Newfoundland and Yukon Vote 2011
You can watch the Newfoundland & Labrador results live here, and Yukon I'll update later on.My own small projections for Newfoundland, at the current moment, are 39 PCs, 7 NDP,…
October 2011
Election results – NL
Elections Newfoundland & Labrador has done a great job with their site this year by the look of things.Results go live in about half an hour's time. Check it out,…
Feds to spend $30M on celebrating the War of 1812
A Minister pontificates: "Without , you don't have the expression of a clear, full Canadian identity; without , aboriginal Canadians would have probably died off; without ,...
Goldman’s Blankfein bails on college address
Oh, those damn *cough/eyeroll/puke* scheduling conflicts: The students of Barnard College were expecting to hear from Lloyd C. Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, as part of a lecture…
Topp is a Juggernaut says Nano’s
So now they are calling Brian Topp's leadership effort the‘an elite juggernaut'. How clever. Critics of Brian Topp's effort to become NDP leader are missing quite a bit. He is…
What Cuts?
The Conservatives are planning to find 4 billion in permanent cuts to try and balance the budget. The Only problem is do we see these cuts in the deficit? No…
“Fox News Lies” Chants Shut Down Geraldo Rivera On Wall Street
Beautiful! Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera attempted to report from the Occupy Wall Street protests in Lower Manhattan on the weekend, but was forced to abort the broadcast after a…
Ron Liepert, Alberta’s Energy Minister, calls Opponents of Keystone XL Liars
Alberta Energy Minister Ron Liepert says that those of us who object to the building of the #KeystoneXL are lying. A pretty strong accusation for a government minister no doubt…
Richard’s GPS Trail Maps Website Updated
I have updated my Richard's GPS Trail Maps website with:New overview map: Stony Swamp Conservation Area TrailsandRevised map: Old Quarry Trail System
Why the Excitement About Debt?
Further to our recent discussions on this blog about the role of private finance and credit in our present crisis, we present a guest contribution from Ralph Musgrave, an economist…
Esi Edugyan for Half-Blood blues shortli
Esi Edugyan for Half-Blood blues shortlisted for GG prize. I have HBB, look forward to reading it. http://ow.ly/6UdMS Filed under: Miscellany
Will the real terrorist please stand up…
the cuban fiveif what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that…
Canada under Harper: education falling behind other countries
Wot’s the big deel about ejucation anyway. Like tryin to fix that fony climate change, it’s only going to impeed the rappture. TORONTO – Canada has an “enormous vacuum” at…
Lifted from mostly water…
Musings of a Self-Hating Jew By SAUL LANDAU; October 11, 2011 - Counterpunchhttp://www.counterpunch.org/2011/10/11/musings-of-a-self-hat... 63 years ago most Jews rejoiced over the birth of Israel. Some thought it would become the…
And Here We Go Again! Lisa ‘I’m Too Sexy For The Proletariat’ Raitt Is Mad And She Ain’t a Takin’ It No More! Part D’Uh!
Yep, Dear Lisa is busy sharpening her claws and no doubt finding ‘sexy’ ways to stamp on workers, yet again, boys ‘n’ girls, and this time, it’s Air Canada Flight…
Trickle-up politics
Saskatchewan's election campaign is officially underway, and so too is the Sask Party's campaign to transfer wealth upward as quickly as they can get away with. Just look at the…
Motorists Who Slam Transit Levies Have the Wrong Target
This past week - as the debate was raging over whether Metro mayors should vote for a 2 cent hike to the gas tax and a tiny (avg. $23/yr), temporary…