Festive Left Friday Blogging: New York just got fabulous!
Yep, that’s the Empire State Building…all lit up in the LGBT rainbow. The state now extends equal marriage rights to all, regardless of color, creed, gender or sexual orientation. Tonight,…
June 2011
Also from Censored News: Eyes Wide Open: A Journey Through Today’s South America…
i have to find an english translation. the trailer stretched my high school and university spanish to tha max...which was a good stretch.A documentary that proves, as always, that poets…
Further criminalization of (their and our) dissent…
US State Dept threatens activists with fines or incarceration if they sail to GazaBy Brenda NorrellCensored Newshttp://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.comThe United States warned activists on Friday against plans to send a new aid…
3877…It Takes A Liberal
Or the American version of one, the Democrats, to put words into action.New York state, helmed by Dem Guv Andrew Cuomo, has just, like minutes ago, given gaymarriage the thumbs…
Musical interlude
Staggered Crossing - Further Again
The Ultimate 2012 US Ticket
Imagine towards the end of this year the following ticket: Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich. Ron Paul is a Republican that is actually a Libertarian. For years, he has been…
Did the NDP fall into a trap?
I suppose the doyens of public opinion research will tell us the answers soon enough, but I'm wondering if, as Bob Rae claims, the NDP fell into a Tory-set trap…
Friday Night Flicks: The Mountain
I’ve seen this short by TSO Photography a few times now, and it hasn’t grown old yet. Filed under: Friday Night Flicks Tagged: short films
Bad Bananas
Here’s an interesting link about Dole, banana plantations and general human suffering. I had no idea that the original classic work of fiction ‘100 Years of Solitude’ by Gabrielle Garcia…
RailGate Resurfacing….The Auditor General Helps With The Dredging
DivingDeeperProMediaVilleI do this very, very rarely. But this one is going to be pretty much a cut-and-paste job.Why?Because, in the wake of John Doyle's call for a public accounting of…
Friday night Blue Harlem blogging
Regular visitors may recall that I'm a sucker for a good horn section and this one certainly qualifies. Besides, I'm in the mood for smooth and relaxing. Incidentally, Blue Harlem…
Austerity: Putting us back in our place.
YOU ARE TO BLAME. It is all YOUR fault. This whole economic mess the world is in, is not because of the US going into meltdown because the Big banks…
NDP Filibuster: The Street Has Spoken
Or at least my wife, long-time Liberal, saying: "You know, I'm proud of Jack." Indeed. Lots of piss and vinegar out of the NDP in the Canada Post showdown. Meanwhile…
On self-defeating strategies
I've made the point when it comes to other issues. But apparently there's a need to make a more general statement for the benefit of the Libs. So here goes:You…
Lord Monckton Brands Australian Climate Advisor a Nazi
monckton_garnaut.jpg NEVER a stranger to controversy or a fossil-fuel funded think-tank, Scotland-based British peer Lord Christopher Monckton has been caught jumping the proverbial climate denia...
Dramatic turnaround in an Argentine adoption case
Marcela and Felipe Noble Herrera arrive to submit DNA samples in compliance with a judicial order. After 10 years of delays and legal wrangling, there will finally be an answer…
Conrad Black back in jail for about a year
More or less what I expected: CHICAGO — Conrad Black is returning to prison for about another year to serve time for fraud and obstruction of justice. The U.S.…
Motion to set aside order should be brought in proceeding where order made
Cunningham v. Moran, 2011 ONCA 476 deals with many issues regarding the intersection of family law and civil litigation. One statement of general importance deals with setting aside an order: ...
On learning experiences
Let's close this blog's discussion of #vancon2011 with one last post, this time dealing with the NDP's constitutional preamble - which figured to be the convention's main topic of interest…
Randall Garrison talks about his first three weeks
My roundup of queer MPs at the end of the sitting continues. I spoke to NDP MP Randall Garrison yesterday after Question Period – before the filibuster began in earnest.Q:…