Will the resolution to the Canada Post lockout come before your credit card bill that’s stuck in the mail? Will the Conservatives try to make Jack Layton cry by yelling “Union Jack” at him all night long? Join the snarky politicsrespun crew as we enjoy our way through the night. Warning: real drinking games may […]
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Trashy's World: Brands that will disappear…
… some of them are rather surprising.
Check it out… A&W is particular holds a lot of memories for me. I remember rolling up to the drive in with my brother and parents and my Dad ordering a root beer… it came in a frosted glass mug!
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A&W Restaurants is owned by fast food holding company […]
Dead Wild Roses: Global Capital – Our enemy, our friend?
From a recent interview of Noam Chomsky by Michael Learner – ML: […]What path is rational for a movement seeking to build a world of environmental sanity, social justice, and peace, yet facing such a sophisticated, powerful, and well-organized social order? NC: […]At the moment we can’t realistically talk about challenging global capital, because the […]
Terahertz: Why I’m voting YES for NO HST
So the referendum is technically on for the BC HST; however, with the postal strike, it’s hard to know when I’ll actually get my ballot. Nevertheless, when my ballot does come, I will be voting yes to extinguish the HST. Of course, it’s not a simple issue. The HST is a simpler tax for businesses […]
Continue readingTrashy's World: Trashy goes to Parliament!
For a political junkie like me, last night was one of those “special” times of my life.
Courtesy of an invite by an ex-NDP MP through a colleague of my spouse, I had the distinct privilege of dining in the Parliamentary restaurant and having a pretty damned cool private tour afterward.
I would love to post pics, […]
New Ontario Liberal Commercial
I just saw the new Ontario Liberal commercial and I must say that I really like it. I’m not sure it will help the election, but it really instills some Ontario pride. Many Canadian provinces have strong identities, and some are having a strong economic resurgance, largely based on resources. But Ontario can claim to […]
CalgaryLiberal: Bruce Payne: Why I’m an Alberta Liberal
Bruce Payne, leadership candidate for the Alberta Liberal Party, talks about why he’s an Alberta Liberal.
Continue readingcmkl: The Canada Post lockout busting legislation explained
It all makes perfect sense to me now. At first I thought it strange that the Tory government was ordering its wholly-owned crown corporation and its Tory government-appointed president to open the doors and let CUPW back to work. After all, I would hav…
Continue readingTrashy's World: When questions were answered…
Before scripted responses in QP. Before “messaging”. Before every utterance from a Minister’s mouth had to be cleared by the PMO, sitting MP’s actually communicated directly with their constituents and other members of the public. All by themselves.
Yes. They did. I’m not making this up.
I know that on all sides of […]
Dead Wild Roses: Quote of the Day – The Spirit Level – Equality
Just picking up the Spirit Level again, and finding great stuff to share. As a way of creating a more egalitarian society, employee ownership and control have many advantages. First, it enables a process of social emancipation as people become members of a team. Second, it puts the scale of earning differentials ultimately under […]
CalgaryLiberal: David Swann: Why I’m an Albertan Liberal
David Swann, Alberta Liberal Party leader, talks about why he’s an Albertan Liberal.
Continue readingThe Importance of a Technology “Anchor”
Not a long post from me today, but just a link to an article in the Globe and Mail that explains what RIM’s misfortunes could mean for the city of Kitchener-Waterloo. I doubt that they will become the next Nortel, but hopefully they won’t…
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Arab Spring leads to “Ivory Revolution” in Celesteville
After weeks of unprecedented protests another repressive dictator has been overthrown in the Middle East. King Babar (pictured above fleeing the country in a hot-air balloon with his cousin/wife) was ousted as monarch of the small African country of “Celesteville.” Inspired by … Continue reading →
Exponential Book: Hi, I am Jack, and I am a recovering socialist
Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP) held in Vancouver its fiftieth national congress since its foundation. It is presently Canada’s official opposition in the House of Commons, and arguably one of strongest (nominally still) socialist political forma…
Continue readingTrashy's World: So that’s why the beach was closed!
The fam and I were going to head off to Britannia Beach the other day for some water-based recreation-type stuff. But, upon checking the City rwebsite, we discovered that the beach was closed!
I thought it was a e. coli thing but nooooo….. this was the real reason!
There was a massive sea monkey infestation!
Damned sea moneys… […]
mike watkins dot ca: Vancouver Riot 2011: Apologies Not Accepted
To you, it’s just a fight. To me, it’s the ER social worker looking for a teddybear to console a 4 year old girl because she just witnessed her dad get a broken nose as he was trying to get his daughter out of the hotzone. Nurse on duty at
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Paul Ryan Lies About Ending Oil Subsidies To Protect His Family’s Cash Bonanza
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Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) has been all over the place when it comes to ending the multi-billion dollar subsidies that the oil industry receives every year. While he…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Exploiting the Proletariat – Business as Usual in the US.
Sometimes the Russian Television network has some good stories. By good stories I mean, news articles that would never seen the light of day within the media disciplined airwaves of the U.S. According the the RT report, US workers are working harder for less and less every year, and funny, business has never been better […]
mike watkins dot ca: MIA: Federal NDP Constitution
A number of times this year I’ve gone looking for the federal NDP constitution on-line, with no success. During or before the last federal election the party pulled the constitution document from its website – perhaps it was never there. The most recent copy of the document I’ve been able
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: The Pawlenty Plan Part 2
First the U.S will spend 3.8 Trillion this year. Let’s say Pawlenty’s plan would only cost 380 billion then you add that with 1.6 trillion you have a approximate 2.0 trillion dollar deficit. Even if you reduce the deficit to 1.9 trillion, because o…
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