Goodbye. While I’m also sad that the Kamloops Daily News is closing, I think Warren Kinsella is over-simplifying a few things [see below] with respect to how the media climate will be affected by the closing of this for-profit business, earning shareholder value by producing mass media content, while sometimes
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LeDaro: Arnon Milchan: A U.S filmmaker , billionaire and also spy for Israel
Arnon Milchan was the first one who provided the necessary material to Israel to make its first atomic bomb. Why U.S, Canada and other Europeon nations not go after Arnon Milchan. When it comes to Iran they are all gung ho. Hypocrisy and double-standards.
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Harper … Linking Him To Ford
In the last two weeks, we’ve heard a lot about – and from – Rob Ford. He’s been, to say the least, prominent in the headlines – shocking most of the time, belligerent the rest. Of some consideration though is the dead silence coming from the PMO where Rob Ford
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: What Was That About "Not Re-Opening the Abortion Debate"?
Since 2006, Harper has repeatedly “refused” to open the abortion debate in Canada … or at least so he claims. But then again, there’s the old saw about “actions speak louder than words”. Once again, the Harper Government has taken actions which very clearly articulate where they stand. On Huffington
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Harper Continues To Isolate Canada
With Harper and his band of geniuses running around the UN this, it’s actually been kind of interesting. As I pointed out back in May, Harper’s foreign policy has served primarily to isolate Canada on the world stage, and continue the far-right narrative about the “irrelevance” of the United Nations.
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: CanadiAnt Taxpayers Federation Demands Accountability, but Not for Itself
Inspired by this headline: http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2013/09/17/Canadian-Taxpayers-Federation-Accountability/
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Bottom Line on the Parti Québécois Proposed Values Charter
I was going to write a long blog post on this but since so much has been written about it I think this captures the spirit and intent of the proposal succinctly.
The bottom line on Quebec’s proposed values charter is that you can visit a hospital name…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Bottom Line on the Parti Québécois Proposed Values Charter
I was going to write a long blog post on this but since so much has been written about it I think this captures the spirit and intent of the proposal succinctly. The bottom line on Quebec’s proposed values charter is that you can visit a hospital named after a
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Bottom Line on the Parti Québécois Proposed Values Charter
I was going to write a long blog post on this but since so much has been written about it I think this captures the spirit and intent of the proposal succinctly. The bottom line on Quebec’s proposed values charter is that you can visit a hospital named after a
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: What should you do if you discover your leader is a hypocrite?
First of all, don’t be surprised. Then, I suppose it depends a little what kind of hypocrite. For example, if you are talking about a leader of a church — let’s say for the sake of argument, an evangelical church … Continue reading →
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Boorish Boar
The other day I posted a video in which Don Martin denounces the disgraced Senator Mike Duffy. He makes a reference to the exact point at which Mike Duffy ceased to be his friend. This is the episode I believe Martin is referring to: H/t janfromthebruce Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Atheist For Christmas, Christian For St.Paddy’s
Most atheists are as irrational as those who believe in religion. And perhaps even more hypocritical. There’s no greater example of this than those vocal opponents of religion who criticize Christmas but in just a few months time celebrate St.Patrick’s Day and other religious holidays with unrivaled enthusiasm. St.Patrick’s Day
Continue readingbastard.logic: Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau: Accountability for Thee, Not For Me UPDATE: Senator Brazeau in Jail, Removed From Tory Caucus
Update: Holy shit: Senator Patrick Brazeau is in jail following an alleged domestic assault, sources tell CBC News, and has been removed from the Conservative Party’s caucus. Brazeau, who has weathered several controversies since his appointment in 2009, will continue to sit in the Senate as an Independent. It’s not
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Fetus is Not A Person, So Sayeth the Catholic Church
Well. I’m glad to see the Catlicks coming around on an important issue to women and their rights. This is an object lesson for the deluded pro-life movement. Your fetus worshipping is useful for whipping up the frenzy and getting people all frothy, but when serious issues come its time
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Musqueam Burial Ground Win Makes the Developer Look Brutally Ignorant
The provincial government has finally relented in its dignity-crushing stance of continuing to allow a developer to pursue building condos on top of a Musqueam burial ground. And while this change of provincial policy does not extend to a solution of land ownership, this is a critical first step to
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Not So Leblanc Slate
Leadership races are often an opportunity for a political party to start over with a blank slate, Liberals might not get that chance if a slightly hypocritical Dominic Leblanc gets his way. Liberal MP Dominic Leblanc is discouraging anyone from running for leadership who only seeks to raise their profile
Continue readingLeft Over: Dis-honouring Our Homemade Monsters
Here’s a headline from CBC online today, talking about a sticker campaign to point out the hypocrisy of naming things after history’s deviates. In this case, the target is former Lieutenant Governor of BC Joseph Trutch..someone who purposefully practiced his evil on our First Nations people, for a start…. Sticker
Continue readingImpolitical: *Cough*
Riddle me this. How many days does it take a Harper cabinet minister to do the right thing? If you’re Bev Oda, too many! “Bev Oda coughs up cash for ‘ad hoc’ London limo rides.” International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda has agreed to repay almost $3,000 she charged taxpayers for
Continue readingImpolitical: An Oda apology and other notes
CLICK TO ENLARGE The cheeky folks at the Globe who do the celebrity photos have some fun with the Bev Oda Savoy swank affair. Slide 3 is devoted to Bev as well. And others, scroll through for all the fun. Also in Oda related reporting, CBC has this retrospective of
Continue readingImpolitical: Conservative Senators bring the optics on budget eve
Conservative Senators are complaining today about news that they’ll be losing a cafeteria in one of the buildings in which Senators work, the Victoria Building. Former Conservative party president, Don Plett, unfamiliar with the phrase “entitled to their entitlements” apparently, said this: “What a bad, bad idea. The Victoria cafeteria
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