I am currently sitting at the airport waiting for my flight. I’ll spend the next six weeks somewhere in Uganda trying to see things like this: I’ll be mostly out of internet range so updates will be few and far between, and comments will likely be help up in moderation
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Mind of Dan: Lost in Deep Time with Richard Alley
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Continue readingMind of Dan: How economic inequality harms societies
I am still working through how I feel about the whole occupy movement, and I’ll probably never come to a simple opinion on whether or not I support it. Some aspects about the movement are truly inspiring, while others just leave me scratching my head. But one thing I am
Continue readingMind of Dan: Welcome to the new Mind of Dan
After a heroic effort, the Mind of Dan has been rebuilt… well almost rebuilt. There are still a few kinks to work out, but they will be ironed out in the next little while. Hey building an entire mind is not easy! Please Let me know what you think of
Continue readingReal Canadian Politics is now Copper Roof Politics
Hello. Real Canadian Politics is now Copper Roof Politics.This change extends beyond the name however. Readers will notice the same great content from the same authors, in a much more interactive and cleaner looking environment.The new website features…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: So.. I’m Not A Liberal Now?
So.. I’m not a Liberal now? Every single time someone takes a potshot at Raj Sherman for his political past it’s an affront to me. He was a federal Liberal first in his political career… as was I. When I was in high school I was an …
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Hacked and/or Phished
My Twitter account was hacked yesterday evening. Apparently a very good imitation of me sent out a mass direct message. It read “lmao…omg i am laughing so hard at this pic u i just found” followed by a link to a page which asked you to “sign in” to your Twitter account — obviously a […]
Bob Broughton's Blog: Vote by mail, not by internet
An article in the August 30 Vancouver Sun, Cities push province for electronic voting, says that three BC municipalities are trying to get the influential Union of BC Municipalities to endorse the idea of internet voting.
The UBCM should say “no” to t…
Bob Broughton's Blog: What Obama can do about the debt ceiling
The big news item in the US, other than the Casey Anthony trial, has been the need for Congress to raise the national debt ceiling, in order to avoid defaulting on bonds sold by the government, and wrecking the U.S. government’s credit rating.
The Rep…
CalgaryLiberal: A Message to Every Alberta Liberal: End the Writing off of People
I was reading one comment made over on Calgarygrit’s blog made by a fellow by the name of “Frank” I felt this sinking, sickening feeling. Every single time I hear someone saying we shouldn’t attempt to bring in a group of people…
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: "Where the Action Is" and the British Invasion
When former half-term Alaska governor Grifty McQuitter visited Massachusetts last month, riding a bus with a fancy paint job, more than a few people were scratching their heads at McQuitter’s re-interpretation of Paul Revere’s ride; that Revere warned …
Continue readingNew Blog about Ottawa
No blog posts since that incredible election (who says Canadian politics is boring!), but definitely hope to post more on how Harper is doing with his majority…. In the mean-time I did want to put out a link to a blog about Ottawa. I do know Mel so I may not be completely impartial, but […]
Harper Valley: Meeting Wandering Coyote!
Aside from having already known Allison from Creekside prior to my blogging days, I have never met a fellow blogger….until the other day. Wandering Coyote was in Vancouver and we linked up. That’s link in person, not in cyber space. Well what a joy! We did Gastown, Coytoe got to go to Fluevog’s and try on […]
CalgaryLiberal: Building the Iceberg — New Liberals, Clear Grits, and Phoenixes
Almost two weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the challenges that face the Liberal Party of Canada. It received a small bit of media attention and more. In particular, I wrote about building the party outside of it (or, in fact, ‘behind’ i…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: The wider spirit of Liberal reform
I think I may have struck a chord. In the last day or so I have receive 1,200 pageviews (this is a lot for me) on my blog posting and numerous outlets have broached the topic of reforming the Liberals, and with particular reference is the creation of a…
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: Another insult from the Conservative Party of Canada
I’ve pointed out before on this blog that the Conservative Party of Canada has a history of running campaign advertising that insults the intelligence of Canadians: see The Conservative “Tax Trick”, published in July, 2008.
I heard another one of thes…
Bob Broughton's Blog: Tobacco and the 2011 Federal Election
There are a lot of things going on in this country that should be issues in this election: Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s support for fish farms, the tar sands, and pipelines, to name three. With an annual death toll of 45,000 Canadians, tobacco should …
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: The Virginia Tech massacre was four years ago
It has now been four years since 32 students and faculty members
were killed on the Virginia Tech campus.
I earned a B.A. Degree from Virginia Tech in 1972. I have lived
2,500 miles from Blacksburg for the past 30 years. This doesn’t
matter. I atte…
Bob Broughton's Blog: Reframing this election
There’s a Federal election going on, and so far, I haven’t heard much about nuclear power or uranium mining, and not much about salmon farms, pipelines, or oil tanker traffic off the British Columbia coast.
I have heard that the Conservatives want to …
Bob Broughton's Blog: Jose Figueroa: Another Canadian "Public Safety" embarassment
This is a story that has appeared here before, with different names and places. Jose Figueroa has lived in Canada (currently Langley, BC) since 1996. He isn’t a drug kingpin, or have some other sort on involvement in organized crime. He, his wife, and …
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