Chantal Hebert mocks Marjory LeBreton’s pathetic attempt to rewrite history
I'm glad someone in the media is reporting on LeBreton's idiotic attempt to wage a war on the media, which ironically is composed of 90 percent conservative turd polishers.
June 2011
Lobbyist Watch 2: Ministers for Sale
A couple weeks ago I started tracking new registrations by lobbyists, professional political activists who make their living attempting to make sure that politicians and top bureaucrats are at the…
Parliament In Review: June 14, 2011
With the debate over Libya taking up the time for debate, yesterday didn't see quite as much of a range of issues discussed as some previous days. However, there's still…
QP: Who answers the gay questions?
With a Canada Post lockout now in place, one would think that Jack Layton would begin question period by asking about it. But instead, he began with a fairly standard…
I miss my ITV
There is something missing in my TV schedule. The programing is the same but I no longer get that old rush of adrenalin about the 10 and 20 minute marks.…
Incomes in Canda – Booming and Busted
Today’s release of the annual Income in Canada report is Statistics Canada’s first word on the impact of the Great Recession on Canadians’ incomes. The report in The Daily was…
Is Civil Disobedience Catching On?
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Wait, now cell phones don’t cause cancer?
In a follow up to my recent post Don’t worry, cell phones still cause cancer, I saw this today: Fears about the safety of mobile phones are overdone. His reasoning…
Not a Leader
That was how Stephen Harper described Stephane Dion in 2008, when "unelected" and "unaccountable" Liberal senators blocked Harper's senate reform legislation.I look forward to the new attack ads:Tory senator questions…
The Sun is Turning Off!
Ok not really, but the solar dynamo looks like it's going to be quiet for the next few years. What this means is the current 11 year sunspot cycle, number…
Vancouver!
I ran away from home, and arrived in Vancouver. I've been staying on Hastings Street, mostly, being both homeless and unemployed.I've been finding life to be difficult, but no more…
Stephen Harper’s moral relativism
In Stephen Harper's speech to the recent Conservative convention, referring to foreign policy, he announced that the Conservatives moral stance would be clear. "Moral ambiguity, moral equivalence are not options,"…
North american earth liberation prisoners support network…
about na-elpsnThe NA-ELPSN is part of the Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network (ELP), an international network of groups that support people who are accused or...
Report: Broad Bipartisan Support For Action On Climate Change
climatechange.jpg A new report by George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication shows that voters in America are concerned about global climate change, and would support...
The Huffington Post Is Not A Sweatshop
The Huffington Post, which has recently launched its Canadian version, receives both praise and criticism from all sorts of people. The Right hates it because it's progressive voice online. It…
Is Capitalism Terminally Ill?
Today (June 15th) the Toronto Star broke news that the NDP was planning to drop the term “socialism” from its party’s platform. This was a mere formality of what had…
Flaherty Issues "Stern Warning" To Americans
Harper minion, the Diminutive Jimbo Flaherty, is said by the Montreal Gazette to have given a "stern fiscal warning" to the United States.Tiny Jim, to take a Dickensian liberty, told…
Wills Case over finally?
The Court of Appeal just dismissed Richard Wills' claim for a new trial.Readers will remember the Wills case was a case from Newmarket in 2007. It led to Mr. Wills,…
On timelines
August 2009: The NDP's federal convention in Halifax votes to have the party's executive draft a new preamble to the NDP's constitution.May 2011: The NDP achieves unprecedented success in Canada's…
Michele Bachmann: She talks to God regularly
How come only republicans have direct line to God?Interesting commentary by Keith Olbermann.Click for video.