It’s been a while since I updated the Sixth Estate Pork Barrel, which I have now done. For those not familiar with the Pork Barrel, this is a list of government announcements of new funding projects to companies, cities, nonprofits, etc. It does not include development loans, “re-announcements” of existing grants, or normal government programs. […]
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.
– Andrew Jackson describes the next phase of the global economic crisis:
Now we face a new financial crisis, or at least a stock market correction of major proportions, which may precipitate a new phase of the c…
Accidental Deliberations: On distinguishing factors
Lest there be any doubt, it’s still ridiculous to pretend that any person’s past involvement in a Quebec sovereigntist party should be taken to disqualify that person from Canada’s public discourse. But for those looking to facilitate the Cons’ attacks…
Continue readinggritchik: Show us your tits. Sigh.
This is revolting on so many levels. To suggest that bikini basketball or lingerie football gives women a “chance to play” in an era when men’s sports dominates is insulting to people who have a fully intact cerebral cortex (you know, like people who go to libraries and know who Margaret Atwood is). And ladies, […]
A Blog By James Curran: Kinsella Must Have Lost His Mind….
….When he saw this… WTF!
Green Day? Green Day better than the Ramones? The Pistols? More proof that Rolling Stone Magazine has become a magazine for mainstream yuppy top 40 music lovers (The Sheepdog fans aside)
Feel free to tell us who you thin…
Continue readingKing of the Shiners: Remember London
Just a thought about London prompted by Doug Saunders and this blog post (which appeared in a Naomi Klein tweet that was, I think ironically, RTd by Andrew Potter). We would do well to remember what’s happening in London the next time someone tries to suggest that unemployment payments, child
Continue readingKing of the Shiners: Remember London
Just a thought about London prompted by Doug Saunders and this blog post (which appeared in a Naomi Klein tweet that was, I think ironically, RTd by Andrew Potter).
We would do well to remember what’s happening in London the next time someone tries to…
Continue readingKing of the Shiners: Remember London
Just a thought about London prompted by Doug Saunders and this blog post (which appeared in a Naomi Klein tweet that was, I think ironically, RTd by Andrew Potter). We would do well to remember what’s happening in London the next time someone tries to suggest that unemployment payments, child
Continue readingGod’s Blog
Your morning smile, courtesy of my favourite magazine. Far be it from me to suggest additional comments in the style of certain regular commenters here. :)…
Continue readingPaper Dynamite Online: Turmel Apologists Reveal More Than They Know
Apologists for Nicole Turmel continue referring to her as someone who’s had a change of heart.
Brian Topp, president of the New Democratic Party, wrote last Thursday that "… if the unity of the country were the issue, then the recruitment of an articulate, effective, high-profile female Francophone Quebec labour leader to the cause of Canada would be widely celebrated — not subjected to
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: On Barack Obama, Europe is Anxiously Underwhelmed.
It’s not just moderates and progressives in the United States who are losing faith in Barack Obama. So are the Europeans. Spiegel Online claims that Obama’s indecision and weakness are a serious threat to the global economy.America’s presid…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: China Now Wants a Military Presence in Pakistan Tribal Areas
In the wake of two terrorist bombings in Xinjiang province, China wants to hunt down Uyghur militants it claims are being trained in Pakistan’s ungovernable tribal areas.Since the blasts, which killed 18, Chinese official…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Elizabeth May’s Current Projects
Although I detect a subtext of sarcasm running through the article, Jane Taber’s recent piece on Elizabeth May is well-worth a read, as it illustrates a woman involved in a worthwhile battle to encourage political engagement on the part of young people…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The New anti-Abortionists: Young Political Activists or Youthful Vigilantes?
I Burned my Bra For This? REAL Women of Canada and the Men Behind ThemThe inspiration for the Moral Majority/Religious Right, in the United States, was the central government’s passing of anti-segregation laws. However, the art of political activism by…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: UK lights up — is Canada next?
While no act of law enforcement, and no austerity measure, can justify the kind of rioting that has happened in the UK the last few days, one cannot help but appreciate the need to vent. These are not easy times and budget cutbacks can only…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: English Riots Metastasize
England has sustained its third night of widespread rioting and looting. What began as an isolated uprising over a police shooting in Tottenham has rapidly spread to other greater London buroughs including Enfield, Islington and Oxford Circ…
Continue readingIs the Newsweek cover photo (and story title) of Michele Bachmann sexist?
That’s the charge being laid by conservative bloggers and NOW (!) about this week’s cover photo of Michele Bachmann, which depicts her as she so often appears with wide eyes. I obviously don’t agree, having blogged about it here earlier…
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: You Want a Side of Plavix with That?
Now arriving at the Canadian National Exhibition — wait for it — the doughnut cheeseburger*: The Doughnut Burger made its debut at the Calgary Stampede, where brave revellers downed the sweet and salty snack, despite its high calorie count. Now the hefty bacon cheeseburger with two maple-glazed doughnuts for buns will be featured at the […]
The Disaffected Lib: Russia Burns – Again
Last year a powerful heat wave triggered massive forest fires in Russia and led to the failure of Russia’s wheat crop. So far this year, 1-million hectares of Russian forests have been burned out, already breaking last year’s record.The far…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Worshipping at the Trough
Patronage politics of the worst old-fashioned sort is alive and well in Newfoundland and Labrador. VOCM posted a story online within the past 24 hours (hopefully it won’t be disappeared too soon) that makes it pretty clear: A cabinet minister is…
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