On governance (2): Parliament
This one's going to be a little disconnected. The overarching thread, as said yesterday, is figuring out how to adjust our governing institutions to suit the importance of the principle…
2011
On The Road To Metropolis « All Fired Up In The Big Smoke
@cityslikr's pal Urban Sophisticat on the Six Sigma sickness currently afflicting our municipal leadership. Read it now. On The Road To Metropolis « All Fired Up In The Big Smoke…
Liking this article re: "democracy"…
so tired of the word "democrayc" being bandied about as if it was synonymous with freedom, ethics, fiat of the people. that's so misled. even athenians didn't believe that democracy…
Remembering Joy Division
Around the time I started wearing combat boots, putting safety pins through my ears as improvised earrings and became perpetually sullen, I first heard Joy Division’s Closer. It was amazing.…
America Shows Its Hand on Afghanistan
American negotiators are working out a deal that could allow US forces to remain in Afghanistan for decades. All this nonsense about an American withdrawal by 2014 was always just…
Time to Make Reading Lists for New Year!
This is the week when I do book discussions, and I've been working on reading lists for the season that will begin in September. Here's a preview:2011SeptemberSecret Daughter by Shilpi…
Making the Shift Towards a Culture of Conservation
I’m going to start off today’s blogpost in a similar manner to the way in which I began the last one, although I will be taking this post in a…
How GitHub Saved OpenSource
For a long time I've been thinking about just how much Github has revolutionized open source. Yes, it has made managing the code base significantly easier but its real impact…
bombing libya: 294 in favour, 1 against
Thank you, Elizabeth May. No thanks to you, Jack Layton.
Exactly
"...The government is rushing because 31 Hells Angels were let out of jail. This bill does not put them back in jail," May said. With the LPoC navel gazing, and…
Israel opposes the unilateral creation of an ethnic state
Shorter Israel: History may repeat itself, but it ain’t going to repeat itself here....
Koch Money Fuels AFP Misinformation Campaign On Gas Prices
Obama Gas Bill.jpg The Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is taking their misinformation machine on the road in an attempt to convince American consumers that President Obama is causing t...
Was It the 60-Year Age Difference?
25-year old Crystal Harris has called off her engagement to 85-year old Hugh Hefner. They were to be married this Saturday but Crystal, it seems, changed her mind "after much…
QP: Asking about the debate of the day
Concerns about procedure echoed through the press gallery as question period got underway. Jack Layton opened with a trio of questions on the Libyan deployment, despite the fact that there…
A Splash of Colour for Every Neighbourhood
In my neighbourhood the Park Board used to cut the verge along the railroad tracks 4-5 times a year. This has been reduced over the past few years to the…
It’s the "White House," dude
Fox News wallows in unabashed racism yet again. Business news host Eric Bolling gratuitously appropriated African American rapper slang to describe Barack Obama’s present abode and the people he meets…
When Steve Says You’re Fine, Call An Ambulance
The Greeks should have seen it coming when, just a couple of weeks ago, Stephen Harper pronounced himself confidant that Greece was on the road to a full economic recovery.…
Collective Bargaining Has No Place in Harperland
Our Furious Leader has served notice that strikes will not be permitted in his country, Harperland. Finance minister and dutiful leprechaun Flaherty has announced his master's government is preparing legislation…
Juxtaposition
Lorne Gunter desperately tries to pretend that nothing has changed in the NDP's reach outside of Quebec:Outside Quebec the party is relevant in 60 or 70 ridings, with most of…