Group Raises $40,000 on Kickstarter to Film Disappearing Magicians
No pun intended! A threatened colony of magicians in India will be digitally preserved at least by a group that put together a proposal and posted it on Kickstarter. The…
No pun intended! A threatened colony of magicians in India will be digitally preserved at least by a group that put together a proposal and posted it on Kickstarter. The…
Two clean hits down South this week: In Ohio, a legislative union-busting measure was overwhelmingly overturned by voters. And in Arizona, a Teabaggin’ racist was hoofed out of the Senate…
UBB_Meter_101101.png WHO: Steve Anderson, Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca Lindsey Pinto, Communications Manager, OpenMedia.ca WHAT: The CRTC has just announced a media/stakeholders lock-up in To...
The Climate Vulnerable Forum is a group of countries that are particularly sensitive to climate change and rising sea levels. Every year they meet to find ways to make humanity…
In an earlier post I mentioned the problem of raiding or hijacking which bedevil open primaries: your opponents might vote for the weakest Liberal candidate in the hope of reducing…
Three pieces worth reading:Frank Rich: The Class War Has Begun.Bill Moyers: How Wall Street Occupied America.Chris Hedges: A Master Class in Occupation.
The Vancouver Sun and other Post media papers ran a piece on November 5 called 'Public figures urged to come 'out'. It's not a bad piece except for the fact…
At the “Media & Stakeholder Relations: Hydraulic Fracturing Initiative 2011” conference last week in Houston, Matt Pitzarella, Director of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at Range Resources, revealed in his…
Guess who wins. Bonus: Conan O’Brien may be about to WHAT? Conan needs an envelope. And the crapaganda whores need a new scriptwriter. Or SEVERAL. And they need to all…
In case you haven't seen these yet:Through Avaaz, a letter to the premiers of all provinces to oppose the wrong-headed Conservative crime bill: here.Through the David Suzuki Foundation, a letter…
In 2009 Dr Sarah Wollaston became the first candidate for election as an MP in the UK to be selected by the Conservative Party through an open primary.Danniel Hannan says…
Todd Chretien reports from Oakland on what happened after the general strike last week—and describes an important debate among activists about tactics and strategy. November 9, 2011 In the aftermath…
The CRTC has just announced a media/stakeholders lock-up in Toronto, on November 15th from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM, when they will announce their decision about Internet metering (usage-based billing).…
Author’s Note: The following is Chapter 66 of the my online book “Excited Delirium”. Please post comments. Please tell your friends about this story. If you’ve missed a chapter, please…
and our Four-Footed-Child heartily agrees with the choice . . . .Boris: Who's the speaker at the 8:12 mark ? ? ? ? Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
It’s a little old, but still worth a giggle.
Karen Devito on the Canadian boat to Gaza shares experiences of her group’s detention by Israeli authorities, *Toronto Star* columnist Thomas Walkom on the Eurozone’s bail-out efforts for Greece and…
So, the 2% inflation target has been renewed as it now stands. (Take that, House of Commons Finance Committee, which is holding hearings on the issue next week.) The background…
Millions of Americans are as mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore!In the largest action of defiance since the 2008 economic collapse, an estimated 650,000 angry…
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