Sunday Afternoon Leadership 2012 Links
A few updates on the NDP's leadership campaign...First, there's Pierre Ducasse's take on what he's looking for in a candidate - including various factors which might point to numerous candidates…
November 2011
Sometimes A Sign Is Just A Sign….And Sometimes It Is A Whole Lot More
LotuslandianCivicElectionCountdownSixDaysAndCountingVilleThe image above, taken on Cambie just south of 29th Avenue today, Sunday Nov 13th, is most interesting on a whole lotta levels. Please note that the fine developer-type fellow…
Canada Should Ban Pets
Global warming is happening and those drowning Bangladeshians are going to start interfering with my nightly sleep. I live in a basement apartment, I take the bus to work. I…
Two Canadian Artists
Doris McCarthy was a Calgary born visual artist and author, but spent most of her life in Scarborough Ontario. She had a bit of a thing for icebergs, which is…
Occupy Movement: Free Speech For Me, But Not For Thee
Oh, how we loves us our Free Dominion!The folks at Free Dominion present themselves as principled defenders of speech. This is, on the surface, a noble sentiment. Principled men and…
Polanski’s ‘The Pianist’
A very good movie. Mostly based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman a classical pianist who managed to survive the Warsaw Ghetto and the holocaust. Parts of the story came…
Capitalism and Finance
The rise of finance may be the death knell of the system as we know it. I'd like to sketch out a notion of the difference between what you might…
Capitalism and Finance
The rise of finance may be the death knell of the system as we know it. I'd like to sketch out a notion of the difference between what you might…
Political action at the grass roots
Inside the Russell Pearce recall, Amy McMullen, Salon.com A good read about citizen-activists organizing to make Russell Pearce, President of the Arizona Senate, the first state legislator in Arizona history…
More Speech Warriors™ unmasked
The far-right Free Dominion bunch has led the charge against human rights commissions, claiming that they represent a profound threat to freedom of speech. The FD crew has gone to…
CBS Republican Debate
I am not a fan of the Republican Party and would not vote for any of the candidates running for the nomination. That being said, the way the moderators treated…
The Guilt Trip
Can a wholly innocent man be manipulated into confessing to a murder he didn’t commit? That’s the question posed in this edition of Darren Brown’s program, The Experiments. Brown, a…
C’est La Vie
David Warren on the sexual predators at Penn State: Here, to my mind, is the interesting thing. The background condition of human life is such, that the sexual abuse of…
Video: Kevin Bacon Lends Voice to Battle to Save Great Bear Rainforest From Enbridge
Check out this new video from the Natural Resources Defense Council - narrated by Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon - on the battle to protect BC's iconic Spirit Bear and its…
Poor Pippa.
You really have to feel for this girl sometimes. Apparently her much-scrutinized on-again-off-again romance is off, for good: She is one of the most desirable women in the world, the…
Remembering the Montgomery Bus Boycott During Occupy Times
It was fifty five years ago today the Supreme Court of the United States of America upheld the decision of the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Alabama…
Francois Legault Finally Announces Official Launch of His New Provincial Party–Coalition pour l’Avenir du Quebec Tomorrow
Well, boys ‘n’ girls, it looks like this is the moment many have been waiting for; the moment where Francois Legault’s fictitious party becomes a reality. He is to announce…
Parliament In Review: October 24, 2011
Monday, October 24 saw another day dedicated largely to discussion on the Canadian Wheat Board - with the Cons simultaneously declaring that there's nothing to debate and failing to respond…
Krellant Special Report on Occupy Toronto
In this episode of The Krellant Evenings News, Cat Reporter infiltrates the Occupy movement and learns of their secret plans to take over the world. Oh, and Frank has a…
Professional soccer player, David Testo, applauded by Montreal teammates for coming out
A lot of good has emerged from David Testo's coming out last week in Montreal, including the support from some of his former Montreal Impact teammates. Captain Nevio Pizzolitto told…