Robo/Real Call Raw Cheese Story….All Politics Is Local
TheyCalledHimMr.Tip Ol’PolWisdomVille Which means that Cathie’s question is a good one… What did 94 Conservative candidates know, and when did they know it? I, for one, would sure like to…
March 2012
The JFK assassination hoax that refuses to die
Oh, Che. What would you say if you knew how much of this struggle still remains to be fought…and how much ground the good guys have lost since you lost…
trying to go viral: pre-election youtube videos.
With a provincial election expected to be called within the next week or two, candidates representing Alberta’s political parties have been hoping to grab voters attentions by uploading campaign videos…
Music for a Sunday: She’s a sad tomato
I am smitten. I’m the real thing.
Obert Madondo’s Bill C-10 Hunger Strike: Day 5 Update
This journal entry covers days 3, 4 and 5 (March 16, 17 & 18) of my indefinite hunger strike against Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives’ draconian Safe Streets…
The Swan, 60km, 2 hours, average speed 29.1km/h
A beautiful sunny afternoon, the wind mostly coming across or at my back.
Green Urban Innovation: Solarize Portland and the Power of Communities
I was in New York earlier this month to present at the Association of American Geographers big annual conference. As well as an excellent stroll along the High Line (thanks…
Interactive web site for the sentencing minimums
Stephen Biss has created an interactive web site for the new sentencing minimums. It is a great resource: http://sentencing.weebly.com/index.html
“Freeloading Welfare Queens”
As a counterpoint to Alexandra Pelosi’s somewhat controversial piece the previous week interviewing “typical” Republican voters in Mississippi, on last Friday’s Real Time, Bill Maher aired “the thing that would…
Audio: Damien Gillis Talks the Assault on Fish by Harper, BC Governments
Listen to Damien Gillis and CHLY’s “A Sense of Justice” host Rae Kornberger’s recent wide-ranging discussion on the war being waged against fish by both the Canadian and BC Governments.…
Ed Broadbent and the Progressive Suicide Club
It was so spooky on the waterfront last night, as a heavy mist rolled in, it reminded me of the movie The Fog. You know, the one where the ghosts…
What if the Conservative Party is just one Potemkin Village after another?
One of the hallmarks of the modern Conservative party is its construction of phony crises and causes. Take the Ethical Oil scam. I just looked at the website for the…
Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – March 18, 2012
Since last week, we’ve seen the NDP’s leadership campaign win plenty more attention in the media. But has any of the news managed to change the positioning of the candidates?…
Meanwhile, in Post-Racial America…
Bumper sticker caught earlier this week that’s been making the rounds on Twitter and Facebook: Actually, this thing’s been around for awhile: Maddowblog caught a similar thing last year. Not…
Hey, Edward Kennedy! Penny For Your Thoughts?
BCL covered this, but as Free Dominion’s own cranky old man is a proponent of the Crown Land Patent scam, were were wondering if he still hearts Randy Hillier: Crown…
Legalize Same-Ideology Unions
The Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party shouldn’t merge to defeat the Conservatives, they should merge to be better than themselves . Liberals often cite diversity is strength but…
The Centre Moves
The whole argument that the NDP should move to the centre ignores the fact that the centre moves. Responding to David W. Campbell I hear this ‘pragmatist centrist’ argument a…
Smile
Henning Wehn, German Comedy Ambassador to the United Kingdom, on Britain’s social classes: “Life in Britain is all about knowing your place. The lower class has a lot in common…