Tag: politics
Trashy's World: Hey! Ottawa peeps!
The Pleasant Park PS / Hawthorne PS Giant Booksale is tomorrow (Saturday)! 9am – 1pm! Woot! THOUSANDS of books for all ages and all (well, most) tastes! The forecast calls for rain tomorrow, so why not spend some time browsing? Here’s how to get there. Here’s how to get there
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: The Sanctity of Election Fraud
Below is my comment left on Sixth Estate regarding the disastrously wrong Supreme Court decision yesterday. It protects the sanctity of election fraud, instead of Canadians’ right to vote in fair elections. It’s “irregular” for there to be missing documents and many missing signatures from people vouched for. If it
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Jim Manly Is Back At Home In Nanaimo ;-)
Jim Manly Former Nanaimo-Cowichan NDP MP returns home in time to celebrate his 80th birthday. Jim Manly, the retired United Church Retired Minister has answered the call and travelled as a protester passenger on the Aid Ship ‘Estelle’ destined for Gaza. The Ship ‘Estelle’ was illegally commandered in International Waters
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Even if you have seen this before, it still will make you smile.
This really is special. Enjoy.
Continue readingAnother Step to Take: A Handful of Ways to Reduce Poverty
As I was becoming involved with my local Coalition Against Poverty, I found myself surfing the webpages of other poverty reduction groups. The Peterborough Poverty Network has a wonderful poster listing 101 Ways to Reduce Poverty. Many of their suggestions are local to Peterborough, but some of them are relevant anywhere. Some
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Real Threat is in Harper’s Gutting the Legal and Regulatory Framework for Oil and Gas
Kevin Logan- Cowichan Conversations Contributor Here is another Post from Cowichan Conversations Contributor Kevin Logan. Kevin Logan’s career has been diverse, ranging from small business to NGOs through finance and government. He served as a ministerial assistant to numerous ministers and a premier in the former BC NDP Administration. Kevin
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Premiers Must Block Harper’s Sellout Of Our Sovereignty
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger Never has a greater threat to our sovereignty faced Canadians than that which we face in PM Steve Harper’s secret China Investment Treaty. All of Canada’s Premiers must join together and present a ‘United Front’ along with the Federal Liberals, NDP, Green Party and the Bloc to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Moyers & Company – Plutocracy Rising
“Across America, this divide between the superrich and everyone else has become a yawning chasm and studies indicate it may stifle jobs and growth for years to come. At no time in modern history has the top one hundredth of one percent owned more of our wealth or paid so
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Vote for calgaryliberal.com as the best political blog in Canada
Vote Here Yup. I’ve been nominated this year again. What I need you to do, though, is prove whoever nominated me was right in doing so. So, if you could, jump over to this page and vote for CalgaryLiberal.com. Voting closes for round one in on the 31st, so you have
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Polls closing
The Saskatchewan civic election is winding up in half an hour. Polls close at 8pm, so get in line to vote ASAP if you haven’t yet. I’ll be out at some post-election parties where I’ll find out if it’s been me or one of my worthy challengers who’ve become the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Valley Water and The CVRD
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is a guest post from Cowichan Conversations contributor-Larry Woodruff This subject has become one of hypocrisy at its finest. Recently our benevolent members of the CVRD Board have turned the problem they have created to the public, supposedly to get quote “Our Ideas” on what to
Continue readingPop The Stack: Economicus Illogicus
Economicus Illogicus Prime Minister, I simply don’t understand you’re approach here. You’re an economist right?So tell me, what is there to gain by rapidly extracting and selling resources in this way? There is no hurry in selling these resources, in an increasingly resource scarce world surely the general trend will
Continue readingPop The Stack: Economicus Illogicus
Economicus Illogicus Prime Minister, I simply don’t understand you’re approach here. You’re an economist right?So tell me, what is there to gain by rapidly extracting and selling resources in this way? There is no hurry in selling these resources, in an increasingly resource scarce world surely the general trend will
Continue readingTrashy's World: Yes, there are wackos on the left as well as the right, but…
… those on the right sure as hell seem to be coming out of the woodwork more often these days. We in Canada have the pride of Saskatchewan, Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott who thinks that rewarding and praising women who are clearly part of the lunatic fringe and even more
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Harper’s China Investment Treaty Is An Unconscionable Sellout Of Our Soverignty!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger I wish that headline was an extreme eggageration and that PM Harper’s Sellout of Canada wasn’t really that big a deal, but I would be wrong. I do not know why he is so hell bent determined to ruin our country but he is changing
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Better Homes & Bomb Shelters
Hallowe’en is fast approaching, and the eerie spectre of a potential Romney election win is casting a pall over the southern horizon. How does a prudent real estate speculator in the United States prepare for the twin threats of roving zombie hordes and political implosion? Bomb shelters, naturally. As a
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: “You’re a priggish, gullible, British Fool”: Conrad Black
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Oh, this is special. Jailbird Conrad Black strikes out against BBC Interviewer. The National Post and of course PM Harper are falling all over themselves to cater to ahem, Lord Black. Conrad is out promoting his revisionist account of his troubles.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Mulcair Speaks Out About the Canada – China Foreign Investment Agreement (FIPA).
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Steve Harper Wrecking Crew, aka Our Canadian Government, are in high gear selling out the rights of Canadians, our democratic practices and our soverignty. Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair has issued this release for you information. I am writing you because you have expressed concern
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Let’s Stop The Use Of Pseudonyms On Blogs And Internet Sites.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Comments Section of blogs alternate and mainstream newspapers and radio stations, and a wide range of internet publications is often turning into a cesspool of slander, misinformation and just downright nastiness. The Comments section is often and should should be a source of varied opinion, often more interesting
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