Stephen Harper: Robocalls
You have heard the controversy of Robocalls but what people don’t know is that the Robacall mechanism is installed in Harper’s head. He pushes a butten and the Robocall mechanism…
February 2012
robogate: vote suppression must be investigated, by-elections must be held
What will be done about RoboGate? Has Stephen Harper’s well-documented pattern of giving democracy the finger finally gone too far? Thanks to an excellent election post-mortem by Matt Peters and…
PEI Premier silent on Resolution #58 – Day 39
In January the PEI NDP called on the Premier and MP’s to comment on how they voted/if they voted on Resolution #58. We heard on Compass that MP Wayne Easter…
Don’t dismiss Del Mastro
Conservative Dean Del Mastro popped up in the media briefly yesterday to claim that his campaign in the last federal election was the target of fraudulent calls, just like all…
Harper’s War On Democracy
Whether or not one believes that Stephen Harper had a direct hand in the robocall efforts to subvert the last election, one thing is perfectly clear: given his well-known contempt…
Happy Darwin Day
Late in posting this…my bad. Happy Darwin Day!
Security for Oil
“Nice country ya got here. It’d be a real shame if something happened to it.” Britain is hot to trot for Somalia or, to be specific, Somalia’s oil. And, it’s…
The only idea the Left needs is how to shut up the Right. . .
Warren Kinsella cited the ever pontificating Fancis Fukuyama today claiming that he was confused concerning the failure of the left to take advantage of the obvious failures of capitalism in…
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The OEO Logo and CC
UNESCO recently launched a new OER logo. On 25/02/2012 9:19 PM, Cable Green wrote: UNESCO – please change the license from CC BY ND… to either CC BY … or…
Rob Ford’s Influence Grows
Rob Ford, long know for his antipathy towards those pedestrians and bikers and other eco-freaks who have conducted a war on cars, may have found an ally (or perhaps a…
Things Are Beginning To Stick
For five years, political pundits marvelled at how Stephen Harper managed to avoid being held accountable for actions and policies which most Canadians find abhorrent. He was the Teflon prime…
The Times they Are a Changing: The MMT Wave Begins
Take a look at the picture below. Take it in. Now scan your eyes to the far right…there, in faded blue you’ll see the initials MMT. Now zoom out. Take…
Electoral and Parliamentary Reform (part 1)
Introduction Recently my co-bloggerposted an opinion about creating support for electoral reform andthis has encouraged me to reexamine where we are in that regard. Iwill in future posts also take…
Stephen Harper, Fascist?
Is Stephen Harper a Fascist? You take the survey and judge for yourself.