Well, while Stevie Spiteful has already begun the task of flushing Canada down the toilet in earnest:
And he turns us into another version of tea-party nation:
Stevie Spiteful keeps one promise: We’re really beginning to longer recognize Canada. Canada, is now Harperland, . . . → Read More: New National Anthem-My Canada Day Gift-And Why I Boycott Canada Day
Continue readingIs that it overshadows any Stephen Harper attempts to do the same.
Continue readingAnd all that. No Cobourg frolic this year, unfortunately, just work, work, work The dearth of posts the past week is not for lack of trying — have several rattling around in the draft file, but circumstances — work and family commitments, and also some (usual) nursing nastiness, which i will probably write about in a […]
The most recent news about Dominique Strauss-Kahn has come as a bit of a bombshell. The case against him for raping a chambermaid appears to be on the brink of collapse. It would appear, to use the archaic language of…
Continue readingThe socialist former head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Khan, appeared in a New York court this morning where he was released from house arrest and had his $6-million bail and bond returned.DSK’s lawyer had a few choice words:”I want to remind all of y…
Continue readingRick Perry, the Texas Governor, is having a party. And you’re invited!Rick Perry: Negotiating a bill with the Opposition party?Well… maybe you are. Not sure. It’s a prayer party but that’s fine, right? You can get your prayer-on in Houston! The …
Continue readingThe Innu of Labrador voted overwhelmingly in favour of something on Thursday. News media are calling it the “New Dawn” agreement and say that the vote approves the Lower Churchill development, gives Innu compensation for Churchill Falls and does a…
Continue readingFrom Krugman, who else:And don’t believe the nonsense about the benefits of spending cuts that has taken over much of our public discourse: slashing spending at a time when the economy is deeply depressed would destroy hundreds of thousands and quite…
Continue readingFrom Canada Causes Cancer:Asbestos causes cancer and other deadly lung diseases.That’s why asbestos has been banned in 52 nations, including the European Union. Not to mention, the Canadian government removed it from Parliament and the Prime Minister’s…
Continue readingThe good folks in Samara are hosting a fun contest this summer, asking Canadians to vote for their favourite political books. I for one think this is a great idea, and it’s something I’d considered doing as a bracketed summer contest on this blog in th…
Continue readingWe used to call July 1st, ‘Dominion Day’ …. now we call it ‘Canada Day’. Have a happy and safe one!
Continue readingSome hilarious clips from Beck’s tenure at Faux News. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economySource: Lawrence O’Donnell show “The Last Word”, MSNBC.
Continue readingA quote from Maclean’s, about six weeks ago:”Jack Layton’s biggest management problem when the House of Commons reconvenes may well be the newly elected MP from St. John’s South-Mount Pearl.”Ya don’t say…
Continue readingAssorted content for your Canada Day reading.- Oh, how nice it would be to be able to take pride in Dan Gardner’s message about Canada’s true identity:The level of civility seen every day at fourway stops across Canada is unheard of in countries around…
Continue readingWillie Soon is a darling of the climate change denialist community. He’s a very rare commodity indeed – a genuine scientist with peer-reviewed studies who stoutly disputes the entire theory of anthropogenic global warming.A rare commodity indeed….
Continue readingI’ve mentioned alliance when dissecting the problems with umbrella thinking in transsexual and gender diverse activism, in “The Death of the ‘Transgender’ Umbrella” and “Why The Umbrella Failed.” It’s easy to pull something apart — the more challenging question now becomes: how do we do activism if not as a single umbrella community? Why do 
This week’s Sixth Estate Document Collection update is a record of futile and abandoned promises: the major political parties’ election platforms of the past ten years. Election platforms are not, or at least not always, a summary of the actual political beliefs of a political party’s leadership. Instead, they’re a statement that those leaders think […]
Continue readingJulia Bentley and Andrew Gunadie bring it on: How to become Canadian: “Step 1 — Lose the gun. Step 2 — Buy a canoe. Step 3 — Live multiculturally. Step 4 — You’re ready. There is no more!” And in spite of Harpo and his embarrassing corporatist pandering (oil, nukes and asbestos, anyone?), this country […]
Continue readingI detected a smell in the air when the former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Khan, was arrested for supposedly sexually assaulting a hotel chamber maid in New York. The story just didn’t seem to add up. His…
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