In case you ever wondered whatever happened to WikiLeaks, it’s still making headlines in the news, from diplomatic cables that are in some cases years old. This is because there’s such a large volume of lies from our governments, that it’s going to take years to reconcile history with the truth. This morning there were […]
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: There Are Liberals in Rural Alberta: Lets Build With Them, a guest post by Zack Siezmagraff
Zack Siezmagraff, past federal candidate and long time Albertan Liberal, has written the below letter to Ralph Goodale, member of parliament for Wascana, on the issue of building a western fortress of support for Liberals. You can follow Zack on twitte…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Harper Cons and the Country I Don’t Recognize
On a beautiful early fall day like this one it’s hard to believe that bad things can happen in Canada.But when I see what the Cons are doing to our country, trying to turn us into a prison state, or leading us to financial disaster in the name of their…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: As Usual, The CBC Is Under Attack By The Right-Wing
I have written before about how I feel that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has, in many ways, sold out to the Conservative Government. Undoubtedly not having understood the sad history of appeasement, they have pursued that profitless course, tr…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tories demand CBC explain its lengthy access-to-information battle by Jennifer Ditchburn
Columnist says Conservatives are asking the CBC to explain why it is fighting the access-to-information law in the courts, part of increased scrutiny of the public broadcaster’s spending and practices by the new majority government.
Continue readingSudbury Steve May: Limits to Growth and the Coming Recession: Why Measuring Matters
“If it matters, measure it.” – Stephen Harper, speaking of the funding of maternal health projects announced on September 20, 2011, with regards to the need to implement international commitments.“If it matters, measure it.” – motto of the Fr…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC expands local news service
CBC will introduce new radio and internet services in Kitchener-Waterloo and London, Ont., and expanded weekend news programming for Edmonton, Ottawa, the Maritimes and St. John’s.
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: I think less of you!
If you are a member of Le Bon Mot Book Club, I think less of you! Instead of scratching our heads wondering what kind of avaricious, bottom feeding, social pariah pays $500 to listen to Dick Cheney — an alleged war criminal — speak… *cough* I encourage Canadians to write
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Multinationals avoid income taxes
Some believe that businesses should pay no taxes and HST serves part of that purpose. A remaining aim of business is to pay no income tax but, because ruling parties find that politically difficult, the objective is pursued surreptitiously. It is done …
Continue readingQP: Keystone XL and G8 Legacy talking points
With Keystone XL Pipeline protests
happening on the lawn, and a morning of debating the extension of the mission
to Libya, the House moved on to its usual afternoon course of business –
Question Period, and with Nycole Turmel absent, it was lef…
Things Are Good: Canada Can be Powered only by Geothermal Energy
Geothermal power is yet another proven sustainable source of energy, indeed Iceland’s geothermal production accounts for 99% of their energy production. Researchers in Canada have concluded that there is enough geothermal potential in Canada to power the country solely by geothermal power a million times over!
One of the main advantages of geothermal is that […]
Harper “ensconced” in power for next 8 years??
“Ensconced” — I love that word. But in this case… As much as I might roll my eyes at the feverish fear and loathing Harper provokes in some of the more doctrinaire corners of Left Blogistan, even I have trouble with the idea of him being ensconced — or even sconced – in power for […]
Continue readingkirbycairo: On Lawlessness. . . .
So the NDP wants the RCMP to investigate Tony Clement for his obvious influence peddling on the G20 file.And while they are wishing for that why don’t they wish for us all to live in a land where everyone is fairies and elves and it rains candy all the…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Women key to Ontario’s strengths: McGuinty
Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty said Ontario functions in large part because women balance their careers and family life.You can view this story at: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1059889–women-key-to-ontario-s-…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Keystone XL Pipe-Line Is A Side-show
Given the events on Parliament Hill this afternoon, I thought I would pitch in 2-Cents or so.To me, the best/only way to “green” the tar-sands is to sell any oil from them to our American cousins exclusively, and wait for their federal and state g…
Continue readingTrashy's World: Random question…
Why do some teenage boys wear ball caps with the stickers still on the brim?
Anyone? Is it a gang thing?
Just wondering…
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Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On civil campaigns
Needless to say, it’s a plus to see the NDP’s leadership contenders making sure to run a campaign that fit with a message of love, hope and optimism. But a word of warning: at least some commentators will be looking for any excuse to find just the oppo…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: A helpful hint
To Tony Clement and the rest of the Cons: Yes, it may be tempting to count on your own government’s refusal to provide meaningful information in response to access requests as cover for shady dealings. But the recipients of your largesse might not be a…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Pigs & Sheep
To mark today’s re-issue of Pink Floyd’s catalog (apparently following a complex legal argument over distribution rights), EMI Music reconstructed the iconic cover of the band’s 1977 “Animals”album with an inflatable pig floating over Battersea Power Station… Personally, I think … Continue reading →
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