The 10 Best Progressive Posts of the Week
I suggest you listen to the song below as you open the links in other browser windows. Here we go, in no particular order:-Janfromthebruce has the story of dozens of…
June 2011
And now for something completely different..
I don’t often post a lot on here other then political blogposts, but it’s the end of the weekend, and not much is going on, so I thought I’d post…
Tiananmen Square and Brigette DePape: Photos of our Times
June 3, 2011June 5, 1989
It’s Not Just The Young
It's not just the young who understand what Brigette Depape's protest was about. There are members of my own generation who understand what has happened in the last thirty years.…
3828…I Am A Fan Of Justin Trudeau
But I was a bit dismayed that the son of the man who told John Diefenbaker to f@ck off in the House of Commons, a great moment in our history,…
Reduce Student Debt to Reduce Household Debt
At this year’s Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, Armine Yalnizyan gave a presentation entitled “Surviving the Recovery: The Distribution of Canadian Household Debt.” The panel was co-sponsored by…
UN Security Council: Taliban, yes; Abousfian Abdelrazik, no?
Unbelievably, the UN Security Council is poised to remove senior Taliban officials from its infamous “1267 list“—while Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik’s children are being denied social benefits by the Quebec…
It’s the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.
Robert William Service, Canadian poet
Stephen Harper in talks with NHL prez Bettman to rename Stanley Cup to "Harper Cup"
The Harper Cup, 2011?With the realization that the Vancouver Canucks may actually win NHL's biggest prize, Stephen Harper's office is working furiously to rename the Stanley Cup, 'Harper Cup'. Strong-arming…
PEI – First Posted July 12, 2010 – UPDATE
All Canadians know what PEI stands for. Guess what else it stands for??? Hint: It has Inc. at the end.Update: Since no one responded I should provide the answer. And…
My heart is divided
My heart is divided, a photo by Raid71 on Flickr. I’d have to replace the original Star Wars Trilogy with friends. Star Wars can move to where Lost is now.…
Music for a Sunday: It was cold outside my door
Dear Diary: I’m feeling introspective today. Must be all the clouds… “Dear Diary: It was cold today. But the Sun came out later, so I went out and strolled about…
Global warming and Canadian cities
If there is a long term increase in temperature it will make a huge difference to Canada. Growing seasons will increase, usable land will expand and water patterns will change.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/hot-enough-for-you-preparing-fo...
The Con Oil Pimps and the Secret War in Europe
One more reason not to wear a maple leaf on your back pack if you visit Europe. Newly released government memos have exposed a secret war that Canada is waging…
OH Harperland! The Beginnings of The Police State, Where Women Are Second Class Citizens
Yes, that horrid omnibus bill that it is to come out in about a hundre days ; that lawn order ‘n’ morality themed omnibus bill. Now, no one is exactly…
Cost-Saving Innovations in Policing
Dismayed as I may be over the sometimes heavy-handed actions of police, I would never suggest that the necessary role they play in society is exaggerated. Nonetheless, there appear to…
Democracy in America
Another day, another nadir of utter stupidity… “This is what democracy looks like,” the dancing assclowns shouted in defense of their right to behave like jackals at public memorial sites.…
Is the Clarity Act constitutional?
One of the options facing a future Prime Minister Jack Layton is to consider a request to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the constitutionality of the Clarity Act. The…
Blunt Objects x2
Because I'll be going away for the summer and my activity will be down quite a bit (maybe just one post a day now?), I've decided to bring on another…