The film "Drive", anti-Semitism and the Oscar snub
Badass Albert Brooks and equally badass Ryan Gosling in a scene from “Drive” I saw “Drive” recently and was awed by the film. The writing, the direction, the music, the…
February 2012
Neighbours should help neighbors
MSNBC reported on U.S. gas prices Sunday morning, discussing, “a growing fear among Americans that gas could soon reach $5 per gallon.” My first thought was perhaps we can help…
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It’s Off To Court We Go! Or do we?
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It’s Off To Court We Go! Or do we? PART 20 of the Canada Elections Act discusses Contested Elections: Means of contestation 522. (1) The validity…
Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – February 26, 2012
Today’s debate didn’t do much to resolve the continued uncertainty surrounding the NDP’s leadership campaign, particularly among the candidates I’ve had ranked between 2nd and 5th for the bulk of…
Corruption is Great! (As long as it is our corruption that is). . . .
We are now at the point where political bloggers could just write about the continual scandals and abuses of power courtesy of the Conservative Party. Today we have another one…
Northern Gateway: Pipeline to Problems
While Enbridge may assume responsibility for the safety of its pipeline – offered with the usual over-confidence of a developer promoting its project – it cannot claim responsibility for the…
Another Kind of Power Abuse
Although the political abuse of power is endemic in this country, especially at the federal level, it is sadly not the only one in which innocent people are victimized. While…
Now HERE’s a twitter-worthy comment!
Balloon Juice did a bit about the recent going’s on here in the Great White North, and got a lot of comments from Canadians. Here’s a priceless one about our…
Great line of the day
Matt Tabbi on the Republican Presidential Race –Conservative Chickens Come Home to Roost: This current race for the presidential nomination has therefore devolved into a kind of Freudian Agatha Christie…
Harper: "I’m not a crook"
Robogate: Harper denies, denies, but the stain is spreading further in this banana monarchy of ours. 18 27 34 ridings now appear to have been affected by fraudulent electoral practices.*…
He’s Making A List…
The dude/dudette from Sixth Estate has the best riding by riding deets on the Robocon scandal here. Who reported it, who won the riding and by how many votes. And…
Multi-talented Nova Scotia writer wins ‘neo-liberal’ contest!
And the winner of my media challenge contest is… Joan Baxter, a journalist, an award-winning author and anthropologist who lived and worked in Africa for 21 years. I had felt…
Conservative Party of Canada subverts democracy? Again.
Since the Reform party merged with the Conservatives, we have been seeing a total disregard for the election process in Canada. They became similar to the Republican party in the…
Molly’sBlog 2012-02-26 13:42:00
AMERICAN LABOUR CHICAGO: SECOND PLANT OCCUPATION WINS IN WINDOW FACTORY: About four years ago workers at what was then Republic Windows and Doors kept their workplace open by occupying the…
Who calls me at 780-665-2272?
The Conservatives, that’s who! Plus, bonus Kady “Dude, I know how to use ‘affect’ vs. ‘effect” O’Malley twitterfeed.
Woohoo!
Canada’s Back! Are we gettin shit done or what?
Come Together video: "Here come old Harpo, groovin’ up slowly"
Funny. H/T: @ugottabekiddin
Truest words ever spoken by Alex Castellanos, "Republicans being against sex is not good"
Young Republicans Joe, Arnold and Fred serve their masters at CPAC. Alex Castellanos is a disgusting person. He’s a sexist pig on a stick. He makes Pat Buchanan look like…
Insert Snark Here
What this patient did not have Mr. CD, 88, took a little tumble at the nursing home when he slipped on a loose rug (or something, the details are a…