It’s bad enough that there’s no sight of Conservative candidates campaigning to public crowds in Regina, but Conservative-friendly orgs are also trying to cover-up their interview contents. Sloppiest. Cover-up. Ever. Conservative Michael Kram's LITERALLY covered-up interview with 'pro-life' paper. #elxn42 pic.twitter.com/JSgnASp9Hn — ʇɹǝqoɹ Jago (@rjjago) October 5, 2015 This particular
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Babel-on-the-Bay: Nostalgia for the era of the monster rally.
As the ground game became more important in Canadian politics during the second half of the 20th Century, the monster rallies for the major parties lost their importance. The work involved in mounting the rallies took too much away from the ridings that needed the workers at the voters’ doors.
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Conservatives in Canada swing further to the far right – the other two major parties are little better
The Conservative party of Canada is clearly playing into fear, xenophobia and racism as a way to win votes, as its “War on Terror” narrative, its racial baiting and its new snitch line show. This is sickening. Mind you, the Liberals and NDP have eerily similar agendas to the Conservatives
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Still Not Sure How to Defeat Harper?
I admit that I’ve been all over the map during this election. I have a preferred party that I’d like to support with my ‘X’, but I know that doing so will split the vote and push Stephen Harper right up through the middle, like Damien was born to a
Continue readingExcited Delirium: When You See a Blue Sign on Someone’s Lawn Do You See …
When you see a BLUE sign on someone’s lawn promoting the Conservative Party of Canada, do you see … Racist? Nationalist fascist? Mysogynist? Xenophobe? Paranoia? Snitch? Greedy old putz? Denier of First Nation’s women’s rights, despite pretending to support women’s rights with this bullshit niqab story? All of the above?
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: ISIS and Terrorism – A Reality Check
“The responsibility of intellectuals is to speak the truth and expose lies.” – Noam Chomsky “In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” – George Orwell According to a February 2015 Gallup poll, Americans consider the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant — abbreviated as
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Happens, week 38: Too close to call; ‘stuff happens’ in Oregon; what was the Pope thinking?
The finish line of the federal election is in sight, but we’re no closer to seeing a winner than we were weeks ago. The latest polls indicate that support for the NDP is beginning to fall — turning their famous Quebec ‘orange crush’ into an ‘orange crash’ — while support
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Happens, week 38: Too close to call; ‘stuff happens’ in Oregon; what was the Pope thinking?
The finish line of the federal election is in sight, but we’re no closer to seeing a winner than we were weeks ago. The latest polls indicate that support for the NDP is beginning to fall — turning their famous Quebec ‘orange crush’ into an ‘orange crash’ — while support
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: A few thoughts on empathy in human beings, and other living creatures
Empathy is natural in human beings, as Jeremy Rifkin has pointed out – and with strong backing by recent scientific findings. Some human beings have more and some less; and some are sociopaths – roughly 1% (and usually, the ones who gravitate to positions of wealth and power, unsurprisingly) –
Continue readingExcited Delirium: I Am Now Officially Disgusted with the CBC
Why is the CBC playing into the hands of Stephen Harper’s racist campaign? Because they’re the mouthpiece of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: CBC Wrecks Another Debate #elxn42
I’ve long called for More Debates, Not Fewer Debaters, and CBC again disappoints. Not much watchdog press left in Canada. No wonder people reject mainstream journalism for real reporting online.#cbc https://t.co/cWMUdIm5s3 — John MacDougall (@coircomann) October 2, 2015 Despite efforts by the major TV broadcasters, NDP have refused to participate
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Thoughts on The Last Days of Election 42
Some advice and questions for opposition candidates as October 19 quickly approaches.
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Bernie Sanders? This man deserves to win – and he just might.
Bernie Sanders? This man deserves to win – and he just might. He should also read my book, Enlightened Democracy: Visions For A New Millennium. We’re very much on the same page, in most regards, except that I tend to contextualize things with a broader and longer term vision, and a
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Une femme voilée et enceinte agressée par deux ados (repost)
Photo Archives / Agence QMI Deux adolescents auraient fait chuter une femme enceinte en arrachant son hijab à Anjou mardi, dans ce qui pourrait s’apparenter à un acte islamophobe, selon le mari de la victime. «Ma femme a peur de sortir dans la rue depuis. Read the rest of this
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Two problematic tendencies, and two-three problematic practices in RI – by Jameel M. (repost)
The following document was written in late 2013 by Comrade Jameel M. during a period of internal assessment and just prior to entering into a period of major internal transformation. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Two problematic tendencies, and two-three problematic practices in RI
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Union asks NDP to keep Saudi armoured vehicles deal ‘under wraps,’ fearing ‘significant’ job losses (repost)
A London, Ontario industrial giant has been thrust into a federal election scrap between party leaders, and its workers — fearing their jobs could be jeopardized — aren’t happy about it. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Union asks NDP to keep Saudi armoured vehicles
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Knox Met Candidates Forum in Regina, Sept. 29, 2015 #elxn42
Here’s a portion in High Definition: And another segment (it’s also included in the long video at the top, so if you’ve seen that, there’s probably nothing new in this clip either.)
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Bernie Sanders would win – if US elections weren’t controlled by big money….. But he just might win anyway, and he is well on his way
The Independent Senator from Vermont, and US Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, is riding a fast-growing wave of popular support across the United States. Sanders is getting ten times the turn-out for rallies as any other candidate, and the momentum continues to build. Bernie Sanders is getting higher turn-outs to rallies
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Decibel 2015 Review- #Db2015 @dBFestival #ConsentIsSexy
Seattle’s Decibel festival, founded in 2003 by Detroit native Sean Horton, is one of the premier techno and electronic music festivals worldwide. I was only able to go for one […]
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: I Feel Like I’ve Had To Say This Before
Vote for your favourite with a RT or Favourite on Twitter: I feel like Liberals have forgotten they have to defeat Harper much more urgently than they must defeat Mulcair, for the good of #cdnpoli. — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) September 19, 2015 I feel like the NDP have forgotten they
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