Miss Vicky was chided today by a member of the Faithful Legion for the light blogging of late. It is indeed time to get more political – city budget approaches, we’re heading in to the last push in the provincial election and our MP is contemplating a…
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Ontario NDP Platform: The Full Monty
Today, the Ontario NDP presented its comprehensive platform costing, including all policies announced during the election campaign. A popular theme among commentators has been that platform costings are unrealistic given the deteriorating economic outlook. As Andrea Horwath noted, her platform includes significant contingency funds. It is also cautiously built on the fiscal framework set out […]
Continue readingcmkl: Busy week up ahead
I have two days to prepare both the documentation on and the actual product I’m meant to be delivering training on. In french. In Montréal. I’m quite nervous. But I figure if I can get through that, I can get through the rest of the week and maybe -…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Thomas Mulcair and the NDP
As I’ve said before I don’t really want to discuss the NDP leadership race until all the candidates have declared, and I’ve heard what they have to say.But since Brian Topp seems to be leaving the impression that The Force is with him because he’s smar…
Continue readingMind of Dan: Where is the podcast?
I haven’t released a podcast in a long time and you, my loyal fans, deserve an explanation. And while I have a good explanation, I can’t really tell you about it. All I can say is that I have not been idle this past while, I am working on something
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Sexy Indian Princess Plus Costume
Four years ago, I was writing about HalloweenMart’s Sexy Indian Squaw costume. They’re back at it again this year with another take on being a sexy Indian for Halloween. Is it racist? Is it sexist? Is it offensive on any other level? If you would like to share your opinion of this costume with HalloweenMart, […]
Continue readingLetter to the UN from Hugo Chavez…
i found this open letter on the ecosocialist… Sep 21st 2011, by Hugo ChavezMiraflores, September 17, 2011His Excellency, Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United NationsMr. Secretary General:Distinguished representatives of the peoples of the wor…
Continue readingJust when I’ve given up on Huffington Post
This headline.Brilliant design. Volkswagen 1960’s.
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Callow victims supported billionaires’ coup
Coup: A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; a triumph. By extension, a takeover of one group by another.
Guardian columnist George Monbiot provides his view of a coup against democracy in How the Billionaires Broke the System. The campaign, a…
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Green Party of Sask Leadership Meeting
I attended the Green Party of Saskatchewan’s leadership meeting on Sunday, at the Glencairn Community Centre. There were probably close to 50 people in attendance, with others voting by email.
More to come…
10 Reasons Why CETA is Bad for Canada
“You can basically say that almost everything in the economy is up for discussion” Peter Van Loan This video from the folks at NAURESISTANCE.org highlights some of the dangers to Canada posed by the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Michele Bachmann Envisions a World Without Food Industry Safety Standards
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Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann believes that the government needs to stay out of the business of protecting the foods we eat. At a campaign stop this…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ezra Levant On SLAPP Suits
Today’s he’s talking them; yesterday, he was launching them. And of course everyone wants to support a Canuck against the oppressive Saudis. But, based on past experience, if anyone could successfully slander a primitive tyrannical di…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Toronto’s Zareinu Educational Centre Applauds Ministry Decision Children with developmental, physical challenges will benefit
The Zareinu Educational Centre of Metropolitan Toronto is encouraged by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services' decision to issue a request for proposals (RFP) seeking partners who will look at organizations like Zareinu to develop a better un…
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: On Abdelrazik, CSIS and Transport Canada
Since posting on Friday to draw attention to Paul Koring’s latest article on Abousfian Abdelrazik, I’ve had a chance to review some of the previous reports and I noticed something that may just be a coincidence. Or it may not. Recall the main point of the story: that CSIS wanted to keep Abdelrazik in Sudan, or at least prevent him from getting back to Canada. This is from Koring’s article: Hours after Sudanese security forces hauled Mr. Abdelrazik out of his Khartoum prison cell on July 20 and drove him to a police house to await a prearranged flight leaving on July 22, CSIS’s top counterterrorist chief in Ottawa was on the phone with the head of security at Transport Canada to discuss the matter. … It’s unclear what transpired during the conversation, but soon afterward both Air Canada and Lufthansa abruptly cancelled Mr. Abdelrazik’s ticket home. Now think back about six weeks….
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Fair Taxation
Democratic Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren speaks on the topic of fair taxation:Recommend this Post
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Sunday morning cartoons
From the Giving Up Smoking group at Daily Kos, some Far Sides including two I had never seen before:
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Pentagon Back to Tried and True PR Tactic – Greenwashing
The Pentagon public relations and propaganda machine is at it again. Working overtime to convince pundits and citizens of the benevolence of its "democracy spreading" missions abroad, some notables have drank the kool-aid.
In a re…
The Common Sense Canadian home page: Shades of Green: A Weather Report – the Local and the Global
The story of three blind men describing an elephant illustrates the shortcomings of trying to understand global climate change by regarding only local weather. One man wraps his arms around a leg and decides that an elephant is like a tree. Another is …
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The Canadian Manifesto 10: The Exploitation of Religion Has Many Victims
David Kuo was a foot soldier in the Evangelical army that stormed the White House for George W. Bush. He eventually came to realize that his role was purely political, and that the Bush administration had no intention of honouring their promises.At a p…
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