Obert Madondo’s Bill C-10 Hunger Strike: Day 2 Update
It’s Day 2 of my indefinite hunger strike to demand the repeal of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives’ draconian Safe Streets and Communities Act (Bill C-10). I started…
March 2012
It Was Not From The (not)Premier’s Office…
AllTheAdvisory’sThatDon’tFit PressThisGangVille The (not)Premier’s new communications director, who at least is paid by the (not)Premier’s office budget (we think), makes it clear that things ’round here are about to get…
A few more tumblr / posterous comparisons
See the full gallery on Posterous First image is from Posterous, while the rest are from Tumblr. Not judging. You may also note that the audio content in the related…
Misleading calls followed ID as non-Tories
If this is true — and some who say they were subject to misleading calls may be incorrect — it is very serious and does point to a national scheme…
Is the gun smoking yet?
An investigation by CBC News has turned up voters all over Canada who say the reason they got robocalls sending them to fictitious polling stations was that they had revealed…
Put the slicks on today
It was a little chilly today. But the roads are clear of snow and relatively dry so there’s no point keeping the snow tires on. So out came the slicks.…
Crazy shit…
…Going down in the Valley… Weird for March…
Dutch Disease and Oil
CBC’s the Current had an excellent segment on Dutch Disease and what to do about it. The set-up was quite good. First they interviewed an economist about what Dutch disease…
Ontario: Unsure closes in on McGuinty
(Ottawa, March 15) DawgNews has learned that two radical groups may be preparing to unseat the Ontario Liberals. A new poll indicates that Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak is…
But What of the Balochs?
The New York Times recently ran an article questioning why the West was so concerned about the plight of the Palestinians yet cared not a whit about the suffering of…
NDP Leadership Power Rankings
Last month I looked at how NDP leadership candidates stacked up on various metrics, in a mostly futile attempt to handicap the race. With the Dippers’ vote a week away,…
The Cost of Austerity
Austerity, while popular with rightwing pols, can wreak havoc on a society. Greece today is austerity’s punching bag. Austerity inevitably translates into cutbacks in services, even essential services. In Greece…
U.S. Chamber Front Group Holds “Whine And Blame” Facebook Party – Nobody Shows Up
American_Free_Enterprise_logo1.jpg American Free Enterprise, a front group of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, held a complaint session on Facebook on Tuesday afternoon to let Americans vent about “who is to…
Alternative Federal Budget 2012
The following is a ten-point summary of the CCPA Alternative Federal Budget released today: The federal government is planning an unprecedented fiscal austerity budget, claiming that massive cuts to public…
Dépanneur owner whose store was vandalized should learn to speak French
The owner of a Verdun depanneur had his store vanadalized after a series of events resulting from his inability or unwillingness to speak French. CTV is reporting (HERE) that Anthony…
QP: Turmel’s interim leader swan song
The NDP benches applauded extra vigorously today for what looks like Nycole Turmel’s last QP as interim leader, and she stood up to ask about the planned cuts to services,…
March Madness – Paulitical Styles
So, I recently became interested in fantasy sports. I know, I know…typical guy stuff (or, insert gender normative comment here). But I’m not writing today to tell you about how…
Too Crooked to Fail
Matt Taibbi on MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan show the other day talking about the systemic culture of corruption in the financial sector and how it’s rewarded and effectively encouraged by the…
Headline of the day: "Sex-deprived fruit flies turn to alcohol, bump into walls and pass out"
Two of the lucky, sober ones Kind of like people. Er, exactly like people. But fruit flies are smarter than people. Some sex-starved humans turn to religion, gluttony or conservatism.…
The Ides of March, 2012 #nlpoli
Twitter is a wonderful thing except that sometimes you can’t use the whole of a great quote. The following is a larger bit of one quote that turned up in…