Hometown Glory
Taking a page out of Impolitical's book...it's Friday. Music! It happens to be music I like and a singer who has a message.I'm also old enough to have had numerous…
April 2011
Hometown Glory
Taking a page out of Impolitical’s book…it’s Friday. Music! It happens to be music I like and a singer who has a message. I’m also old enough to have had…
Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
Gordon O’Connor on the South March Highlands
"it isn't special ... there's nothing special about it"
Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
NDP happily embraces gun lobby endorsement
It one thing to have been endorsed by the organized gun lobby for opposing the life saving long gun registry as a number of NDP MPs and candidates have been.…
On Economics, We-Think, and the Twitterverse
It took me a long time to write my first blog. It was here, and it was in response to the global economic collapse as it was occurring in real…
Green Party Canada: Advance Polls and the Youth Vote.
The Green Party of Canada has been surprisingly effective in this election, in some respects anyway. I have been a vocal critic of the Leadership of the Party, but given…
Happy Earth Day!
Wikihow has some ideas on how to celebrate, as does the Earth Day Canada website!(And don't forget to point and laugh at the usual wingnuts that take the opportunity to…
Prime Minister adamant Soudas affair won’t affect campaign
"Canadians don't give a shit about these kinds of things. They care only about the economy. That and a large double double. And little sour peach candies."
the King’s speech
Let us be clear, Stephen Harper is the front runner in this election. The last thing a front runner wants is to lose control of the agenda or to get…
A breathtaking Greek tragedy in Chad – Friday Film Pick: A Screaming Man
A breathtaking film from Chad, thanks to Film Movement.
STEPHEN HARPER: SANS MOI LE DELUGE
As the Prime Minister of a long-established, if complacent, democracy, Stephen Harper is supposed to say that for him the will of the people is paramount. He is supposed to…
Hard to believe Kinsella once had a high school crush on Ignatieff, or progressives just let the Liberals implode
Clearly there are still old deep fault lines in the LPC ranks, and the Big Red tent of brokerage ideological politics of “pragmatically” offering to be everything to everyone is…
STEPHEN HARPER: SANS MOI LE DELUGE
As the Prime Minister of a long-established, if complacent, democracy, Stephen Harper is supposed to say that for him the will of the people is paramount. He is supposed to…
Ottawa gives reserves 1,000 slop pails for water crisis
Canada,The True North Strong and Free !WINNIPEG—The same remote northern Manitoba reserves that were sent body bags during the H1N1 flu outbreak say Ottawa has come up with a similarly…
The prediction comes true…
Former Collingwood mayor Chris Carrier turned out to be very prescient in his speech to Conservatives last month: the Wasaga Sun story claiming Kellie Leitch had sent out a “forged”…
NDP Surge
The NDP vote is surging, especially in Quebec where all the other parties are losing support to the NDP, particularly the Bloc. The NDP is clearly ahead of both of…
Edmonton-Leduc NDP Campaign diary, continued
Dear friends, With only a week till election day, the campaign needs your help like never before. We are seeing wonderful response and support in the community, but need to…