Something’s smelly with the GOP primaries, but as a Canadian progressive, I’m not concerned about the race. What I am concerned about is how the CBC is ignoring Ron Paul, the only candidate worth mentioning.
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350 or bust: Conservative Party Of Canada’s Unethical Ties To Pro-Tar Sands Lobby
A picture is worth a thousand words: Graphic via Matt Price: Six Degrees Of Separation Between Ethical Oil and Conservatives
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: So This is Ethical Oil?
The American conservatives appear to be adopting, or at least sharing, tactics being used by the Canadian conservatives to get what they want. Intimidation and corruption. The Republican controlled Congress is voting on a bill that would force President Obama to make a decision on TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline by November 1. An unprecedented
Continue readingExcited Delirium: A Brief History of Plutocracy
Plutocracy has always been around us. So what’s a reasonable substitute?
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Mocha in Muskoka
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, ol’ Dr. Dawg wrote hisself a parody version of ol’ Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskokee an’ it’s all about how Tony Clement took $50 million earmarked for border security an’ spent it on fixin’ up his stompin’ grounds so’s…
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Mocha in Muskoka
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, ol’ Dr. Dawg wrote hisself a parody version of ol’ Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskokee an’ it’s all about how Tony Clement took $50 million earmarked for border security an’ spent it on fixin’ up his stompin’ grounds so’s he’d be sure an’ get hisself
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: Mocha in Muskoka
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, ol’ Dr. Dawg wrote hisself a parody version of ol’ Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskokee an’ it’s all about how Tony Clement took $50 million earmarked for border security an’ spent it on fixin’ up his stompin’ grounds so’s he’d be sure an’ get hisself
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Global Research ’2011 Year of the Dupe’: An Awesome Read
Read ‘2011 Year of the Dupe’ by Global Research. You’ll enjoy it and appreciate some truth for a change.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: The Year In Dirty Energy: Money, Corruption, And Misinformation
Handcuffed_to_Money.jpg It is said that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. That statement has proven itself true time after time in both politics and business, but I would like to amend that statement slightly: Power corrupts, but money and power corrupt absolutely. This year has been no different. We’ve
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Canadian Press Sucks Up to Harper as ’2011 Story of Year’
Quelle surprise: mainstream media excited about Harper’s majority win and declare it to be ‘story of the year’.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: A Sad Day For The World
Under Barack Obama, the US taken a definitive step into the ugly world of fascism now that the National Defense Authorization Act is now law.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Fracking Ohio’s Utica Shale to "Boost Local Economy"? A "Total" Sham
Total Energy Logo.jpg It is a well-known fact that the unconventional gas industry is involved in an inherently toxic business, particularly through hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), which the EPA just confirmed today has contaminated groundwater in Wyoming. The documentary "Gasland," DeSmogBlog's report "Fracking the Future: How Unconventional Gas Threatens our Water, Health,
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Toronto’s ‘Emergency’ Warning
Toronto: it’s time to stand up to Ford’s lies.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Dec 9 2011 Excited Delirium Updates
An array of stories related to ‘excited delirium’.
Continue readingArt Threat: VOINA member arrested, whereabouts unknown – Russian art collective faces ongoing harrassment
Leonid Nikolaev's arrest, December 4, 2011 Yesterday, founding member of the Russian art collective VOINA, Leonid Nikolaev, was abducted by Russian police and his whereabouts are unknown. Nikolaev was attending a rally against election fraud in St. Petersburg when he was grabbed by police along with other protesters and taken
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, Exemplar of Political Corruption
Dan Boren.jpeg Today, The New York Times ran an investigative piece uncovering a thick, multi-layered corruption scene, honing in on one man: U.S. Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK). Boren, many will recall, is one of the original co-sponsors of H.R. 1380, the NAT GAS Act, also known as the Pickens Plan, which
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Where Did the Fed Get $7.7 Trillion?
The Fed in the US as explained by Dennis Kucinich.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Economics, Media and Mass Manipulation
Change is inevitable when the cards are stacked against so many people.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Open The Books for Everyone
Here’s a great piece from David Climenhaga contributing to rabble about fiscal openness. While it’s extremely unlikely that the Harperites will follow his advice, I fully agree that now is the time to open all books for any organization that receives (or received) public funds of any kind. If unions
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Kelly Block to Finally Reveal What Was Really Going on in Her Office
If only that were true. In December of 2010, a staffer in Kelly Block’s office, leaked details of a confidential pre-budget House Finance Committee report, to several key lobbyists. When caught, the Conservatives claimed that he was a “rogue” staffer and would be dealt with. Their modus operandi when caught
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