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…
November 2011
America 2, Amerika 0
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…
Media Advisory: Internet metering (usage-based billing) decision to come Tuesday; OpenMedia.ca available for comment
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...
Climate Vulnerable Forum Starts Soon
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…
Liberals, let’s use the Two-Tier Primary system for electing our next leader
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…
some good occupy reading: moyers, hedges, rich
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.
Vancouver Sun – ‘No LGBT History in the NDP’
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…
Gas Fracking Industry Using Military Psychological Warfare Tactics and Personnel In U.S. Communities
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…
Teh Ghey takes on Teh Heterostoopid
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…
canada causes cancer, cons are wrong on crime: two easy letters to send
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…
Primaries are Infectious: Ask MP Sarah Wollaston of Totnes, UK
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…
Debating our tactics in Oakland
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…
Internet metering decision to come Tuesday
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).…
Excited Delirium Book: Chapter 66 (Watching the Quake Real-Time)
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…
Occupy Denver Elects a Leader . . . .
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
Frank Klees likes Frank Klees
It’s a little old, but still worth a giggle.
Alert! Episode 194
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…
The Inflation-Control Target
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…
Crisis in the encampments: Can the Occupy movement be saved from itself?
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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