PERSONAL: WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT PART 4: As the various Occupy camps fall one after another (a proof of the need for organization ?) to the various authorities it is perhaps about time to reflect on why these protests have gathered the sort of support that “the
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cmkl: Attawapiskat: don’t much care who’s to blame, I would like to see it fixed
An odd choice of headline on Heather Scoffield’s item today about the housing crisis in Attawapiskat. And it’s particularly odd because Scoffield doesn’t actually get to the issue that the editor saw as headline worthy until paragraph 24, two from the end.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: How a Civilization Dies
Our civilization is coming to an end, sooner than later. It won’t end with a war, or a disease, or a flood, but rather with an abandonment of reason and hope. The Harper Conservatives will be reviled in the history books (if there are history books). Why? Greed. There’s no
Continue readingTrashy's World: Much to the chagrin…
… of the faith-based and evidence-challenged right! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingTerahertz: Do right-wingers live in a “delusional universe”?
Agreeing with the title of this post isn’t a stretch for many progressives, but today’s news is that the man behind the Norwegian massacre is clinically insane. Specifically, psychiatrists have concluded that Anders Behring Breivik live in his “own delusional universe where all his thoughts and acts are guided by
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Mexico, a Libertarian project just waiting to bear fruit…
Before my libertarian friends get entirely up in arms I’d like to preface this article with a disclaimer. This is not a’ beat up on libertarian inanity’ post, I have plenty of those already, but rather an examination of the role of the state when it comes to managing
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Tax Changes Worth Considering
Eliminating deductions represent an obvious way to improve public finances without punishing those small companies with new tax increases. This article offers up a few simple ideas related to this topic.
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 readingTerahertz: #vanelxn Debrief
It’s hard to believe that the election was an entire week ago. Luckily though I handed in my thesis on Friday, so regular blogging can resume again. A lot has already been written about the Vancouver election, and I just thought I’d summarize my thoughts here quickly in a feature
Continue readingbastard.logic: Priorities. They Can Has.
by matttbastard Noted w/o comment: Time Magazine covers – December 5, 2011 h/t
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: PQ in Hot Water!
With another PQ MP leaving the party Pauline Marois and what is left of the PQ is in hot water. Not to mention that the CAQ is now coming with what some might suspect as a knight in shining armor. Nevertheless the CAQ is just a right wing party that
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: A Conservative Winter
Looking upward and looking forward, I see some parallels today between the weather, between those fixtures in the sky and us, and our political struggle. The clouds may cover or block out the sun, they may make the world dull, dreary, cold and harsh. Like a certain other party; they
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Liberal Viewer – Pepper Spray the best condiment.
Liberal Viewer is taking a fine tooth comb to the action of the police during the OWS protests. More importantly he is speaking directly to what the character of the US is about. It the US a constitutional democracy or is it a autocratic oligarchy that will defend the interests
Continue readingcmkl: The weekend is here and wages are falling
Phew. Made it through another week. Work is really busy these days. I hope y’all will see why soon enough. And then immediately afterwards we will have the workers paradise here on earth.
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: TVO’s The Agenda: To Lead or to Serve – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Over the past quarter century, political parties have too often lurched away from being mass movements of individual Canadians sharing a common vision of the public good, and towards being backdrops for individual party leaders who speak the language of democracy while wielding near-absolute power over their elected caucuses.
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: TVO’s The Agenda: To Lead or to Serve – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Over the past quarter century, political parties have too often lurched away from being mass movements of individual Canadians sharing a common vision of the public good, and towards being backdrops for individual party leaders who speak the language of democracy while wielding near-absolute power over their elected caucuses.
Continue readingTrashy's World: Slater Street …
… in Ottawa while atop one of OC Transpo’s über-cool double deckers! Wheeeeee!!!! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Liberal Party of Canada Presidential Candidates’ Debate Report Card – Nov. 22/23
On November 22nd and 23rd I listened to/attended two debates of the four candidates currently running to be President of the Liberal Party of Canada. The first was a phone debate run by the excellent facebook group Liberals Rebuilding the Liberal Party (moderated by Gerard Kennedy) the second was held
Continue readingTrashy's World: This won’t mean anything or matter…
…to anyone outside the NCR, but wow! Hasn’t the demolition of the old Gallery building on the corner of Albert and Elgin ever made a difference streetscape and skyline-wise? It has totally changed the look of the area! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Republicans – Stupid, Mendacious, but with great PR.
How many ‘wtf’ moments are republican political candidates allowed before being branded too stupid to breathe? Michelle Bachmann must be getting super close to the limit by now. I’m not really sure what to do with this level of intellectual bankruptcy on her behalf. Coupled with the puerile servitude of
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