A film, and a book, about that ubiquitous four-wheeled monster…
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: On Harper’s treatment of Guergis
I feel a lot of sympathy for her. She has put a face on the anguish suffered by everyone who has crossed Harper’s path. Whether her treatment (looked at in the context of Linda Keen and Belinda Stronach) is a sign of a particular misogyny on the par…
Continue readingCo2 Art: Brazilian-Owned Multinational Vale Magnanimously Agrees to Preserve Piece of ‘Group of Seven’ Country
This after an energetic one-person local campaign to save the area, near Ontario’s Willisville Mountain received over 1000 signatures on a petition and plenty of response to a Willisville Mountain Facebook page.
The area is historically, culturally an…
Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: Mount Allison Residences: Bigelow House (3 of 13)
Mount Allison Residences: Bigelow House (3 of 13):
Special Note: The following video features incoming Argosy Editor in Chief John Brannen and incoming SAC President Pat Joyce. Maybe it’s a coincidence…and maybe Bigelow breeds the leaders of tomor…
Continue readingEvilness: Attempting to steal ballots – Really Stephen….
Ok Stephen, we all know you want to be President for Life as your previous actions would indicate that this is what you and your supporters want, but sending one of your supporters to steal ballots? Come on now, really. What kind of tinpot dictator ar…
Continue readingQuotable
William Kaplan, in today’s Globe and Mail, on the media’s reaction to Stephen Harper’s limited campaign access, and restriction to only five questions per day:”The only astonishing thing is that the media are taking it. They are playing along, acceptin…
Continue readingPop The Stack: To Think Outside the Box, Sometimes You Need to Leave the Box
Some very offensive man this morning on the panel on CBC radio called Ignatieff a “carpet bagger” and chuckled. No one called him out really, they just moved on. When I hear that I hear that he is essentially attacking Ignatieff for having a successful career abroad trying to contribute something to improving the world […]
Youth Suppression
How would you feel if this guy came running into your election voting station and said that the election you were holding was illegal? Meet Michael Sona – the infamous “students at U of G voting is illegal” guy. He’s the guy that tried to grab a ball…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: How we can change the political capital formula
It is a tautology that a successful politician is one who is capable of attracting votes. However the way successful politicians can attract votes is divided into largely two overlapping categories. They can enact and advocate for policies and politi…
Continue readingKen Chapman: Are Canadian Youth Standing Up and Showing Up This Election?
Here is a video that is simple and pointed about youth at the University of Guelph showing up as citizens and encouraging voting to make a difference. Lets hope this spirit spreads to other campuses and to other groups. It is election time in Canada. Time for citizens to take back control
Continue readingRight of Center Ice: He’d throw Canada under the bus too
He ordered the ejection of Bill Casey. Garth Turner. Helena Guergis. He sent Shelly Glover to throw Tom Flanagan under the bus. Pat Strogan, fired. Munir Sheikh, resigned on principle. Students ejected by the RCMP on CPC orders from Harper rallies after being Facebook checked. *** If you thought for
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: North America Has Become a Huge Fat Farm
Last year, I had the shock of my life when I visited the US. I had never seen so many super obese people in all my life. Statistics say that one in three Americans is obese, but I wasn’t prepared for how big people have become. During my vacation,…
Continue readingBirth Pangs: A Woman Who Tried To Suicide While Pregnant now Faces Murder Charge
Because she hasn’t suffered enough, a woman who tried to commit suicide while pregnant is now charged with murder. Bei Bei Shuai, 34, a restaurant owner who moved to the US from China 10 years ago, was pregnant and planning to marry her boyfriend until she learned late last year that he was already married […]
Continue readingPample the Moose: U of Guelph votes will count!
Elections Canada has released a Solomonesque public statement on the University of Guelph voting controversy. Of greatest interest is the fact that the student votes will be counted, and are considered to have been cast in a manner that respects the C…
Continue readingKen Chapman: Canadian Women Are "Breaking Up" With Harper
In all the negative ad space this election and even before the election there are glimmers of satirical political hope on YouTube. These clips of Women Breaking Up With Stephen Harper fit the bill. I think the most politically disengaged citizens in Canada are youth and women. When you put
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Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Why You Must Vote on Monday May 2, 2011
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Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Toronto Anarchist Bookfair – Workshop Schedule!
While the bookfair itself will be taking place at 25 Cecil Street, there will be two days of workshops happening at Bahen, nearby. Here is the workshop schedule; for actual workshop descriptions see http://torontoanarchistbookfair.wordpress.com/worksho…
Continue readingThe Great Disconnect: Stephen Harper’s Platform and What Canadians Really Want
There is a yawning gap between the platform Stephen Harper is presenting to the Canadian people and what Canadians tell pollsters are their major concerns. The dangerous disconnect between what the people want and the plans of those who control the sta…
Continue readingCo2 Art: The Harper Sellout of Sovereignty from the Political Sphere to the Corporate
Here’s a good piece in the Halifax Chronicle Herald by Silver Donald Cameron.
Basically a very similar set of circumstances as we see in the CETA free trade talks with Europe. A very dangerous and uncertain road to go down.
Unfortunately, I’m not eve…
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