Homophobic Lobby Group Freaks Out Over Anti-Bullying Video
Hundreds of students from schools across Vancouver have collaborated to creatd a YouTube video called the Pink Project, a creative effort to help spread the message that bullying is not…
March 2012
Can we believe anything he says? #nlpoli
Climb-down Cleary is at it again. Not surprisingly, Noob Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary is furiously sucking back his latest effort to tell it like it is. First,…
Hudak Rides The Rails
From The Clown himself: …. Tim Hudak and the PC Party of Ontario are putting the word out that this coming Tuesday, March 6, 2012, will mark a show of…
Voter suppression and the disengaged electorate
If you need your daily fix of RoboCon news, there isn’t a lot on offer today. Making the rounds on the political shows this weekend were Guy Giorno, Harper’s former…
What do YOU want from education?
A young woman, for whom I have unlimited regard, sent this message to me. She is a very experienced school teacher with a Masters degree in education. She knows more…
On the Rush Limbaugh hullabaloo
Radio Host Rush Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh has bought himself one heck of a news cycle. The host of the US’s most listened to conservative talk radio show made a series…
Mulcair or Dewar: My Brain or My Heart
The Federal New Democratic Party leadership race has entered it’s final weeks and I’m completely torn. Let me start off by saying that Thomas Mulcair has been floating back and…
alberta election candidates update: march 2012.
I have updated the list of candidates standing in Alberta’s 2012 election. Here are some of the recent additions to the list: Ken Hughes Calgary-West: Ken Hughes defeated formerly nominated…
The Worst Scandal in Canadian History
We’re in the worst scandal in Canadian history. Stephen Harper was first elected in 2006 because Canadians were outraged over the sponsorship scandal. The Conservatives were not chosen because they…
Did The Generals Who Unleashed The Segretti Army Forget That…
. ….The People Whose Franchise They Were Trying To Suppress Were NOT Low Information Voters? When I listened to Dean Del Maestro on Evan Solomon’s radio show on Saturday I…
Activist Communique: Ottawa Rally Against Robo-calls Electoral Fraud
Hundreds of people, including members of parliament, rights activists and average citizens, are expected on Parliament Hill at noon tomorrow to protest the unfolding Robo-calls election scandal. Renowned activist Brigette…
Poem of the day
Easter, 1916 I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses. I have passed with a nod of the…
4212…Inside Baseball
Perhaps this Fone Fraud Fiasco also known as Robocall hasn’t resonated with the average Canuckistanian. In polling results released on Facebook about an hour ago Nik Nanos offers up this:…
The Good, the Bad and the Meh on the February 27, 2012 edition of Monday Night Raw
As per usual these days, my Raw post is a few days late, but better late than never I suppose. Here we go: The Good…The opening standoff between CM Punk…
Adventures in not net zero land
Helping manage the BC government’s war on school teachers and public education is Deputy Minister of Education James Gorman. He is a long time senior bureaucrat. Public accounts show his…
@AdamCF and @JM_McGrath talk governance, institutional reform, and #TOpoli
I’ll say it again: two of the smartest fellas on #TOpoli. I’ve already linked to JM’s thoughtful and well-argued piece, but for those of you haven’t read it, it’s here.…
4311…Spanking To Be Verboten?
Apparently it is in other places including Germany. I found that kind of surprising considering Germany’s long history of being, uh, well, violent. Nonetheless according to the front page article…
40 x 40
I have begin my “40 by 40″ challenge. I’ve decided to write (and send by post) 40 letters; one to each of 40 individuals who email me and ask for…
Yeah.
And go ahead and Google “Santorum”. But don’t do it if you’re eating. Seriously. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario