella with the Toronto Police. Vella said it is not clear if the two men were part of […]
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Occupy Edmonton: Up to 1,000 protest corporate greed and income inequality in Edmonton
The Edmonton Journal estimated that “up to 1,000” people marched through the city’s chilly streets yesterday afternoon to join the rest of the world in protest against corporate thievery and outrageous income inequality. Here are a few shots from…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy the World: The Uprising Has Begun
I missed the march to the park. But when I saw the pictures on TV at work, and I saw how the Occupy movement is spreading.I knew that I was right when I said the other day that this is a movement that could change the world, and save it from destructio…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4093…Earl McRae Dead
Last night he died. With his boots on in The Ottawa Sun newsroom.I used to read his column all the time.Dude was a megastar in our town, especially in the north west end.Hopefully Elvis will make his way in from Tweed to pay homage.WFDS
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: Occupy Vancouver, Oct. 15 (includes podcast)
I went to the Vancouver Art Gallery, listened to some speechmaking, saw a number of people I hadn’t seen in over a year, and walked up Hornby Street and down Howe Street twice. There were about 5,000 people there. As I headed for the Skytrain to go hom…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: 6,800 Ottawa patients may have been exposed to hepatitis or HIV
Odd story here – sounds, perhaps, more serious than it is:
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OTTAWA — Public health officials in Ottawa will send out 6,800 registered letters Monday warning former patients of a "non-hospital" clinic that there's …
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: Occupy Vancouver, Oct. 15 (includes podcast)
I went to the Vancouver Art Gallery, listened to some speechmaking, saw a number of people I hadn’t seen in over a year, and walked up Hornby Street and down Howe Street twice. There were about 5,000 people there. As I headed for the Skytrain to go home, I saw
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Sask Party Deficit Math
The Saskatchewan NDP is proposing to collect higher potash royalties and save a portion of the proceeds in a new Bright Futures Fund. The NDP has also expressed its willingness to negotiate with First Nations about the possibility of resource revenue sharing. The right-wing Saskatchewan Party strangely claims that the NDP’s plan “would plunge the province […]
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