Wankers of the Week: Amurrican Wanksgiving
Crappy weekend, everyone! And happy Wanksgiving to my many lovely and talented readers in the States. You people sure have a lot of winners (pronounced wieners) walking among you. My…
2011
The Mulroneyesque Thomas Mulcair
There are many things that we could say about Brian Mulroney. Many of them are bad. But he did have the gift of blarney. At his best, Mulroney could charm…
A Conservative Winter
Looking upward and looking forward, I see some parallels today between the weather, between those fixtures in the sky and us, and our political struggle. The clouds may cover or…
Democracy Or Plutocracy? A Chart
By Dave Johnson, Campaign for America’s Future: Updates:
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bypassing tactic on its way to success
David Cameron wants a pound of flesh in return for the UK agreeing to changes to the EU Treaty to bring on closer fiscal union in the Eurozone. Pushed by…
Saturday night
Missed last night’s music, so here it is, Chris Lake’s “Sundown.” Have a good night!
Parliament In Review: October 28, 2011
Friday, October 28 saw another day largely dedicated to debate on the gun registry, with plenty more key points by the opposition met with the Cons’ usual wall of refusal…
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LITERATURE: SO THEY NEVER DID LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER: I have recently finished ‘The Collected Fairy Tales Of Hans Christian Anderson, and am about 80% through ‘The Collected Fairy Tales…
BC Last in Child Poverty – Eight years running
So in doing some research into Premier Clark and her BC Liberal Government, I discovered what I already suspected was the case. BC has the highest child poverty rate in…
BC Liberals Deadly Silent on Queers in School
I know of a few of my blogging friends here in Ontario, people on the progressive side of politics (today that means almost anyone that isn’t a Conservative), who support…
Welcome to the Con Horror Show
Oh no. I don’t want to frighten you eh? But has anybody noticed that the Con regime is turning into a real horror show? Not only have they started calling…
Mah Nà Mah Nà
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We’ll get right back to you on that
July 29, 2009 The role played by CSIS – Canada’s secretive anti-terrorist agency – in the arrest, imprisonment and alleged torture of Abousfian Abdelrazik, the Canadian citizen forcibly exiled in…
There’s none so blind as those who will not see
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Veteran Port Moody Mayor’s Move to Provincial NDP a Telling Blow to Clark Liberals
Joe Trasolini, long time civic politician and Mayor in Port Moody, has opted to run for the NDP in the forthcoming by-election. This is shattering news for the Campbell/Clark Liberals…
Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – November 26, 2011
Last weekend, I mentioned my intention to introduce NDP leadership rankings. Before getting to the rankings themselves, though, let’s make clear exactly what the below is intended to reflect. First,…
Fixing the Liberal Party is not rooted in PTAs
James Morton has blogged about his discussion with a Saskatchewan Liberal. His interlocutor seems to think that the solution to Western alienation is to retain the Liberal Party’s provincial and…