"Specials" and "ALL SCIENTISTS, ALL SCIENTISTS !!!"
About the “Torture Program”, a very interesting post at Invictus Blog – March 22, 2011 “Means and Ends: Newly Published Notes of Bruce Jessen Reveal Real Purpose of Bush’s Torture…
March 2011
10 headlines capturing the "work" of the Harper Regime
The Globe and Mail has released a photo slide show titled “A look back at the biggest headlines from Canada’s 40th parliament” with 8 of the 10 headlines either critiquing…
Good Ol’ Canadian Politics
So here we go again. The 4th election in 7 years, exactly what Canadians wanted. And in the midst of an economic recovery. You have the Liberals who are the…
Contrasts in Leadership
Doug Saunders tweets that the new UK budget says: "UK will cut corporate tax by 1% a year for 3 years, to 23%... and the bank-profit levy will be raised…
G&M
At the risk of turning my Special Election Coverage into a total Globe and Mail rip fest, is it really acceptable to choose pictures this way? This isn't a Con…
Sick Relatives
I had lots of "yelling at the TV" moments yesterday, but, let's lead off with my "yelling at the newspaper" moment from this morning. The Globe reported that the Cons…
Attention Celebrities: We Want To Steal Your Purses!
Okay, maybe we don’t want to ‘steal’ your purses per se. Technically, we want you to donate them to our Purse Auction Fundraiser It’s in the Bag (www.itsinthebag.ca). So, if…
An Election For Canada & Voting In Democracy
No matter what city or riding you live in, no matter what your ballot says, or whose names are on it, I know what is beside that X you will…
Tales from The Shelter – 53
I’m on my home island finishing up some songs I’m writing and recording. My friend I stay with is a true friend and mega talented woman. It’s inspiring to be…
Riding hashtags – now with edits!
So I made up hashtags for every riding. With Twitter being abuzz, I think this it would be good to get some standardization when talking about individual ridings. Here's my…
Would Harper prorogue parliament again?
A thought for progressives to discuss: Layton has two votes this week with one potentially mattering significantly more than the other. If Layton supports the budget on Thursday can he…
The Browser Rankings
Remember the time when there was just Netscape Navigator, no option, no alternative, just a single browser that personified the world wide web. All that has changed, a lot, and…
Forget an Election. We Need a Referendum on the Electoral System!
So here we are. Yet again facing the possibility of a general election that won't resolve anything. A few seats will change hands, but for the most part the distribution…
Radio Topics, March 22nd
Happy Tuesday all, and welcome to spring! We’ve got an exciting show lined up. At 8:30, in honour of World Water Day we’ll be speaking with Getu Hunde, in from…
Libya more like Serbia then Afghanistan
In criticizing the Libyan operation people have been comparing it too the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. It would be more accurate to compare it to the bombing of Serbia…
Comment va votre armature morale?
Par l’entremise du blogue de Michel Hébert, je viens de prendre connaissance de l’explication que Joseph Facal donne au double échec référendaire. Si nous avons dit non deux fois à…
This post has been brought to you by cigarette cravings
According to popular opinion, parents who smoke cigarettes are the root of all evil. It doesn’t matter if a parent steps outside and walks twenty paces away from their house…
This post has been brought to you by cigarette cravings
According to popular opinion, parents who smoke cigarettes are the root of all evil. It doesn't matter if a parent steps outside and walks twenty paces away from their house…
This post has been brought to you by cigarette cravings
According to popular opinion, parents who smoke cigarettes are the root of all evil. It doesn’t matter if a parent steps outside and walks twenty paces away from their house…