So it seems Bill Blair isn’t getting with Team Ford’s austerity program.Instead of being a good boy and implementing the 10-per-cent reduction the mayor’s team is demanding of city managers, he’s looking for a budgetary increase. Not a lot, mind, but t…
Continue readingkirbycairo: The Politics of Hate and Anger. . . . .
I don’t know if I am just getting old and being nostalgic about the past but it seems to me that politics is certainly gotten nasty over the years. Perhaps it is thanks to men like Karl Rove whose political style has gotten so popular with political pa…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Do debates matter? Part Deux #nlvotes #nlpoli
Last week ended with a wonderful bit of insight into where televised political debates figure into an election campaign. Before you go any farther into this post just stop for a second and think of all the media chatter last week about the debate, wha…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Will Canadians Finally Rise Up Against the Evils of Neoconservatism?
I mentioned the musician Tom Morello, who had appeared on Bill Maher recently, discussing social issues. I was so impressed with his genuine concern for societal imbalance and dedication to several causes.Morello spoke of the “occupation of Wa…
Continue readingwmtc: saturday october 15: occupy together!
A few views of the mass arrests in New York City this weekend. Even the official versions are great.In the US, the Occupy Wall Street movement – now Occupy Together has sprouted in more than 100 locations. A list of current or planned occupations can b…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Letter to Supporters: Did we change the online spying plan?
Under the intense pressure of our viral videos and the 70,000-strong Stop Online Spying campaign, the government pulled its invasive online spying bills from its omnibus crime package. If you signed the petition to Stop Online Spying, watched the vide…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: "The best choice for Ontario’s challenges"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/dalton-mcguintys-liberals-the-best-choice-for-ontarios-challenges/article2188213/That’s what The Globe & Mail says Dalton McGuinty’s Ontario Liberal team is in this election. With the global e…
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for October 3, 2011
Here are today’s leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:
Michael Jackson manslaughter trial enters 2nd week -http://goo.gl/DiFIl
Lawyers slam feds’ most-wanted list – http://goo.gl/ueXFl
Strip-searched Iowa students win $100,0…
Dead Wild Roses: Another Gender Wage Comparison – Because People Don’t Like Facts.
More than anything, this is just a post as to have another handy reference when it comes to arguing with MRA’s and other assorted people about ‘equality’ and ‘parity’ in the work environment. A big thanks to Sociological Images for compiling the information in the post titled “Explaining Gender Inequalities in Salary Expectations”. The following […]
Letter to federal MP Matthew Kellway (Beaches-East York).
Dear Mr. Kellway,I am writing to you as resident of Beaches-East York to express my concerns regarding the government’s Bill C-32, An Act to Amend the Copyright Act. While this Bill does make for some reasonable reforms, it contains two serious flaws.F…
Continue reading350 or bust: Mercer And Holmes On Solar Panels
Just in time for the Ontario election, where Tory leader Tim Hudak is promising to kill the innovative Green Energy Act if elected, here’s Rick Mercer and Mike Holmes, two Canadian icons,in a great clip from last week’s Mercer Report: For…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Taxpayers lining up to sign petition and opt-out of the CBC
President and CEO of the National Citizens Coalition says if the federal government is serious about the promises they made during the most recent election it is time they put the CBC on the chopping block.
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Libs reject Coalition
The Ontario Election iscoming down to the wire and it is increasing looking like a minoritygovernment with an almost equal split between two if not threepartys. The headlines say “ TheOntario election remains a three-horse race four weeks into thecam…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Ekos – OLP – 37.8, PCPO 30.6, ONDP 22.7
Ah, good ol’ Ekos – just when you needed a new spin thrown your way.The Liberal lead over the Progressive Conservatives appears to be solidifying as the parties approach the Oct. 6 election, according to an EKOS Research poll released to iPolitics Mond…
Continue readingwmtc: chris hedges: we are what we loathe
Although the big 9/11 anniversary was weeks ago, Chris Hedges’ observations are relevant every day. This is a truly excellent piece. This excerpt is not the lede. The beginning of this essay may be triggering for some, as Hedges was at the World Trade …
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Inequalistan
Chris Hayes dismantles the Republicans’ favourite new talking point that “the top 10 percent of ‘wage earners’ pay 70 percent of the income taxes.” You have to hand it to the perverse genius of right-wingers sometimes, as in this case … Continue reading →
Blunt Objects: PEI Goes to the Polls
And the fate of the province’s Liberal Premier, Robert Ghiz, looks pretty certain at this point. Here’s why:Screenshot off of 308.comJust a basic average of these polls gives the PEI Liberals 55% of the vote, which is over what they got in 2007.Eric Gr…
Continue readingFar and Wide: Dueling Polls
Two polling heavyweights out today with different results, both conducted during the same time period. If you’re a Liberal, then EKOS acts as a powerful elixir, just don’t look at the Nanos which actually gives the DUD the nod. What to make of it all…
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Life-Long Liberal Will Boycott Polls
Reasons to vote #652:
«The NDP candidate has a name which is not of European origin and since the party has not communicated with me I
have no idea if it is a male or female candidate.»
http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2011/10/03/life-long-li…
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