Great post of the day
Tom and Lorenzo talk about last night’s Glee and how the “it gets better” approach to gay teen suicides is well-meaning but flawed: The way for the creative community (and…
February 2012
Breaking: Another Con Scandal
Extra. Extra. Pick up a copy of Con Stories, with the latest Con scandal. Elections Canada has traced fraudulent phone calls made during the federal election to an Edmonton voice-broadcast…
The Scream and the Nightmare in Harperland
I couldn’t help noticing that this famous painting is going on the auction block. Not just because it’s the most colourful of the four versions, but also because it best…
The other shoe just dropped
Step one — Scare everyone about how the Canadian government isn’t going to provide enough pension income.Step two — Create a new financial product called Pooled Registered Pension Plans that…
Why Can’t These People Just STOP Selling Off All Of Our Stuff?
AllTheInfluenceThatFits JuiceVille Jeebuz! It’s like a billion groundhog days are playing on an endless loop inside British Columbia’s beaten, bloodied, battered and bowed body politic….. Sunny Dhillon and Justine Hunter…
Iran and the CNN Arizona GOP Presidential Debate
CNN Arizona GOP Debate As it often has been in the past, Iran was the principle foreign policy topic discussed in what may well be the last GOP Presidential Debate…
Evangelical viewpoints on Supreme Court decision on Quebec Ethics & Religious Culture Program
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada VP and General Legal Counsel Don Hutchinson is disappointed in a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in which the EFC supported parental rights/religious freedom rights…
Alert! Episode 204
Lindsey Pinto, Communications manager of OpenMedia.ca. discusses the Harper government’s on-line spying bill and why opposition to it is so fierce. Tom Walkom, national affairs columnist for the Toronto Star,…
Canadian Foreign Policy: Nuance Matters
This video (from April, 2011 before the election) was brought to my attention today. Some thoughts: We should not forget, nor should we let Canadians forget that Stephen Harper lost…
Elections Canada Still Investigating Election Day Fraud Calls
And I thought they’d buried the case. Countdown to the second Conservative election fraud case: 10… 9… 8… Tweet
Death Star Project Under Attack!
Supposedly “scientific” calculations from elitist, fancy-pants researchers at Lehigh University released today estimate it will take another 833,315 years to produce enough iron ore and steel at current production levels…
Election Fraud Traced to Edmonton Firm with Tory Ties
Election fraud? The Harper Conservatives? Oh, say it ain’t so, Joe. But apparently it is so, very much so. Elections Canada launched its investigation after it was inundated with complaints…
Stupid Con tricks: voter suppression
Don’t the Harpercons ever have an original thought rattling around in their empty heads, even when it comes to dirty tricks? From giving their infamous Internet snoop bill the all-but-same…
Toronto stops fielding email inquiries – oh what have you done?
So the City of Toronto’s answer service is going to stop fielding queries by email as of March 15. Because Mayor Rob Ford wants to save $280,000. Because he doesn’t…
“The Ronald Reagan Impose Your Beliefs on a Woman’s Womb Act” and “The Tea Party Determines What Rights a Woman Has Act.”
Democrats have a sense of humour. The legislation (H.R. 3541), sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), was originally entitled the “Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Non-discrimination Act of…
DIY Democracy
At lunch today, I was asked when the CPP changes would come into effect in order ‘to avert the fiscal crisis’. "What financial crisis?" I replied. "No such pension-related crisis…
The staggering ignorance of the public on Iran
A new CBS/Opinion Research poll indicates that 71% of Americans believe that Iran already has a nuclear weapon. Sigh. While it certainly should not be a surprise anymore given numerous…
Vale Wins 2012 Public Eye People’s Award for Worst Company of the Year
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DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional
A US federal court has ruled that the country’s Defense of Marriage Act—a law forbidding any federal recognition of same-sex relationships—is unconstitutional. Judge Jeffrey White, a Bush appointee, issued the…
Media Watch: The Globe and Mail’s Shifting Headline
Earlier today the Globe and Mail had one of these truly terrible “balanced” articles about the proposed federal crime bill. The headline screamed: Quebec expert backs Tory crime bill amid…