The New Kids in the Bloc
This is the real reason that an NDP/ Liberal merger is impossible. The Liberal Party of Canada, if nothing else, is the party of the "NO" vote, the party of…
2011
The bald truth about Chavecito’s new look
Something’s missing in this picture of the president of Venezuela. But what? Oh, I know. It’s his hair! Like many a chemotherapy patient, Chavecito has opted for the quicker, tidier…
Liberal Witch Hunt
Shorter Rob Silver: Have you now,or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party Bloc Quebecois? According to Mr. Silver, once you have tasted from the well of…
Nycole Turmel, meet Jean Lapierre
Gosh, the Twitterverse is atweet today with spin and counter-spin on Daniel Leblanc's article in the Globe and Mail about interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel's very recent membership in the…
Married lesbian couple saved 40 people during Norway shooting massacre
News to you? Another example of your liberal media hard at work.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Linda McQuaig notes that the same financial actors who caused the global economic meltdown that's being used as an excuse for austerity measures…
You know NDP, you could have at least shared with us Turmel’s Bloc membership up front
Is that too much to ask?
US Debt Ceiling Fiasco
American exceptionalism and equal opportunity for all!!!!
dear u.s.: tax corporations, tax the rich, end the useless wars. there, problem solved.
Letter to the Globe and Mail, July 30:It's remarkable how in the current debate about the U.S. debt ceiling, the extravagance of American military spending is seldom even mentioned. In…
Shi(f)t Work
Wanderer over at Lost on the Floor makes a point: My manager remarked to me that night-shifters tend to, “have a bit of chip on our shoulders, almost like the…
Political harassment of Nycole Turmel
First, a disclaimer: I have known Nycole Turmel since 1985, and worked with her closely as an executive vice-president of the PSAC from 1994-2003. Over the years we had many…
Yay, more debt!
Congrats to the USA for raising the debt ceiling. Wait, is that a good thing? No, I’d say it isn’t. I think the fight over reigning in US spending is…
Debt, electricity rates and Muskrat Falls #nlvotes
The editorial board at the Telegram understands the point exactly. It’s a point your humble e-scribbler has been harping on for six years to one extent or another. And it’s…
China massively expands CCTV surveillance – Surveillance camera theater companies around the world "cheer" new audiences
In what will generally be condemned by everyone as a creepy dystopian move, the Chinese government has massively expanded its video surveillance network into supermarkets, schoolrooms, university classrooms, malls –…
Phony Tony!
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Looking through a funhouse mirror: The CRTC releases its Communications Monitoring Report
Image courtesy of Edenpictures on Flickr Written by Stefanie Lee and Carla Cristoffanini The CRTC recently released its annual Communications Monitoring Report, which shows that numbers of broadband Internet and…
Nowak: Canadian broadband through rose-coloured glasses
By Peter Nowak The CRTC released its annual Communications Monitoring Report last week and, as usual, the document shows Canada to have a very healthy – and wealthy – telecom…
What’s Up With Conservative White Men and Climate Change Denial?
Rush_Limbaugh.jpg They come at you at public events, wanting to argue. They light up the switchboards whenever there’s a radio show about climate change. They commandeer your blog comments ...
The Cowboys and the Kids
The Baseline Cowboys were catapulted into the local celebrity spotlight over the past few weeks as bloggers blogged, reporters reported, and photographers photographed them. They’ve been in the Ottawa Citizen…