Its Descended Into CHAOS!
The computers have crashed and the vote was going to be delayed! Then the announcement announcing the delay was delayed! Now they have successfully announced the delayed announcement! The delay…
March 2012
First Media Report From London
Anti-racists, ‘white pride’ groups clash By PATRICK MALONEY The London Free Press Last Updated: March 24, 2012 4:40pm An expected ‘white pride’ rally outside London city hall drew a large…
International justice, above all, remains justice for criminals from defeated states or those too weak to deny jurisdiction
Michael Ignatieff in the current New York Review
Initial Report: Anticlimactic (In a Good Way)
We just spoke to a friend who was present in Edmonton attending the anti-racist rallies. We’ll be talking about that rally in some detail later. However, he did speak to…
March 24 Update: Not Much Yet
We’re still waiting for information from people on the ground, however it does look like, as suspected, the boneheads didn’t march in Edmonton: Neo-Nazis a no-show at this year’s Calgary…
Live At The NDP Convention
Jim Calder and I are hanging out here at the BLoggers War Room, observing the festivities and the voting here. It’s been an interesting experience – I can see both…
A Tale of Two NDPs
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,…
2nd Round; Bottom Line
— Total vote count went down. The rumoured B.C. surge (are waking B.C. voters casting on-line ballots). LPoC should take note; on-line attendance will disappoint you.–Peggy Nash drops out. Where…
Second Ballot Results: Mulcair Grows
Results from the second ballot: Mulcair: 23902(38%) Topp:15624(25%) Cullen:12595(19%) Nash:10519(16.8%) Reads of this blog will recall I thought the Martin Singh factor was something to watch on the second ballot.…
Leadership 2012 – Third Ballot Endorsement
The second-ballot results leave little room for doubt as to the ultimate conclusion of the NDP’s leadership campaign – with the main question now being whether there will be a…
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul – Vegas Style
From the “how f__king stupid can they get?” file. Las Vegas is fast running out of water. The city fears it may not even have drinking water next year. It’s…
NDP 1st ballot and Donations
Teddy here. A simple graphic I made that I found interesting.
Water Wars Warning, Part Deux
Yesterday it was US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warning that many parts of our world are on the brink of instability and warfare triggered by global warming and the…
Sometimes Obvious Is A Whole Lot Better Than Stenography.
AllTheChichesterCathedralsThatFit BigCityColumnistVille “…In the news conference (to kick-off the Bye-Byes), the Premier was asked about $30-million in funding that Metro Vancouver mayors want to complete a raft of transit-related initiatives.…
All I Want In a Political Party
There are many things I’d like from a political party but, for now, there are two key priorities. One is a total ban on bitumen tanker traffic through BC inshore…
The Face of Vesta
A photograph from NASA showing the 500 km. diameter asteroid Vesta. The photo was taken by NASA’s orbiting spacecraft Dawn which is now moving on to a scheduled encounter with…
How Many Pierre Poutines Were There?
The noose continues to tighten around Pierre Poutine. We have a second alias, and multiple fake addresses. Conservatives have openly leaked that they know who he is, and even stated…
Caption Contest (#ndpldr)
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voting extended.
balloting has been extended by 30 minutes. the system for voting is getting a work out. It only took me less than 5 minutes in line to vote. it is…